In the U.S. stock options market, NVIDIA's trading volume surged to 2.5 million contracts! AMD and Super Micro Computer followed the upward trend.
But the hottest contract overnight is still Tesla: nearly 200,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a strike price of $200, 160,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a strike price of $195, and over 120,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a strike price of $190.
Overnight, NVIDIA's surge ignited market sentiment, with US stocks hitting new highs and Chinese concept stocks rising.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading before last Friday were: NVIDIA, Tesla, AMD, Apple, Amazon, Rivian Automotive, Meta, AMD, Palantir, and Intel.
Among them:
NVIDIA surged by 16%, with options trading soaring to nearly 2.5 million contracts, with 61% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $800 expiring on February 23 traded 115,000 contracts.
Tesla rose by over 1%, with options trading increasing to 1.96 million contracts, and 63.7% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $200 traded nearly 200,000 contracts, those with a strike price of $195 traded 160,000 contracts, and put options with a strike price of $190 traded over 120,000 contracts.
AMD surged by over 10%, with options trading soaring to 1.41 million contracts, and 61% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $180 traded over 80,000 contracts.
Apple rose by over 1%, with options trading increasing to 830,000 contracts, and 69% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $185 traded over 100,000 contracts.
Amazon rose by over 3%, with options trading doubling to 800,000 contracts, and 69% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $175 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Rivian Automotive plummeted by over 25%, with options trading soaring to 760,000 contracts, and 56.7% of them being call options.
Meta rose by nearly 4%, with options trading doubling to 630,000 contracts, and 65% of them being call options.
AMD surged by 33%, with options trading surging to 570,000 contracts, and 60% of them being call options.
TSMC's US ADR rose by 3%, with options trading surging to 200,000 contracts, and 75% of them being call options.