US Stock Options | Tesla, Nvidia Soar in Trading Volume, Apple Nearly Doubles in Trading Volume!
Overnight hottest contracts: Tesla calls with expiration dates of April 12th, with strike prices of $175 and $172.5, traded over 210,000 and 200,000 contracts respectively. Tesla puts with a strike price of $170 traded over 170,000 contracts. Rivian options trading surged to 300,000 contracts, with 57% being call options. Nikola options trading surged to 200,000 contracts, with 51% being put options
Overnight, US tech stocks generally rose, while Chinese concept stocks showed mixed performance.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, AMD, Google Class A, Rivian, Meta, Citigroup, Micron Technology.
Among them:
Tesla rose nearly 2%, with options trading rising to 2.18 million contracts, with 54.7% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $175 and $172.5 expiring on April 12 traded over 210,000 contracts each, while put options with a strike price of $170 traded over 170,000 contracts.
Apple rose over 4%, with options trading almost doubling to 1.97 million contracts, with 68.4% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $175 traded 170,000 contracts, and call options with a strike price of $172.5 also traded over 130,000 contracts.
Nvidia rose over 4%, with options trading surging to 1.82 million contracts, with 58.7% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded nearly 130,000 contracts.
Amazon rose nearly 2%, with options trading rising to 670,000 contracts, with 58.1% being call options.
AMD rose 2%, with options trading falling to 570,000 contracts, with 64% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $170 traded over 70,000 contracts.
Google Class A rose 2%, with options trading rising to 330,000 contracts, with 67% being call options.
Rivian fell 7%, with options trading surging to 300,000 contracts, with 57% being call options.
Meta and Citigroup both had options trading volume of 280,000 contracts, with call options being dominant.
Micron Technology rose over 4%, with options trading rising to 280,000 contracts, with 72% being call options.
Nikola plunged 27%, with options trading surging to 200,000 contracts, with 51% being put options.
Coinbase rose 5%, with options trading rising to 185,000 contracts, with 62% being call options.
Alibaba slightly rose, with options trading remaining around 180,000 contracts, with 67% being call options