Nvidia Stock Rises. J.P. Morgan Sees This Trading Opportunity.

Nvidia is the dominant provider of artificial-intelligence chips. (Courtesy NVIDIA)

Key Points

• Nvidia shares rose 1.2% to $177.11 in premarket trading, despite a 6.2% decline over the past month.ock
• J.P. Morgan maintains an Overweight rating and a $250 target price on Nvidia, citing its substantial order pipeline.
• Analysts recommend selling Nvidia put options with a $160 strike price, expiring March 2026, for a premium of $8.50 per share.

Nvidia stock was gaining Monday. The chip maker has had a bad couple of weeks but analysts at J.P. Morgan think that is a trading opportunity.

The shares were up 1.2% at $177.11 in premarket trading. The stock has fallen 6.2% over the past month amid concerns about competition from Google’s Tensor Processing Units.

However, J.P. Morgan analysts have an Overweight rating and $250 target price on Nvidia stock, based on its “immense” order pipeline.

“Sell Nvidia puts as a target buy strategy to take advantage of elevated volatility, as recent worries about Nvidia’s chip dominance seem overdone,” wrote J.P. Morgan analyst Bram Kaplan in a research note.

A put option gives investors the right to sell a stock at a certain price and time. Selling a put option on Nvidia means an investor will be paid a premium to agree to buy the stock at a set strike price.

Specifically, Kaplan and his colleagues recommend selling puts on Nvidia stock with a strike price of $160, expiring in March 2026. Such options carry a premium of $8.50 a share.

“If the strike were to be breached, we would be comfortable buying Nvidia stock at a net price of $151.50 and with ~65% upside to our analysts’ price target,” wrote Kaplan.

Among other chip makers, Advanced Micro Devices was rising 0.8% and Broadcom was gaining 0.9% in premarket trading. Broadcom fell 11% on Friday after a poorly received earnings report.

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