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Last Friday, the semiconductor sector rebounded by 2.15%. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ Options trading volume reached 3.016 million contracts, with an IV of 36.92% and a call proportion of 63.0%.Implied volatilityOn the options chain, the highest trading volume is for this Friday's expiry, with a strike price of $140 for call options, trading 0.0747 million contracts. This is followed by this Friday's expiry with a strike price of $135 for put options, trading nearly 0.07 million contracts.
A large investor sold 3,900 contracts of December 19, 2025, put options with a strike price of $138 on NVIDIA, resulting in a transaction amount of $9.0324 million.
On the news front, a sales director at NVIDIA revealed in an email that Musk's demand for AI chips has put pressure on NVIDIA's supply chain. A spokesperson for NVIDIA stated that the company has expanded its chip supply.
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. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Last Friday rose by 3.69%, options trading volume reached 1.6284 million contracts, implying a volatility level increased to 39.12%, call ratio at 61.7%. On the options chain, the most traded contract is the call expiring this Friday with a strike price of $350, with a volume of 0.0259 million contracts. Additionally, there was a significant increase in the number of call contracts expiring this Friday related to Tesla.
Regarding unusual options activity, last Friday, Tesla had nearly $7 million call options in large transactions. Specifically, a put order with an expiration on January 15, 2027, and a strike price of $300 was sold for 1000 contracts, with a total transaction amount of $6.82 million.
On the news front, Tesla's Siasun Robot&Automation official account released a new update. In the video, Optimus skillfully catches and releases a tennis ball thrown at it, showing relatively flexible bending of the fingers. Tesla's engineer Milan Kovac referred to the newly demonstrated dexterous hand as a "milestone achievement". Kovac explained that compared to the previous generation, this new hand/forearm offers double the freedom of movement. The video was completed in real time in the lab through remote operation, and Tesla is expected to soon produce robots equipped with the new dexterous hand.
Two Bitcoin ETF options trading volumes entered the top 20 of ETFs last Friday. $ProShares Bitcoin ETF (BITO.US)$ Options trading volume reached 4.0783 million contracts, surpassing $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ Ranked second, $iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT.US)$ Options traded 0.1751 million contracts, with volume ranking ninth among ETFs.
In terms of large trades, BITO saw dozens of options trades exceeding tens of millions of US dollars. Among them, the largest one was selling 0.0503 million contracts expiring on January 16, 2026, with a strike price of $20 for call options, with a transaction amount of $30.7 million.
On the news front, thanks to the commitment of the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ease regulations on the cryptos industry, direct investments in bitcoin and ether ETFs have seen unprecedented demand. Bloomberg compiled data shows that both bitcoin and ether ETFs set monthly net inflow records in November, amounting to $6.5 billion and $1.1 billion respectively. Last Friday, the daily inflow scale of ether ETF also hit a historical high.
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