Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher, with most leading technology stocks rising and Chinese concept stocks falling. The application for the listing of a Bitcoin spot ETF was approved.
<h3>Overview of U.S. stock options trading</h3>
The top ten U.S. stock options trading on the day were: Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alibaba, AMD, Marathon Digital, and Pfizer.
Among them:
Tesla slightly declined, with options trading increasing slightly to 1.65 million contracts, with a 50-50 split between call options and put options. Call options with a strike price of $235 expiring on January 12th traded 100,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $240 and put options with a strike price of $230 both traded over 80,000 contracts.
NVIDIA rose over 2%, with options trading falling to 1.4 million contracts, with call options accounting for 60%. Call options with a strike price of $550 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.
Apple slightly rose, with options trading increasing to 770,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 57.4%. Call options with a strike price of $185 traded 70,000 contracts.
Microsoft rose nearly 2%, with options trading at 680,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 75%. Call options with a strike price of $285 traded over 50,000 contracts.
Meta rose nearly 4%, with options trading at 630,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 65%.
Amazon rose over 1%, with options trading at 600,000 contracts, with call options accounting for 66%. Call options with a strike price of $155 traded nearly 70,000 contracts.
Alibaba fell nearly 1%, with options trading doubling to 560,000 contracts, with put options accounting for 70%. Put options with a strike price of $90 and $95 expiring on January 19th traded 85,000 contracts and 77,000 contracts respectively, while put options with a strike price of $85 traded over 60,000 contracts.
AMD and Marathon Digital both had options trading exceeding 400,000 contracts.
Pfizer fell over 1%, with options trading rising to 250,000 contracts, with put options accounting for 60.6%.
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The trading volume of BABA-SWR options doubled to 560,000 contracts, with put options accounting for 70%! Put options with a January 19 expiration date and strike prices of $90 and $95 for BABA-SWR traded 85,000 contracts and 77,000 contracts respectively, while put options with a strike price of $85 also traded over 60,000 contracts.

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US Stock Options | BABA-SWR doubles in trading volume, investors rush to buy these three put contracts! Tesla and Apple calls are hot