US Stock Options | NVIDIA, Tesla, AMD, Netflix all experience a surge in trading volume!
But the hottest contract overnight is not a technology stock, but Pfizer, which expires on February 16th with a strike price of $26, with a trading volume of nearly 170,000 contracts! AMD, which expires on January 26th with a strike price of $180, closely follows with a trading volume of over 130,000 contracts.
Overnight, NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet-C all hit historic highs, while Chinese concept stocks continued to rise.
Overview of US stock options trading
The top ten US stock options trading on the day were: NVIDIA, Tesla, AMD, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Pfizer, Alibaba, and Meta.
Among them:
NVIDIA rose nearly 3%, with options trading surging to 1.95 million contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 59.6%. Nearly 100,000 call options with a strike price of $620 and an expiration date of January 26th were traded.
Tesla fell nearly 1%, with options trading rising to 1.88 million contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 54.4%. Over 70,000 call options with a strike price of $230 were traded.
AMD rose nearly 6%, with options trading surging to 1.52 million contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 61.9%. Over 130,000 call options with a strike price of $180 and over 90,000 put options with a strike price of $175 were traded.
Netflix rose over 10%, with options trading surging to 710,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 57.7%.
Options trading for Amazon and Apple both exceeded 600,000 contracts, with call options dominating.
Microsoft rose nearly 1%, with options trading reaching 470,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 63%. Over 70,000 call options with a strike price of $405 were traded.
Pfizer slightly declined, with options trading surging to 610,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 93.5%. Nearly 170,000 call options with a strike price of $26 and an expiration date of February 16th were traded, making it the most popular contract overnight.
Alibaba rose over 1%, with options trading falling to 460,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options reached 78%.