Overnight, only the Dow Jones Index closed higher, while tech stocks and Chinese concept stocks retreated.
<h3>Overview of US Stock Options Trading</h3>
The top ten US stock options trading on the day: Tesla, Apple, NVIDIA, Amazon, Marathon Digital, AMD, Quantumscape, Alibaba, Microsoft, and Citigroup.
Among them:
Tesla slightly declined, with options trading falling to 1.76 million contracts, with a call option ratio of 55.5%. Put options with a strike price of $240 and call options with a strike price of $242.5, both expiring on January 5th, had a trading volume of over 110,000 contracts.
Apple fell more than 1%, with options trading slightly rebounding to 1.28 million contracts, with a call option ratio of 53.2%. Call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5, both traded over 100,000 contracts.
NVIDIA rose nearly 1%, with options trading reaching nearly 840,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 55.9%. Put options with a strike price of $480 and call options with a strike price of $485, both traded over 50,000 contracts.
Amazon fell nearly 3%, with options trading at 690,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 58.7%.
Marathon Digital surged 12%, with options trading at 530,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 65%.
AMD slightly rose, with options trading at nearly 400,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 65.7%.
Quantumscape soared 43%, with options trading skyrocketing to 380,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 73.7%.
Alibaba fell more than 2%, with options trading at 310,000 contracts, with a call option ratio of 62.2%.
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On January 5th, more than 110,000 contracts of Tesla with a strike price of $240 were traded. Apple contracts with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 both traded over 100,000 contracts. Alibaba options traded 310,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 62.2% of the total.

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US Stock Options | QS, the "magic stock", sees a surge in trading volume! Tesla puts and Alibaba calls continue to be heavily speculated.