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Draganfly options spike points to strategy shift toward US defense

Call options trading in October $6 contracts jumped to about 5,100 in a session versus roughly 2,000 open interest, suggesting new bullish positions.

A surge in call options activity has coincided with a repricing of Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO), as MarketBeat Ratings links the derivatives move to a broader strategic pivot toward the U.S. defense sector.

The article says the company is steering away from its earlier commercial and agricultural drone focus, describing a shift toward mission critical government and military contracting that could expand its total addressable market and change how institutional investors value the stock.

It attributes the initial signal to options chain volume anomalies, noting roughly 5,100 October $6 call contracts traded in a single session against open interest of just over 2,000, with most trades executed on the ask.

MarketBeat Ratings also points to corroborating fundamentals tied to defense involvement, citing a verified pivot into defense, strategic military leadership appointments, and an acquisition and an Army contract as part of the underlying momentum behind the move.

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