YOLO Crowd Bets Nvidia Could More Than Double in Value by Friday

March 18, 2024, 9:00 PM UTC

Nvidia Corp., the world’s third-largest company by market value, is turning into a casino for the YOLO trading crowd.

Just look at the options activity on Monday, when traders bet that shares of the $2.2 trillion chipmaker will more than double its $885 price — by the weekend. Nvidia is no stranger to triple-digit gains after soaring 231% in 2023 on optimism for its semiconductors used in artificial intelligence technology. But pulling that off in less than a week would be quite a reach, even for the hottest stock in the market.

Between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., traders ...



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