US Stock Options | Transactions Soar for Faraday Future, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, AMD!
Overnight hottest contract: Tesla call option expiring on May 17th with a strike price of $185, traded 220,000 contracts. Faraday Future's stock price surged by 147%, with options trading volume skyrocketing to 470,000 contracts. Bullish call options accounted for 80.5%, with 115,000 contracts traded for a strike price of $0.5 and 100,000 contracts traded for a strike price of $1
Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes hit record highs at the close, and meme stocks cooled down.
Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading
Top ten U.S. stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Nvidia, AMC Theatres, Apple, Amazon, GameStop, Intel, AMD, Faraday Future, Marathon Digital.
Among them:
Tesla fell by 2%, with options trading remaining around 1.65 million contracts, with 59% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $185 expiring on May 17 traded 220,000 contracts, those with a strike price of $180 traded 135,000 contracts, and those with a strike price of $175 traded 115,000 contracts.
Nvidia rose by over 3%, with options trading surging to 1.47 million contracts, and call options accounting for 61.3%. Call options with a strike price of $950 traded nearly 110,000 contracts.
AMC Theatres plummeted by 20%, with options trading falling to 1.23 million contracts, and call options accounting for 62.6%.
Apple rose by over 1%, with options trading surging to 1.06 million contracts, and call options accounting for 58.5%. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded 105,000 contracts.
Amazon fell by nearly 1%, with options trading almost doubling to 900,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 71%. Call options with strike prices of $185 and $187.5 both traded over 100,000 contracts.
GameStop plunged by 19%, with options trading remaining around 860,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 59.5%.
Intel rose by nearly 1%, with options trading increasing to 640,000 contracts, and put options accounting for 81.6%.
AMD rose by over 4%, with options trading doubling to 600,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 65.2%. Call options with a strike price of $160 traded 75,000 contracts.
Faraday Future soared by 147%, with options trading surging to 470,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 80.5%. Call options with a strike price of $0.5 traded 115,000 contracts, and those with a strike price of $1 traded 100,000 contracts.
Marathon Digital rose by 12%, with options trading increasing to 330,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 74%.
CVS contract anomaly, with nearly 90,000 put options trading for the June 21 expiration with a strike price of $70.
CVX contract anomaly, with 80,000 call options trading for the June 21 expiration with a strike price of $145