US Stock Options | NVIDIA's trading volume soared, Google doubled, Micron Technology halved!
The hottest contracts last Friday: Tesla calls with a same-day expiration and a strike price of $170, with a trading volume of 220,000 contracts! Nvidia calls with a strike price of $940 also traded 125,000 contracts. Google Class A options doubled to 540,000 contracts, with 74.7% being bullish options; Lululemon options surged to 340,000 contracts, with a fifty-fifty split between bullish and bearish options
Last Friday, blue-chip technology stocks dragged down the market, AI concept stocks fell, and Chinese concept stocks retreated.
Overview of US Stock Options Trading
The top ten US stock options trading last Friday: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, AMD, Google Class A, Nike, Micron Technology, Lululemon, Amazon, Microsoft.
Among them:
Nvidia rose more than 3%, with options trading surging to 2.66 million contracts, with 58% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $940 and expiring on the same day traded over 125,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $945 traded over 90,000 contracts.
Tesla fell over 1%, with options trading increasing to 2.15 million contracts, with 50.7% of them being put options. Call options with a strike price of $170 traded 220,000 contracts.
Apple slightly rose, with options trading decreasing to 1.425 million contracts, with 57.6% of them being call options. Put options with a strike price of $172.5 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.
AMD slightly rose, with options trading slightly decreasing to 910,000 contracts, with 65.7% of them being call options.
Google Class A rose over 2%, with options trading doubling to 540,000 contracts, with 74.7% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $155 and expiring on March 28 traded over 60,000 contracts.
Nike fell nearly 7%, with options trading rising to 440,000 contracts, with 62.1% of them being put options.
Micron Technology slightly rose, with options trading halving to 400,000 contracts, with 69.5% of them being call options.
Lululemon plummeted 16%, with options trading surging to 340,000 contracts, with an equal split between call and put options.
Amazon and Microsoft both had options trading of over 300,000 contracts, with call options dominating.
Pfizer fell over 1%, with options trading significantly increasing to 290,000 contracts, with 81.8% of them being call options. Call options with a strike price of $27 and expiring on March 28 traded over 80,000 contracts.
