Introduction

In this article, we'll be exploring the best options trades of October 2025. If you're stumbling onto this article and you're not sure what options are, or why we're in the unique position on being able to answer this question, check out some of our other blog posts that go into the details of how and why we're able to answer this question.

As you read this blog post, keep in mind that some of the trades in the longer timeframes like weekly or monthly trades, require the option being purchased in September, but all sell times for the options will be in October. This blog also will only be considering trades in the Daily, Overnight, Weekly, and Monthly timeframes. In future blogs, we will also be including Quarterly, Semi-Annual, and Yearly trades as well.

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and the OpenAI Partnership

The best trade in October 2025 was, by far, AMD Call options. AMD call options topped the charts on multiple timeframes including daily, overnight, weekly and monthly trades. The most optimal trade was a weekly trade, for a staggering 250,900% gain.

AMD surged starting Oct 6th thanks to a multi-year, "multi-generation" agreement announced with OpenAI. AMD GPUs will power massive data centers for OpenAI, as AI announcements unsurprisingly continue to be the focal point of market movements (whatever happened to Big Data and Blockchain...?) As of Nov 1st 2025, AMD has a marketcap of $415B which is dwarfed by Nvidia's (NVDA) ~$5T marketcap. As AMD and NVDA continue to fight for compute market dominance, it's interesting to consider the scenario where AMD might catch up to NVDA's marketcap. That would cause a ~12.5x on AMD's stock price, putting it at $~3,125 per share. At the time of writing this blog, AMD $530 calls expiring in Jan 15, 2027 are at sitting at $17.90. Should this marketcap catch-up take place by then, those contracts could be in-the-money by $2,600 dollars.

Also, for those of you with tin foil hats, the CEOs on NVDA and AMD are first cousins once removed. Anyway, the chart below shows the profits for anyone that was lucky enough to have taken this trade. And in case you're using a screen reader and it can't read the table, $2000 would have made you 5 million dollars. If you had a time machine, why wait 10 years for Bitcoin gains when you can make similar gains over the course of 1 week?

IBM's Quantum Computing Error Correction Algorithm

IBM found its way onto the Daily and Overnight optimals with a 50,000% gain after reporting that a quantum computing error correction algorithm can run on existing AMD chips. After reporting earnings on Oct 22nd, a drop in implied volatility for the options chain made for a good buying opportunity for this trade.

The race to proving out quantum computing is heating up between IBM, Google, and Microsoft. IBM, a household name for PC's in the 90s and 2000's has shifted it's focus to AI, quantum computing, and sustainability. The stock in up 38.50% year-to-date, and up 47.85% for the year, with a marketcap of 287.15B. While there has been strong, steady growth for IBM, it may not be the best for trading options, since stocks with explosive growth tend to make for better trades. Out-of-the-money options expiring in early 2027, for example, would need 20% - 50% gains on the stock just to break even. Unless you're confident IBM will beat Google / Microsft to the quantum race, your gambling money might be better spend elsewhere.

Friday, Bloody Friday

For the bears among us, Friday October 10th was a glorious day. A post from President Donald Trump threating to impose new tariffs on China caused the markets to crash.

BABA puts topped the daily trade charts, with a quick 49,150% gain by holding the options for just a few hours.

For index traders, QQQ and SPY puts also topped the daily optimals charts, with a 42,200% and 25,575% gain respectively. YINN, a 3x leveraged market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest Chinese stocks traded in Hong Kong was also on the list, with a 23,900% gain.

Any serious options traders need a direct-feed of Donald Trumps posts and speeches on one of their eight monitors. Traders who trade algorithmically or have quick fingers can cash in on the bearish or bullish sentiment of his posts. Be careful though, an argument could be made that the market was also over-bought (whatever that means), so his post could have caused the market to drop because there was "room to drop". He might post something bearish tomorrow and the market won't react, it's probably impossible to pinpoint why the market reacts the way it does.

Check out our Market Overview page for that day to see more trades.

Qualcomm Enters the AI Race

On October 27, Qualcomm announced AI chips to compete with AMD and Nvidia, causing the stock to soar inter-day. Day trades with 25,400% gains and overnight trades with 23,700% popped up in our Market Overview optimals charts, as the stock hit it's 52-week high of $205.95. With a marketcap of 195B, Qualcomm isn't what you'd call an early-stage startup, and has the means to put a serious dent in AMD and Nvidia's share of the AI chip market. The stock has since dropped to the low 180's, and being up only 11% in the year, trading options on this ticker can be tricky if the stock doesn't experience explosive growth.

But the trends are clear, the market is looking favorably on stocks that and in the AI and quantum computing space. Stocks like IonQ, Rigetti Computing, and D-Wave Quantum have seen insane gains the past year. If Qualcomm can solidify itself and move quickly in the AI and quantum space, it could find itself in that stage of explosive growth.

FI craters, but is it oversold?

During it's earnings call on October 29, Fiserv announced slower growth than anticipated, and lowered adjusted earnings. The market reacted violently, with the stock dropping from the high 120's to the mid 60's over the course of a few days. Overnight options trades after the earnings call net a 29,900% gain, putting it at the #1 spot in our weekly optimals trackers for a few days.

While the opportunity to buy puts is likely over, the bollinger bands and RSI for the stock sit at the bottom of their ranges, sparking the question of whether or not the stock is oversold and whether or not the market overreacted. A quick recovery and reversion back to the mean for the stock could be a good opportunity for buying call options. $100 strike price call options expiring in mid Jan are currently around $100 per contract.

Wrap Up

October 2025 was an interesting month for trading... AI, quantum computing, and Trump tweets all moving markets like it's 2020 again. AMD clearly stole the show, but names like IBM, Qualcomm show that AI oppertunities can come from places that you don't expect (Nokia as well??). As we roll into November, keep an eye on the AI names, the quantum players, and whatever chaos the next Trump headline brings.