US Stock Options | Apple's trading volume doubled, Micron Tech also doubled!
Overnight hottest contracts: Apple puts with a March 22 expiration date and a strike price of $170, with a trading volume of nearly 180,000 contracts; Apple calls with a strike price of $175 also traded over 170,000 contracts. Options on Aochiya surged to 740,000 contracts, with 97.6% being call options; Call options with a June 21 expiration date and a strike price of $40 surged to nearly 150,000 contracts
Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes hit new highs, with tech stocks mixed and Chinese concept stocks generally falling.
Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading
Top ten U.S. stock options trading overnight: Apple, Tesla, NVIDIA, AMD, Micron Tech, Okta, Amazon, Microsoft, Bank of America, Coinbase.
Among them:
Apple fell more than 4%, with options trading doubling to 2.25 million contracts, with 56% being call options. Nearly 180,000 put options with a strike price of $170 expiring on March 22 were traded, as well as over 170,000 call options with a strike price of $175.
Tesla fell nearly 2%, with options trading rising to 1.84 million contracts, with 57.6% being call options. Over 170,000 call options with a strike price of $175 were traded, as well as 140,000 call options with a strike price of $177.5.
NVIDIA rose over 1%, with options trading surging to 1.6 million contracts, with 62.9% being call options. Over 80,000 call options with a strike price of $920 were traded.
AMD slightly fell, with options trading increasing slightly to 980,000 contracts, with 66.7% being call options. Nearly 90,000 call options with a strike price of $185 were traded.
Micron Tech surged 14%, with options trading doubling to 860,000 contracts, with 71% being call options.
Okta rose slightly, with options trading surging to 740,000 contracts, with 97.6% being call options. Nearly 150,000 call options with a strike price of $40 expiring on June 21 were traded.
Amazon's stock price remained flat, with options trading surging to 490,000 contracts, with 65.9% being call options.
Microsoft, Bank of America, Coinbase, Meta, Nike, Marathon Digital, Palantir, Intel all had options trading volume exceeding 300,000 contracts, with call options dominating except for Nike.
AMD surged over 8%, with options trading surging to 290,000 contracts, with 62.5% being call options.
Soundhound plummeted 16%, with options trading surging to 210,000 contracts, with 63.4% being call options