Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose, chip stocks cooled down, and Chinese concept stocks rebounded significantly.
<h3>Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading</h3>
The top ten U.S. stock options trading on the day: Palantir Tech Tech, Tesla, NVIDIA, BABA-SWR, AMD, Snap, Apple, Ford Motor, Meta, NYCB.
Among them:
Palantir Tech Tech surged 30%, with options trading nearly doubling to 2.5 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 72.7%. Call options with a strike price of $21 expiring on February 9th traded over 110,000 contracts, while call options with strike prices of $22 traded over 100,000 contracts.
Tesla rose over 2%, with options trading falling to 1.96 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 55%. Call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 traded over 130,000 and 120,000 contracts respectively, while call options with a strike price of $190 and put options with a strike price of $180 also traded over 100,000 contracts.
NVIDIA fell nearly 2%, with options trading falling to 1.62 million contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66%. Call options with a strike price of $700 traded 85,000 contracts.
BABA-SWR rose nearly 5%, with options trading surging to 680,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 78.9%.
AMD fell nearly 4%, with options trading rising to 670,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66%.
Snap rose over 4%, with options trading surging to 600,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 66.5%.
Apple rose nearly 1%, with options trading falling to 570,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 67%. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.
Ford Motor rose over 4%, with options trading rising to 465,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 54%.
Meta fell over 1%, with options trading falling to nearly 450,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 67.6%.
NYCB plunged 22%, with options trading surging to 410,000 contracts, and the proportion of put options accounted for 67%.
Nio rose over 12%, with options trading rising to around 230,000 contracts, and the proportion of call options accounted for 81%. Call options with a strike price of $6 traded over 50,000 contracts.
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The trading volume of Palantir Tech options has nearly doubled to 2.5 million contracts. Over 110,000 contracts of call options with a strike price of $21 and an expiration date of February 9th were traded! However, the hottest overnight contracts are still for Tesla: over 130,000 contracts of call options with strike prices of $185 and $182.5 were traded!

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US Stock Options | Palantir Tech, BABA-SWR, Snap, NYCB Trading Surges! But the Hottest Contract Still Belongs to Tesla