US Stock Options | Apple trading volume halved, Nvidia and AMD fell! Tesla still traded nearly 2 million contracts
Overnight hottest contracts: Tesla calls with an expiration date of April 19 and a strike price of $170 traded over 120,000 contracts. Rivian options surged to 350,000 contracts, with 57% being call options. Nio options soared to 220,000 contracts, with 58% being call options. Coinbase options surged to 180,000 contracts, with 55% being call options
Overnight, the S&P 500 fell below the 50-day moving average, with Tesla leading the decline among the seven tech giants, and Chinese concept stocks were weak.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Amazon, Rivian, Bank of America, Palantir, Microsoft, Meta.
Among them:
Tesla fell more than 5%, with options trading remaining around 1.93 million contracts, evenly split between call options and put options. Call options with a strike price of $170 expiring on April 19 traded over 120,000 contracts, put options with a strike price of $165 traded 100,000 contracts, and call options with a strike price of $175 traded nearly 100,000 contracts.
Nvidia fell nearly 3%, with options trading falling to 1.22 million contracts, with call options accounting for 61.2%. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded over 60,000 contracts.
Apple fell over 2%, with options trading halving to 1.07 million contracts, with call options accounting for 63.6%. Call options with a strike price of $175 traded over 90,000 contracts, and call options with a strike price of $177.5 traded 80,000 contracts.
AMD fell 2%, with options trading falling to 645,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 61%. Call options with a strike price of $170 traded over 60,000 contracts.
Amazon fell over 1%, with options trading falling to 450,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 62%.
Rivian plummeted 8%, with options trading surging to 350,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 57%.
Bank of America edged up, with options trading rising to 300,000 contracts, with put options accounting for 54%.
Palantir fell over 3%, with options trading remaining around 290,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 72.5%.
Microsoft and Meta both had options trading around 270,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 60%.
Nio fell over 5%, with options trading surging to 220,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 58%.
Coinbase fell over 9%, with options trading surging to 180,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 55%.
Carvana plummeted 7%, with options trading surging to 170,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 73%