US Stock Options | Disney, Nikola Soar in Trading! Tesla, Palantir Fall Back

LB Select
2024.05.08 08:30
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Overnight hottest contracts: 200,000 contracts of Nikola put with a maturity date of January 17, 2025 and a strike price of $1.5 traded! 160,000 contracts of Apple call with a strike price of $185 traded. Disney's stock price dropped by nearly 10%, with options trading surging to 680,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 70%

Overnight, the US tech stocks showed mixed movements, while Chinese concept stocks as a whole declined.

Overview of US Stock Options Trading

Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Nvidia, Palantir, Apple, Disney, Rivian, Amazon, AMD, Meta, Intel.

Among them:

  • Tesla fell nearly 4%, with options trading continuing to decline to 1.36 million contracts, with 57.8% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $185 and $180 expiring on May 10 traded 85,000 contracts each.

  • Nvidia fell nearly 2%, with options trading slightly increasing to 1.24 million contracts, with 59% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded over 50,000 contracts.

  • Palantir plummeted 15%, with options trading slightly decreasing to 1.13 million contracts, with 66.6% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $22 traded 50,000 contracts.

  • Apple edged up, with options trading remaining at 1.11 million contracts, with 63.4% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $185 traded 160,000 contracts.

  • Disney fell nearly 10%, with options trading surging to 680,000 contracts, with 70% being call options.

  • Rivian fell 1%, with options trading significantly increasing to 550,000 contracts, with 64.6% being call options.

  • Amazon edged up, with options trading slightly decreasing to 420,000 contracts, with 66.9% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded 65,000 contracts.

  • AMD fell 1%, with options trading dropping to 370,000 contracts, with 54.8% being call options.

  • Meta edged up, with options trading remaining around 360,000 contracts, with 56.7% being call options.

  • Intel fell 1%, with options trading surging to 280,000 contracts, with 73.5% being call options.

  • Nikola fell over 5%, with options trading surging to 245,000 contracts, with 90% being put options. Put options expiring on January 17, 2025, with a strike price of $1.5 traded 200,000 contracts, becoming the hottest contract overnight.

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