US Stock Options | JD, CRWD, Palantir Tech trading volume surges! Tesla, Apple put options are hot.
The hottest contracts overnight: Tesla with a March 8 expiration date and a strike price of $175, with a trading volume of 145,000 contracts! Palantir options surged to 1.52 million contracts, with 82.5% being call options; JD options surged to 310,000 contracts, with 76% being call options.
Overnight, chip stocks and Chinese concept stocks outperformed the market, with NVIDIA and AMD hitting historic highs.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Palantir Tech, AMD, SoFi Tech, Google Class A, Intel, New York Community Bank, Crowdstrike.
Among them:
Tesla fell more than 2%, with options trading rising to 2.61 million contracts, with 55% being put options. Put options with a strike price of $175 expiring on March 8 traded over 145,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $180 traded nearly 130,000 contracts.
NVIDIA rose over 3%, with options trading increasing to 1.76 million contracts, with 62% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded over 100,000 contracts.
Apple slightly declined, with options trading falling to 1.54 million contracts, with 51.5% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $190 expiring on March 15 traded nearly 110,000 contracts.
Palantir Tech surged 10%, with options trading skyrocketing to 1.52 million contracts, with 82.5% being call options. Call options with strike prices of $26 and $27 expiring on March 8 both traded over 70,000 contracts.
AMD rose nearly 3%, with options trading increasing to 960,000 contracts, with 59% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $215 traded over 70,000 contracts.
SoFi Tech, Google Class A, and Intel all had options trading volume exceeding 400,000 contracts, with call options dominating.
New York Community Bank surged over 7%, with options trading surging to 370,000 contracts, with 59% being put options.
Crowdstrike surged over 10%, with options trading skyrocketing to 360,000 contracts, with 62% being call options.
JD.com surged over 16%, with options trading skyrocketing to 310,000 contracts, with 76% being call options.
Nio rose over 5%, with options trading falling to 240,000 contracts, with 67% being call options.