US Stock Options | QS, the "magic stock", sees a surge in trading volume! Tesla puts and Alibaba calls continue to be heavily speculated.
On January 5th, more than 110,000 contracts of Tesla with a strike price of $240 were traded. Apple contracts with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 both traded over 100,000 contracts. Alibaba options traded 310,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 62.2% of the total.
Overnight, only the Dow Jones Index closed higher, while tech stocks and Chinese concept stocks retreated.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading on the day: Tesla, Apple, NVIDIA, Amazon, Marathon Digital, AMD, Quantumscape, Alibaba, Microsoft, and Citigroup.
Among them:
Tesla slightly declined, with options trading falling to 1.76 million contracts, with a call option ratio of 55.5%. Put options with a strike price of $240 and call options with a strike price of $242.5, both expiring on January 5th, had a trading volume of over 110,000 contracts.
Apple fell more than 1%, with options trading slightly rebounding to 1.28 million contracts, with a call option ratio of 53.2%. Call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5, both traded over 100,000 contracts.
NVIDIA rose nearly 1%, with options trading reaching nearly 840,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 55.9%. Put options with a strike price of $480 and call options with a strike price of $485, both traded over 50,000 contracts.
Amazon fell nearly 3%, with options trading at 690,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 58.7%.
Marathon Digital surged 12%, with options trading at 530,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 65%.
AMD slightly rose, with options trading at nearly 400,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 65.7%.
Quantumscape soared 43%, with options trading skyrocketing to 380,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 73.7%.
Alibaba fell more than 2%, with options trading at 310,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 62.2%.
