US Stock Options | NVIDIA's trading volume surged to 3.2 million contracts! Tesla puts are on fire.

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2024.02.26 07:12
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The hottest contracts last Friday: 150,000 Tesla puts with a strike price of $192.5 expired on the same day! Rivian Automotive's stock price plummeted by 12%, with options trading 770,000 contracts; Super Micro Computer also dropped by 12%, with options trading maintaining around 580,000 contracts; Carvana surged by 32%, causing options trading to skyrocket to 560,000 contracts.

Last Friday, the market focus was on NVIDIA, which opened high but fell sharply during the day, with the U.S. stock market barely closing at a new high.

Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading

The top ten U.S. stock options trading before last Friday were: NVIDIA, Tesla, AMD, Apple, Rivian Automotive, Meta, Amazon, AMD, Carvana, and Block.

Among them:

NVIDIA saw a slight increase, with options trading further rising to 3.19 million contracts, with 62% of them being call options. Over 100,000 put options with a strike price of $790 and expiring on the same day were traded.

Tesla dropped nearly 3%, with options trading increasing to 2.2 million contracts, and 66% of them being call options. On the same day, over 150,000 put options with a strike price of $192.5 were traded, and over 110,000 call options with a strike price of $200 expiring on March 1st were traded.

AMD fell by 3%, with options trading falling to 1.02 million contracts, and 63.4% of them being call options. Over 40,000 put options with a strike price of $177.5 were traded.

Apple dropped by 1%, with options trading slightly increasing to 866,000 contracts, and 62% of them being call options. Nearly 60,000 call options with a strike price of $185 expiring on March 1st were traded.

Rivian Automotive plummeted by 12%, with options trading remaining around 770,000 contracts, and 54% of them being call options. Over 60,000 put options with a strike price of $7.5 expiring on January 17th next year were traded.

Meta slightly dropped, with options trading remaining around 610,000 contracts, and 67.6% of them being call options.

Amazon saw a slight increase, with options trading falling to 590,000 contracts, and 70% of them being call options. Over 35,000 call options with a strike price of $175 expiring on March 1st were traded.

AMD plummeted by 12%, with options trading remaining around 580,000 contracts, and 53% of them being call options.

Carvana surged by 32%, with options trading skyrocketing to 560,000 contracts, and 61% of them being call options.

Block surged by 16%, with options trading skyrocketing to 550,000 contracts, and 69% of them being call options.

Nio dropped by nearly 8%, with options trading surging to 240,000 contracts, and 65% of them being call options.