US Stock Options | AMD trading volume halved! Tesla, NVIDIA continue to be hot: trading volume still exceeds 2 million contracts
Intel's trading volume surged to 640,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 75.8%; Nio's options trading volume surged to nearly 510,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 55%. The hottest contracts overnight: Tesla with a March 8 expiration date, with strike prices of $200 and $195, traded over 150,000 and 110,000 contracts respectively!
Overnight, Bitcoin and NVIDIA surged, while Tesla plummeted, and Chinese concept stocks suffered a brutal blow.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading before last Friday were: Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, AMD, Intel, Google Class A, Marathon Digital, Nio, Palantir, Super Micro Computer.
Among them:
Tesla plummeted over 7%, with options trading slightly increasing to 2.3 million contracts, with 62% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $200 and $195 expiring on March 8th traded over 150,000 and 110,000 contracts respectively.
NVIDIA rose nearly 4%, with options trading slightly decreasing to 2.09 million contracts, with 60% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.
Apple dropped 2.5%, with options trading decreasing to 1.57 million contracts, with 58% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $180 traded 90,000 contracts.
AMD rose over 1%, with options trading halving to around 980,000 contracts, with 63.5% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $210 traded over 70,000 contracts.
Intel surged over 4%, with options trading skyrocketing to 640,000 contracts, with 75.8% being call options.
Google and Marathon Digital saw a decline in stock prices, but options trading exceeded 500,000 contracts, mainly in call options.
Nio plummeted nearly 8%, with options trading surging to nearly 510,000 contracts, with 55% being call options.
Palantir dropped over 3%, with options trading slightly decreasing to 450,000 contracts, with 76% being call options.
Super Micro Computer surged over 18%, with options trading rising to 410,000 contracts, with 59% being call options.