US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume surged to 2 million contracts! Nvidia, GME, NVAX are hot
The hottest contracts last Friday: Tesla put options with a same-day expiration and a strike price of $170 traded 180,000 contracts. GameStop (GME) options trading nearly doubled to 400,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 73.5%. Novavax's stock price nearly doubled, with options trading surging to 280,000 contracts, and put options accounting for 63.7%
Last Friday, the US tech stocks showed mixed movements, with chip stocks rebounding and Chinese concept stocks falling.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading last Friday: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, AMD, Palantir, Marathon Digital, Google Class A, GME, Meta.
Among them:
Tesla fell by 2%, with options trading surging to 2 million contracts, and call options accounting for 53%. Put options with a strike price of $170 expiring on the same day traded 180,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $175 expiring on May 17 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Nvidia rose by over 1%, with options trading surging to 1.75 million contracts, and call options accounting for 62.2%. Call options with a strike price of $900 expiring on the same day traded nearly 70,000 contracts.
Apple fell by nearly 1%, with options trading dropping to 720,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 63.5%. Call options with a strike price of $182.5 traded 80,000 contracts.
Amazon fell by over 1%, with options trading dropping significantly to 590,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 64.7%.
AMD slightly fell, with options trading rising to 530,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 60%. Put options with a strike price of $152.5 traded 35,000 contracts, while put options with a strike price of $155 traded over 20,000 contracts.
Palantir fell by 2.5%, with options trading rising to 450,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 66%.
Marathon Digital plummeted by 13%, with options trading surging to 430,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 64%.
Google Class A fell by nearly 1%, with options trading surging to 420,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 65%.
GameStop GME fell by 3%, with options trading nearly doubling to 400,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 73.5%.
Meta slightly rose, with options trading rising to 360,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 55.8%.
TSMC rose by over 4%, with options trading rising to 340,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 75.5%.
Novavax's stock price nearly doubled, with options trading surging to 280,000 contracts, and put options accounting for 63.7%.
Nexgen Energy saw unusual activity, with nearly 70,000 put options with a strike price of $7 expiring on May 17 trading.
Lyft saw unusual activity, with over 50,000 call options with a strike price of $20 expiring on June 21 trading