Overnight, chip stocks and Chinese concept stocks outperformed the market, with NVIDIA and AMD hitting historic highs.
<h3>Overview of US Stock Options Trading</h3>
The top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Palantir Tech, AMD, SoFi Tech, Google Class A, Intel, New York Community Bank, Crowdstrike.
Among them:
Tesla fell more than 2%, with options trading rising to 2.61 million contracts, with 55% being put options. Put options with a strike price of $175 expiring on March 8 traded over 145,000 contracts, while call options with a strike price of $180 traded nearly 130,000 contracts.
NVIDIA rose over 3%, with options trading increasing to 1.76 million contracts, with 62% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $900 traded over 100,000 contracts.
Apple slightly declined, with options trading falling to 1.54 million contracts, with 51.5% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $190 expiring on March 15 traded nearly 110,000 contracts.
Palantir Tech surged 10%, with options trading skyrocketing to 1.52 million contracts, with 82.5% being call options. Call options with strike prices of $26 and $27 expiring on March 8 both traded over 70,000 contracts.
AMD rose nearly 3%, with options trading increasing to 960,000 contracts, with 59% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $215 traded over 70,000 contracts.
SoFi Tech, Google Class A, and Intel all had options trading volume exceeding 400,000 contracts, with call options dominating.
New York Community Bank surged over 7%, with options trading surging to 370,000 contracts, with 59% being put options.
Crowdstrike surged over 10%, with options trading skyrocketing to 360,000 contracts, with 62% being call options.
JD.com surged over 16%, with options trading skyrocketing to 310,000 contracts, with 76% being call options.
Nio rose over 5%, with options trading falling to 240,000 contracts, with 67% being call options.

The hottest contracts overnight: Tesla with a March 8 expiration date and a strike price of $175, with a trading volume of 145,000 contracts! Palantir options surged to 1.52 million contracts, with 82.5% being call options; JD options surged to 310,000 contracts, with 76% being call options.

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Alphabet

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JD-SW

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US Stock Options | JD, CRWD, Palantir Tech trading volume surges! Tesla, Apple put options are hot.