US Stock Options | GME, AMC, FFIE Trading Volume Surges! NVIDIA, Amazon "Cut in Half"
On June 7th, Apple calls with a strike price of $195 traded 150,000 contracts, becoming the hottest overnight contract. GME surged by 21%, with options trading volume doubling to 910,000 contracts, with 62% being call options. AMC Entertainment soared by 11%, with options trading volume skyrocketing to 700,000 contracts, with 82% being call options
Overnight, there was a technical glitch on the NYSE, causing abnormal movements in several individual stock prices.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, GameStop (GME), AMC Entertainment, AMD, Amazon, Meta, Dell, Palantir.
Among them:
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Tesla dropped by 1%, with options trading volume falling to 1.52 million contracts, where 60% were call options. Put options with a strike price of $170 expiring on June 7th traded 130,000 contracts, while call options with strike prices of $185 and $180 both traded over 100,000 contracts.
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NVIDIA rose by 5%, with options trading volume halving to 1.23 million contracts, where 61.6% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $1200 traded over 50,000 contracts.
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Apple rose by 1%, with options trading volume increasing to 1.03 million contracts, where 71.1% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $195 traded 150,000 contracts, making it the most active contract overnight.
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GameStop surged by 21%, with options trading volume doubling to 910,000 contracts, where 62% were call options.
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AMC Entertainment surged by 11%, with options trading volume surging to 700,000 contracts, where 82% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $5.5 traded 45,000 contracts.
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AMD dropped by 2%, with options trading volume falling to 670,000 contracts, where 66.5% were call options. Call options with a strike price of $170 traded 70,000 contracts.
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Amazon rose by 1%, with options trading volume halving to 380,000 contracts, where 68% were call options.
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Meta rose by over 2%, with options trading volume falling to 250,000 contracts, where 64% were call options.
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Dell dropped by over 5%, with options trading volume falling to 250,000 contracts, where 65% were call options.
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NIO dropped by 1%, with options trading volume increasing to 185,000 contracts, where 76.9% were call options.
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Faraday Future Intelligent Electric rose by 7%, with options trading volume increasing to 170,000 contracts, where 75% were call options.