US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume fell sharply to 2.45 million contracts! NVIDIA "counter-trend rise" continues to be hot
The hottest contracts last Friday: Over 140,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a same-day expiry and a strike price of $162.5! Nearly 80,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a March 22 expiry and a strike price of $170. Nearly 70,000 contracts were traded for NVIDIA with a strike price of $880, while nearly 60,000 call contracts at the same price were traded
Last Friday, tech stocks once again dragged down the US stock market, with chip stocks falling continuously while Chinese concept stocks rebounded.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading before last Friday: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Microsoft, Amazon, Palantir, Meta, Marathon Digital, Google Class A.
Among them:
Tesla rose nearly 1%, with options trading falling to 2.45 million contracts, with 53% being call options. Call options expiring on the same day with a strike price of $162.5 traded over 140,000 contracts, while call options expiring on March 22 with a strike price of $170 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Nvidia slightly declined, with options trading increasing to 1.96 million contracts, with 60% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $880 traded nearly 70,000 contracts, while call options traded nearly 60,000 contracts.
Apple also slightly declined, with options trading remaining around 1.1 million contracts, with 68.6% being call options. Call options expiring on August 16 with a strike price of $195 traded over 50,000 contracts.
AMD rose over 2%, with options trading slightly increasing to 1.05 million contracts, with 58% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded over 70,000 contracts.
Microsoft fell over 2%, with options trading falling to 690,000 contracts, with 65.5% being call options.
Amazon fell over 2%, with options trading increasing to 560,000 contracts, with 70% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $175 traded 40,000 contracts.
Palantir fell nearly 4%, with options trading increasing to 420,000 contracts, with 64% being call options.
Meta and Marathon Digital both had options trading exceeding 370,000 contracts, with call options being the majority.
"Concept stock of Nvidia" Soundhound rose over 6%, with options trading falling to around 300,000 contracts, with 79% being call options.
Call options with a strike price of $27 expiring on March 22 for Pfizer traded 50,000 contracts.
Call options with a strike price of $57 expiring on March 15 for Citigroup traded nearly 50,000 contracts