Overnight, the tech stocks dragged down the Nasdaq, with Apple experiencing its worst decline in five months, and Chinese concept stocks plummeting.<h3>Overview of US Stock Options Trading</h3>The top ten US stock options trading on that day were: Tesla, Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, Amazon, Marathon Digital, Microsoft, Pfizer, Alibaba, and Meta.Among them:Tesla slightly declined, with options trading falling to 1.67 million contracts, and bullish options accounting for 56.6%. Nearly 95,000 contracts of bullish options with a strike price of $250 and nearly 80,000 contracts of bullish options with strike prices of $255 and $260 were traded, all expiring on January 5th.Apple fell nearly 4%, with options trading at 1.37 million contracts, and bullish options accounting for 56.5%. Over 90,000 contracts of bullish options with a strike price of $187.5 were traded.NVIDIA fell nearly 3%, with options trading at 860,000 contracts, and bullish options accounting for 60%. Nearly 50,000 contracts of bullish options with a strike price of $500 were traded.AMD fell 6%, with options trading at 610,000 contracts, and bullish options accounting for 60%.Amazon and Marathon Digital had options trading of over 400,000 contracts, with bullish options dominating.Alibaba fell over 3%, with options trading at 335,000 contracts, and bullish options accounting for 68.7%.NIO fell over 7%, with options trading at 300,000 contracts, and bullish options accounting for 63%.Cisco slightly declined, with options trading skyrocketing to around 300,000 contracts, and bullish options accounting for 90.5%. Over 110,000 contracts of bullish options with a strike price of $47.5 and expiring on January 19th were traded, making it the most popular contract of the day.<img src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/WmfU4kFXjxJ54ycLSKnM9sEC4BHNK4Tr.jpg?x-oss-process=style/lg" alt="" original-src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/WmfU4kFXjxJ54ycLSKnM9sEC4BHNK4Tr.jpg"/><img src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/zhyAgWWKFM7LY2c4vcmG2GMtrm6sqzis.jpg?x-oss-process=style/lg" alt="" original-src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/zhyAgWWKFM7LY2c4vcmG2GMtrm6sqzis.jpg"/>

The hottest contract overnight: Over 110,000 contracts of Cisco with an expiration date of January 19th and a strike price of $47.5 were traded! The total volume of Cisco options also skyrocketed to around 300,000 contracts overnight, with call options accounting for 90.5%. Nearly 95,000 contracts of Tesla with an expiration date of January 5th and a strike price of $250 were also traded.

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