US Stock Options | Tesla "Returns to the Throne"! Snap, Roblox, TSMC Trading Soars
The hottest contract overnight: Nearly 230,000 contracts of Tesla with an expiration date of February 9th and an exercise price of $190 were traded! Alibaba options trading slightly fell to 610,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 72%. Roblox and TSMC options trading both surged to around 300,000 contracts.
Overnight, all three major US stock indexes rose, with technology stocks generally rising and Chinese concept stocks falling.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading on the day: Tesla, Palantir Tech, Nvidia, Snap, Apple, Meta, BABA-SWR, AMD, Ford, Microsoft.
Among them:
Tesla rose more than 1%, with options trading rising to 2.49 million contracts, and call options accounted for 56%. Call options with a strike price of $190 expiring on February 9th traded nearly 230,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $187.5 traded over 110,000 contracts.
Palantir Tech rose 8%, with options trading falling to 1.72 million contracts, and call options accounted for 69%. Call options with a strike price of $23 traded nearly 70,000 contracts.
Nvidia rose nearly 3%, with options trading falling to 1.35 million contracts, and call options accounted for 60%. Call options with a strike price of $700 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.
Snap fell nearly 35%, with options trading surging to nearly 900,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 59%.
Apple rose slightly, with options trading rising to 785,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 74%. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded 110,000 contracts.
Meta rose more than 3%, with options trading rising to 720,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 72%.
BABA-SWR fell nearly 6%, with options trading slightly falling to 610,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 72%.
AMD rose nearly 2%, with options trading falling to 600,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 63.7%. Call options with a strike price of $175 traded over 60,000 contracts.
Ford rose 6%, with options trading rising to 560,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 65.7%.
Microsoft rose more than 2%, with options trading surging to 530,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 68%.
Roblox surged 10%, with options trading skyrocketing to 310,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 72.6%.
TSMC's US stock rose nearly 5%, with options trading skyrocketing to 260,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 70%.
