US Stock Options | Palantir Tech, BABA-SWR, Snap, NYCB Trading Surges! But the Hottest Contract Still Belongs to Tesla
The trading volume of Palantir Tech options has nearly doubled to 2.5 million contracts. Over 110,000 contracts of call options with a strike price of $21 and an expiration date of February 9th were traded! However, the hottest overnight contracts are still for Tesla: over 130,000 contracts of call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 were traded!
Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose, chip stocks cooled down, and Chinese concept stocks rebounded significantly.
Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading
The top ten U.S. stock options trading on the day: Palantir Tech Tech, Tesla, NVIDIA, BABA-SWR, AMD, Snap, Apple, Ford Motor, Meta, NYCB.
Among them:
Palantir Tech Tech surged 30%, with options trading nearly doubling to 2.5 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 72.7%. Call options with a strike price of $21 expiring on February 9th traded over 110,000 contracts, while call options with strike prices of $22 traded over 100,000 contracts.
Tesla rose over 2%, with options trading falling to 1.96 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 55%. Call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 traded over 130,000 and 120,000 contracts respectively, while call options with a strike price of $190 and put options with a strike price of $180 also traded over 100,000 contracts.
NVIDIA fell nearly 2%, with options trading falling to 1.62 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66%. Call options with a strike price of $700 traded 85,000 contracts.
BABA-SWR rose nearly 5%, with options trading surging to 680,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 78.9%.
AMD fell nearly 4%, with options trading rising to 670,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66%.
Snap rose over 4%, with options trading surging to 600,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66.5%.
Apple rose nearly 1%, with options trading falling to 570,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 67%. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Ford Motor rose over 4%, with options trading rising to 465,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 54%.
Meta fell over 1%, with options trading falling to nearly 450,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 67.6%.
NYCB plunged 22%, with options trading surging to 410,000 contracts, and the proportion of put options accounted for 67%.
Nio rose over 12%, with options trading rising to around 230,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 81%. Call options with a strike price of $6 traded over 50,000 contracts.
