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January 27, 2026

The VFC Earnings Trap You Can Profit From

By Brandon Chapman, CMT

Every day, thousands of retail traders stare at options flow data and get it completely wrong. 

They see large put volumes and assume someone is betting against a stock… 

They see call sweeps and assume bullish conviction... 

The problem is that open interest numbers tell you nothing about direction. 

A put can be bought or sold. 

Those two actions create opposite effects on price. And most platforms never show you which one happened.

This blind spot costs traders real money. 

A perfect example just played out with VFC. 

A popular options commentator told thousands of followers that 30,000 put contracts at the $17 strike meant a squeeze higher was coming. 

He presented the data with confidence. He sounded like he knew what he was talking about.

He's dead wrong.

Those puts were sold. Not bought. That single fact changes everything.


Don’t lose money, or sleep, over this. 

News headlines can create a lot of unnecessary stress just to get you to watch, click or read. But there is no reason you should have to lose money over a headline. 

And yet so many do.

Gamma squeeze trades can be very profitable. The Ghost Prints Surveillance console regularly seeks out trades like these: KSS (375% in 13 days), PLUG (206%in 5 days), and on RKT (150% in just 25 hours). 

But you won’t find them if you get misdirected by a poorly-timed headline. Never fall for that trap again.

Tomorrow, I’m demonstrating how to avoid these pitfalls LIVE at 7PM EST.