US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume of 3.6 million contracts sets a new recent high! The market continues to speculate on Alibaba call options.

Last Friday, the three major US stock indexes barely closed higher, with technology stocks generally falling.

Overview of US Stock Options Trading

The top ten US stock options trading on that day were: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, AMD, Palantir, Alibaba, Intel, and Google A.

Among them:

Tesla edged up slightly, with options trading reaching a new high of 3.6 million contracts in nearly a month, with a 52% share of call options. On the same day, more than 200,000 put options with a strike price of $235 expired; call options with strike prices of $232.5 and $230 both traded over 110,000 contracts.

Nvidia edged down slightly, with options trading exceeding 1.09 million contracts, and call options accounted for 64% of the trading volume. The market mainly bet on put options with a strike price of $492.5.

Apple edged down slightly, with options trading reaching nearly 870,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 55% of the trading volume. Put options with a strike price of $190 traded over 50,000 contracts.

Amazon rose more than 1%, with options trading reaching 800,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 68% of the trading volume. Call options with a strike price of $145 traded 90,000 contracts.

Microsoft fell more than 1%, with options trading reaching nearly 740,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 61% of the trading volume. Call options with a strike price of $370 traded nearly 50,000 contracts.

AMD and Palantir both had options trading volume exceeding 500,000 contracts.

Alibaba fell nearly 2%, with options trading reaching nearly 500,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 72% of the trading volume.