US Stock Options | GME, AMC, Bank of America trading volume surges! Robinhood, NVIDIA hot
On June 21st, the call option of Bank of America with a strike price of $35 expired, with a trading volume of 360,000 contracts, becoming the hottest contract overnight. GameStop (GME) surged by 47%, with options trading volume skyrocketing to 1.53 million contracts, of which 70% were call options. AMC Entertainment (AMC) surged by 12%, with options trading volume surging to 850,000 contracts, of which 85.7% were call options
Overnight, the US stock market showed mixed movements, with meme stocks surging.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: NVIDIA, Tesla, GameStop (GME), Bank of America, AMC Entertainment, AMD, Palantir, Apple, Amazon, Robinhood.
Among them:
NVIDIA fell over 1%, with options trading volume rising to 2.25 million contracts, with call options accounting for 60%. Call options with a strike price of $1250 expiring on June 7th traded 95,000 contracts.
Tesla rose nearly 2%, with options trading volume increasing to 1.85 million contracts, with call options accounting for 55.6%. Call options with a strike price of $180 traded 190,000 contracts, while call options with strike prices of $177.5 and $175 traded nearly 140,000 contracts each.
GameStop surged 47%, with options trading volume skyrocketing to 1.53 million contracts, with call options accounting for 70%. Call options with a strike price of $40 traded 80,000 contracts.
Bank of America dropped nearly 1%, with options trading volume surging to 1.37 million contracts, with call options accounting for 96.6%. The most active contract overnight was call options with a strike price of $35 expiring on June 21st, trading 360,000 contracts; call options with strike prices of $32 traded 280,000 contracts, and call options with a strike price of $30 traded 170,000 contracts.
AMC surged 12%, with options trading volume surging to 850,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 85.7%. Call options with a strike price of $6 expiring on June 7th traded 90,000 contracts.
AMD slightly rose, with options trading volume remaining at 720,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 61%. Call options with a strike price of $167.5 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Palantir rose over 3%, with options trading volume surging to 710,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 78%.
Apple fell nearly 1%, with options trading volume dropping to 650,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 68%.
Amazon rose over 2%, with options trading volume increasing to 470,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 63.8%.
Robinhood rose nearly 7%, with options trading volume surging to 460,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 85.5%.
NIO dropped nearly 7%, with options trading volume remaining around 250,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 72.8%.
