US Stock Options | Pfizer, Intel, Uber trading volume surges! Apple, Palantir trading volume halves
Pfizer's stock price rose nearly 2%, with options trading surging to 1.29 million contracts, with 96.8% being call options. The Pfizer call option expiring on May 10th with a strike price of $27 traded 260,000 contracts, making it the most active contract overnight. The Pfizer call option expiring on May 17th with a strike price of $27 traded 230,000 contracts, while the Pfizer call option with a strike price of $26 traded 150,000 contracts
Overnight, tech stocks once again dragged down the market, while popular Chinese concept stocks continued to decline.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Pfizer, NVIDIA, Intel, Palantir, Apple, Uber, Wells Fargo, American Electric Power (AEP), Shopify.
Among them:
Tesla fell nearly 2%, with options trading volume rising to 1.75 million contracts, with 55% being put options. Put options with a strike price of $170 expiring on May 10 traded 130,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $175 traded 110,000 contracts.
Pfizer rose nearly 2%, with options trading volume surging to 1.29 million contracts, with 96.8% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $27 expiring on May 10 traded 260,000 contracts, making it the hottest contract overnight. Call options with a strike price of $27 expiring on May 17 traded 230,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $26 traded 150,000 contracts.
NVIDIA edged lower, with options trading volume dropping to 930,000 contracts, with 62% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 expiring on May 10 traded 60,000 contracts.
Intel fell over 2%, with options trading volume doubling to 650,000 contracts, with 72.8% being put options.
Palantir rose nearly 1%, with options trading volume halving to 540,000 contracts, with 65% being call options.
Apple edged higher, with options trading volume halving to 530,000 contracts, with 61.7% being call options.
Uber fell nearly 6%, with options trading volume surging to 440,000 contracts, with call and put options evenly split.
Wells Fargo rose nearly 2%, with options trading volume surging to 430,000 contracts, with 95.6% being call options. Call options with strike prices of $50 and $55 expiring on May 17 both traded over 60,000 contracts.
American Electric Power (AEP) rose nearly 1%, with options trading volume surging to 420,000 contracts, with 99.8% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $77.5 expiring on May 17 traded 170,000 contracts.
Shopify plunged nearly 19%, with options trading volume surging to 410,000 contracts, with 51.3% being call options.
CVS saw unusual activity, with 80,000 contracts of put options with a strike price of $70 expiring on June 21 trading.
TFC saw unusual activity, with over 70,000 contracts of call options with a strike price of $37.5 expiring on May 17 trading.
Gilead Sciences saw unusual activity, with over 50,000 contracts of put options with a strike price of $72.5 expiring on May 17 trading