US Stock Options | Are puts dominating the market? Tesla, AMD puts are hot! NIO, Alibaba traded over 300,000 contracts!

Last Friday, which was also the last trading day of 2023, the momentum of the US stock market cooled down, and the three major stock indexes all closed lower.

Overview of US Stock Options Trading

The top ten US stock options trading on that day were: Tesla, NVIDIA, Marathon Digital, AMD, Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Microsoft, Riot, Meta.

Among them:

Tesla fell nearly 2%, with options trading close to 2.6 million contracts, and call options accounted for 56.6%. Put options with a strike price of $250 and expiring on the same day traded 190,000 contracts, while put options with a strike price of $252.5 also traded nearly 70,000 contracts.

NVIDIA's stock price remained unchanged, with options trading 1.52 million contracts, and call options accounted for 59.6%. Call options with a strike price of $495 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.

Marathon Digital plummeted over 16%, with options trading surging to nearly 1.1 million contracts, and call options accounted for 58.9%. Put options with a strike price of $25 traded nearly 40,000 contracts.

AMD fell nearly 1%, with options trading 850,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 60%. Put options with a strike price of $148 traded 40,000 contracts.

Apple fell 0.5%, with options trading 725,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 62.6%. Call options with a strike price of $192.5 traded nearly 70,000 contracts.

Amazon fell nearly 1%, with options trading 525,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 64.2%. Put options with a strike price of $152.5 traded over 30,000 contracts.

Coinbase and Microsoft had options trading of over 400,000 contracts.

NIO fell nearly 4%, with options trading close to 330,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 76.6%.

Alibaba slightly rose, with options trading 300,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 75%.