US Stock Options | Active Trading in Bearish Options for NVIDIA and AMD, Surge in Put Options for Ford and General Motors
Last Friday, Tesla options traded nearly 3 million contracts, semiconductor stocks plummeted, and the most active were the Put options with an exercise price of $440 for Nvidia. Amazon and Microsoft call options accounted for 60% of the trading volume. Unity and Adobe options trading volume doubled and quintupled.
Last Friday (September 15th), US stocks fell, with the Nasdaq down 1.56% and the S&P 500 down 1.22%.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Last Friday, technology stocks came under significant pressure, leading the decline.
The top ten US stock options trading: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, AMD, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, AMC Theatres, Intel, Bank of America, Google A.
Tesla fell 0.6%, with options trading volume of 2.98 million contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 56.9%. The most active put options trading was at a strike price of $275.
Nvidia plunged more than 3%, with options trading volume of 1.48 million contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 53.7%. The most active put options trading was at a strike price of $440.
Apple slightly declined, with options trading volume of 1.38 million contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 57.2%. The most active call options trading was at a strike price of $177.5.
Amazon fell 3%, with options trading volume of 840,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 61.3%. The most active put options trading was at a strike price of $141.
AMD plunged nearly 5%, with options trading volume of 740,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 53.1%. The most active put options trading was at strike prices of $102/$103.
Meta dropped nearly 4%, with options trading volume of 550,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 55.4%.
Microsoft fell 2.5%, with options trading volume of 390,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options trading accounted for 60%.
Netflix fell nearly 1%, with options trading volume of 340,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options trading was 51.5%.
Ford slightly declined, with options trading volume of 250,000 contracts, and the proportion of put options trading accounted for over 60%; General Motors' options trading volume was nearly 120,000 contracts, and the proportion of put options trading accounted for nearly 60%.
Adobe plunged more than 4%, with options trading volume of 200,000 contracts, five times the daily average, and the proportion of put options trading was 51.9%.
Unity Software had options trading volume of 100,000 contracts, twice the daily average.

