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$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ is seeing increasing demand for put options that could protect the holders against continued slump in the stock price.
Shares of the maker of high-powered servers tumbled more than 7% Monday morning, after the announcement late Friday that SMCI will be removed from the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ before the market opens on Dec. 23. Deletions from the index typically result from money outflows because...

$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ attracted heavier options volume as the stock price slumped to the lowest since May 2023 after the developer of server solutions said it's unable to file its financial report for the quarter ended Sept. 30. That compounded concerns that the company could be delisted.
The company still hasn't hired a new auditor. Ernst & Young resigned in October, noting that it's "unwilling to be associated with...