With an unrealized profit of nearly $160,000, a whale goes long on Intel again ahead of the earnings report

According to Odaily, Hyperinsight monitoring indicates that "US Stock Trading King" reopened a long position in INTC on the evening of July 17 (last Friday), East 8th District time, buying a total of 25,000 contracts in batches within about half an hour. The position is currently held with 10x leverage, with an average entry price of $94.57.

As of press time, INTC has risen 5.95% intraday, currently reported at $100.96. This whale’s position is worth about $2.524 million, with an unrealized profit of about $159,700, and a return rate of 67.56%. The liquidation price is $89.69.

During the previous market downturn, "US Stock Trading King" once shifted large positions to Micron Technology (MU). On the evening of July 8, they closed the previous round of 23,000 INTC long contracts at an average price of $105.31, realizing a profit of about $920,300. Nine days later, after re-entering the market, the current position is 2,000 contracts more than the previous round.

Currently, the whale continues to hold MU long positions worth about $3.3782 million, with an average entry price of $505.30 and an unrealized profit of about $1.4833 million. In addition, they are also testing two other storage assets with smaller positions: long 250 SanDisk (SNDK) contracts, worth about $367,500, at an average price of $1,438.72, with an unrealized profit of about $7,821; and long 240 SK Hynix (SKHX) contracts, worth about $300,600, at an average price of $1,412.39, with an unrealized loss of about $38,400.

Intel will release its Q2 2026 earnings report after the US market closes on July 23 (East 8th District, early morning of July 24). The company previously forecast quarterly revenue between $13.8 billion and $14.8 billion, with non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.20.