US Stock Options | NVIDIA, Dell, GME Trading Surges! Salesforce "halved"
The hottest contract last Friday: Tesla call with a maturity date of May 31st and a strike price of $177.5, with a trading volume of 190,000 contracts. Dell's stock price plummeted by 18%, with options trading surging to 620,000 contracts, of which 58.4% were bullish options. GME rose by over 2%, with options trading increasing to 310,000 contracts, of which 76.7% were bullish options
Last Friday, tech stocks once again weighed on the US stock market, while energy stocks rebounded.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading last Friday: NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, AMD, Amazon, Dell, Salesforce, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir.
Among them:
NVIDIA fell nearly 1%, with options trading surging to 2.47 million contracts, with 55.6% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $1100 expiring on May 31st traded over 120,000 contracts, while those with a strike price of $1090 traded over 70,000 contracts.
Tesla fell 0.4%, with options trading dropping to 2.02 million contracts, with 62.8% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $177.5 traded 190,000 contracts, and those with a strike price of $175 traded 110,000 contracts.
Apple rose 0.5%, with options trading rising to 980,000 contracts, with 65.6% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $192.5 expiring on June 7th traded nearly 50,000 contracts, while those with a strike price of $190 expiring on May 31st traded 45,000 contracts.
AMD slightly rose, with options trading rising to 880,000 contracts, with 64% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $165 traded nearly 70,000 contracts.
Amazon fell nearly 2%, with options trading surging to 810,000 contracts, with 70% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $175 traded 60,000 contracts.
Dell plummeted 18%, with options trading skyrocketing to 620,000 contracts, with 58.4% being call options.
Salesforce surged over 7%, with options trading nearly halving to 510,000 contracts, with 67.2% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $230 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Microsoft slightly rose, with options trading remaining around 500,000 contracts, with 60% being call options.
Meta slightly fell, with options trading surging to 390,000 contracts, with 62.5% being call options.
Palantir slightly fell, with options trading dropping to 330,000 contracts, with 75.7% being call options.
GameStop (GME) surged over 2%, with options trading rising to 310,000 contracts, with 76.7% being call options.
Alibaba fell nearly 2%, with options trading rising to 260,000 contracts, with 76.4% being call options.
Unusual activity in NEE contracts, with 60,000 call options with a strike price of $65 expiring on June 21st traded.
