The hottest contracts last Friday: nearly 200,000 Tesla puts with a strike price of $170 expiring on the same day; 120,000 Nvidia calls with a strike price of $880. Google's Class A shares also saw a surge in trading volume, with over 60,000 bullish options expiring on May 3rd with a strike price of $175
Last Friday, US tech stocks "reignited", and AI stocks ushered in a carnival.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading before last Friday: Tesla, Nvidia, Google Class A, Meta, Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Snap, AMD.
Among them:
Tesla fell by 1%, with options trading slightly increasing to 2.99 million contracts, and the proportion of call options was 54.7%. On the same day, put options with a strike price of $170 traded nearly 200,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $167.5 traded over 90,000 contracts.
Nvidia surged by 6%, with options trading nearly doubling to 2.7 million contracts, and the proportion of call options was 62.7%. Call options with a strike price of $880 traded 120,000 contracts, while call options with strike prices of $870 and $875 traded over 80,000 and 70,000 contracts respectively.
Google Class A soared by 10%, with options trading significantly increasing to 1.015 million contracts, and the proportion of call options was 73%. Call options with a strike price of $175 expiring on May 3 traded over 60,000 contracts.
Meta slightly rose, with options trading halving to 1 million contracts, and the proportion of call options was 58.4%. Call options with a strike price of $440 expiring on April 26 traded over 50,000 contracts.
Intel plummeted by 9%, with options trading doubling to 970,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options was 65%.
Microsoft rose by nearly 2%, with options trading remaining around 730,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options was 65%.
Amazon surged by over 3%, with options trading significantly increasing to 720,000 contracts, and call options accounted for 70%.
Apple slightly fell, with options trading rising to 715,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options was 68.9%. Put options with a strike price of $170 traded nearly 70,000 contracts.
Snap surged by nearly 28%, with options trading increasing to 680,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options was 65%.
AMD rose by 2%, with options trading increasing to 580,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options was 67%.
Sofi Tech saw unusual activity, with 50,000 call options with a strike price of $8 expiring on May 3 trading.
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