Key focus.

1. China concept etf $Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR.US)$ Surged by 7.98%, options trading volume skyrocketed to 0.5 million contracts; the most profitable option is a call expiring this Friday with a strike price of $47, making an overnight massive profit of 26 times, while multiple end-of-week calls also made over 2 times profit.

The China concept ETF that surged alongside, $iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI.US)$ , rose 2.74% last night, with options trading reaching 2.348 million contracts, ranking second in ETF options trading volume. The difference is that FXI saw a massive increase in call options.

Among them, expiring on March 21, 2025, a call with a strike price of $47 was bought into 0.4 million contracts, with a total trading value of $52 million; expiring on March 21, 2025, a call with a strike price of $44 was bought into 0.4 million contracts, with a total trading value of $71.2 million.

2. Is the AI monster stock coming back? $Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ Yesterday, it surged 15%, with the implied volatility rising rapidly from 47.78% to 65.19%, the call ratio rising to 66.5%, and options trading volume reaching 1.4588 million contracts.

Amid yesterday's skyrocketing trend, many end-of-week calls surged over 10 times! Among them, the end-of-week calls with a strike price of $54 skyrocketed 54 times.

On the other hand, some big players shorted super micro computers with millions of dollars on the line. Specifically, for the November 15, 2024 expiration, calls with a strike price of $40 were sold in two tranches, totaling 0.03 million contracts, with amounts involved being $14.865 million and $13.905 million.

On the news front, super micro computer announced on Monday the launch of a complete liquid cooling solution, including a powerful cooling distribution unit (CDU), cold plate, coolant distribution manifold (CDM), cooling tower, and end-to-end management software. It stated that since June of this year, over 2000 liquid-cooled racks have been delivered, with shipments of over 0.1 million GPUs equipped with this solution in a quarter. Analysts suggest that if the average price of such GPUs is comparable to Nvidia's $0.03 million chips, it could potentially mean orders in the tens of billions of dollars.

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ Rose by 2.24%, options trading volume reached 4.6039 million contracts, implied volatility was 30.61%, and call ratio was 63.9%.

Multiple call options expiring this Friday with exercise prices between $130-$140 experienced a gain of over 90%. Among these, the most traded option expiring this Friday with an exercise price of $130 had a trading volume of 0.31 million contracts last night.

Regarding unusual options activity, there were three transactions with trading amounts exceeding $5 million. One of them involved the selling of 0.0135 million call options expiring on December 20, 2024 with an exercise price of $140, amounting to $11.8305 million in transaction value, making it the highest traded amount.

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Options are contracts that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price on or before a specific date. The price of options is influenced by various factors, including the current price of the underlying asset, the strike price, the expiration date, andImplied volatility.

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This content does not constitute an offer, solicitation, recommendation, opinion, or guarantee of any securities, financial products or instruments. The loss risk of buying and selling options could be substantial. In certain circumstances, you may suffer losses exceeding the amount initially deposited as margin. Even if you set up backup instructions, such as stop loss or limit instructions, losses may not be avoided. Market conditions may render such orders impossible to execute. You may be required to deposit additional margin in a very short period of time. If the required amount cannot be provided within the specified time, your open contracts may be closed. However, you are still responsible for any shortfalls in your account arising from this. Therefore, before buying or selling, you should research and understand the options, and consider carefully whether such trading is suitable for you based on your financial situation and investment objectives. If you buy or sell options, you should be familiar with the exercise of options and the procedures at expiration, as well as your rights and obligations when exercising an option or at expiration.

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