Last Friday, the market focus was on NVIDIA, which opened high but fell sharply during the day, with the U.S. stock market barely closing at a new high.
<h3>Overview of U.S. Stock Options Trading</h3>
The top ten U.S. stock options trading before last Friday were: NVIDIA, Tesla, AMD, Apple, Rivian Automotive, Meta, Amazon, AMD, Carvana, and Block.
Among them:
NVIDIA saw a slight increase, with options trading further rising to 3.19 million contracts, with 62% of them being call options. Over 100,000 put options with a strike price of $790 and expiring on the same day were traded.
Tesla dropped nearly 3%, with options trading increasing to 2.2 million contracts, and 66% of them being call options. On the same day, over 150,000 put options with a strike price of $192.5 were traded, and over 110,000 call options with a strike price of $200 expiring on March 1st were traded.
AMD fell by 3%, with options trading falling to 1.02 million contracts, and 63.4% of them being call options. Over 40,000 put options with a strike price of $177.5 were traded.
Apple dropped by 1%, with options trading slightly increasing to 866,000 contracts, and 62% of them being call options. Nearly 60,000 call options with a strike price of $185 expiring on March 1st were traded.
Rivian Automotive plummeted by 12%, with options trading remaining around 770,000 contracts, and 54% of them being call options. Over 60,000 put options with a strike price of $7.5 expiring on January 17th next year were traded.
Meta slightly dropped, with options trading remaining around 610,000 contracts, and 67.6% of them being call options.
Amazon saw a slight increase, with options trading falling to 590,000 contracts, and 70% of them being call options. Over 35,000 call options with a strike price of $175 expiring on March 1st were traded.
AMD plummeted by 12%, with options trading remaining around 580,000 contracts, and 53% of them being call options.
Carvana surged by 32%, with options trading skyrocketing to 560,000 contracts, and 61% of them being call options.
Block surged by 16%, with options trading skyrocketing to 550,000 contracts, and 69% of them being call options.
Nio dropped by nearly 8%, with options trading surging to 240,000 contracts, and 65% of them being call options.

The hottest contracts last Friday: 150,000 Tesla puts with a strike price of $192.5 expired on the same day! Rivian Automotive's stock price plummeted by 12%, with options trading 770,000 contracts; Super Micro Computer also dropped by 12%, with options trading maintaining around 580,000 contracts; Carvana surged by 32%, causing options trading to skyrocket to 560,000 contracts.

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US Stock Options | NVIDIA's trading volume surged to 3.2 million contracts! Tesla puts are on fire.