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2023.11.27 06:50
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US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume fell to 1.55 million contracts! Nvidia and Apple puts are in high demand.

Last Friday, the trading volume of US stock options fell sharply, which may be related to the early closure of the market three hours before Thanksgiving. On that day, more than 90,000 contracts of Tesla call options with a strike price of $235 were traded, making it the most traded contract of the day. Alibaba options traded more than 130,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 72% of the total.

Last Friday, the US stock market closed early for Thanksgiving, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling due to the drag from Nvidia, while Chinese concept stocks rose.

Overview of US Stock Options Trading

The top ten US stock options trading on that day were: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Marathon Digital, Coinbase, AMD, Microsoft, Palantir Tech, Meta Platforms.

Overall, the trading volume of US stock options on that day fell sharply, which may be related to the early closure of the market three hours before Thanksgiving.

Among them:

Tesla slightly rose, with options trading of 1.55 million contracts, and call options accounted for 54%. Call options with a strike price of $235 that expired on that day had a trading volume of over 90,000 contracts, while put options with a strike price of $237.5 had a trading volume of 60,000 contracts.

Nvidia fell nearly 2%, with options trading of 1.07 million contracts, and call options accounted for 60%. Put options with a strike price of $480 had a trading volume of over 80,000 contracts, while put options with a strike price of $482.5 had a trading volume of over 30,000 contracts.

Apple slightly fell, with options trading of nearly 520,000 contracts, and call options and put options were evenly split. Put options with a strike price of $190 had a trading volume of 46,000 contracts.

Amazon slightly rose, with options trading of 385,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 61%. Call options with a strike price of $146 had a trading volume of nearly 25,000 contracts.

Marathon Digital rose over 4%, with options trading of 300,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 74.5%. Call options with a strike price of $11 had a trading volume of over 30,000 contracts.

Options trading for Coinbase, AMD, Microsoft, and Palantir Tech all exceeded 200,000 contracts.

Alibaba slightly fell, with options trading of over 130,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 72%.