US Stock Options | Market cooling down? Tesla's trading volume halved! NVIDIA, Apple also declined.

Overnight, the tech giants dragged down the US stock market, while Chinese concept stocks saw a halt to their three-day winning streak.

Overview of US Stock Options Trading

The top ten US stock options trading before last Friday were: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Palantir Tech, Amazon, Meta, Marathon Digital, Super Micro Computer, and Microsoft.

Among them:

Tesla fell over 3%, with options trading halving to 1.825 million contracts, and call options accounting for 63%. Nearly 170,000 call options with a strike price of $200 and expiring on February 23 were traded. Call options with a strike price of $195 also traded for over 100,000 contracts.

Nvidia dropped over 4%, with options trading falling to 1.22 million contracts, and call options accounting for 60%.

Apple slightly declined, with options trading dropping to 775,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 68.6%. Call options with strike prices of $182.5 and $185 each traded for nearly 50,000 contracts.

AMD fell nearly 5%, with options trading dropping to 620,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 63%.

Palantir Tech dropped over 4%, with options trading remaining around 530,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 65.8%.

Both Amazon and Meta had options trading exceeding 400,000 contracts, with call options dominating.

Nio fell nearly 1%, with options trading surging to 330,000 contracts, and put options accounting for 67.8%. Put options with a strike price of $9.5 traded for over 100,000 contracts, ranking as the third largest contract in overnight trading volume.

Alibaba dropped over 1%, with options trading at 155,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 77.6%.