US Stock Options | Tesla puts are being bought like crazy! Nvidia, AMD, TSMC trading volume surges!
Overnight hottest contracts: Tesla calls with an expiration date of April 19th and a strike price of $160 traded nearly 170,000 contracts, while Tesla puts with strike prices of $155, $240, $220, and $150 traded 160,000 contracts, 158,000 contracts, 120,000 contracts, and 110,000 contracts respectively
Overnight, tech stocks dragged down the three major US stock indexes collectively, with mixed performance among popular Chinese concept stocks.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Amazon, United Airlines, Meta, ARM, TSMC, Boeing.
Among them:
Tesla fell over 1%, with options trading surging to 2.93 million contracts, where 62.5% were put options. Call options with a strike price of $160 expiring on April 19 traded nearly 170,000 contracts, while put options with strike prices of $155, $240, $220, and $150 traded 160,000 contracts, 158,000 contracts, 120,000 contracts, and 110,000 contracts respectively.
Nvidia dropped by 4%, with options trading surging to 1.45 million contracts, where 57.5% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
AMD fell by 6%, with options trading almost doubling to 980,000 contracts, where 51.3% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $165 traded 60,000 contracts.
Apple fell by 1%, with options trading decreasing to 970,000 contracts, where 51.8% were call options. Put options with a strike price of $180 traded 80,000 contracts.
Amazon fell over 1%, with options trading increasing to 430,000 contracts, where 62.4% were call options.
United Airlines surged by over 17%, with options trading skyrocketing to 400,000 contracts, where 54.4% were put options.
Meta fell over 1%, with options trading increasing to 340,000 contracts, where 57.7% were call options.
ARM plummeted by 12%, with options trading surging to 320,000 contracts, where 60% were put options.
TSMC fell by 0.55%, with options trading surging to 300,000 contracts, where 65% were call options.
Snap rose by nearly 5%, with options trading surging to 250,000 contracts, where 78.7% were call options.
AMC Theatres surged by over 9%, with options trading remaining around 240,000 contracts, where 77% were call options.
Trump concept stock DJT surged by over 15%, with options trading increasing to 240,000 contracts, where 58.2% were put options