Key focus.
1, in the past week, it fell by more than 2%, and the volume of options on Friday decreased slightly to 4 million contracts, with a call ratio dropping to 56%; on the open options chain, the call with an expiration date of this Friday and a strike price of $110 was the hottest, with a trading volume and open interest of nearly 0.09 million contracts. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ After rising for 5 consecutive days, the stock price has surged nearly 20%, and the implied volatility has been decreasing for several days in a row. The call option premium ratio has risen for several days and is now at 61%. Yesterday's options trading volume reached 4.15 million contracts, up about 8% from the previous day. The most active options on the options chain are call options with a strike price of $120 expiring this Friday, with a trading volume of about 0.241 million contracts and an open interest of 0.104 million contracts.
3, the strong performance continued after the earnings report. The volume of options on Friday surged to 0.3 million contracts, and the call ratio increased again, to around 70%. On the options chain, the call with a $40 strike price expiring this Friday was sought after, with a trading volume of 0.034 million contracts and an open interest of 3,800 contracts. The option recorded a 100% increase on the day. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ After a more than 3% pullback overnight, the stock price fell below $200 at one point during the trading day. The overnight options trading volume was 1.24 million contracts, with the latest call option premium ratio slightly falling to 58% compared to the previous day. The put options expiring this Friday with strike prices of $202.5/$205 saw their option premiums more than double.
Goldman Sachs recently lowered its target price for Tesla from $248 to $230, while maintaining a "neutral" rating. The Goldman Sachs analyst stated that the basic gross margin of Tesla's auto business is lower than widely expected, and pricing/incentives and costs have all brought resistance to the company. Although Goldman Sachs believes that Tesla is still a leader in auto autonomous driving technology, it is expected to take two to three years for the company to achieve conditionally unsupervised large-scale self-driving capabilities.
3. Antitrust Big Stick Falls! $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ The stock fell more than 2% yesterday, with options trading volume nearly doubling from the previous day, reaching 0.41 million contracts. The call option premium ratio was 62%. Many put options saw significant increases in premiums, with put options expiring this Friday with strike prices of $160-$167.5 all more than doubling in value.
4. $Starbucks (SBUX.US)$ The stock fell more than 2% yesterday, and options trading remained hot, about three times the daily average trading volume. Bearish sentiment has risen, and the put option premium ratio has risen for two consecutive days to 61.4%. The most popular option on the options chain is a put option expiring this Friday with a strike price of $90, with a trading volume of about 0.045 million contracts and an open interest of 0.034 million contracts.
1. US stock options trading list
2. ETF options trading list.
3. Individual stock implied volatility (IV) ranking.
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