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title: "US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume fell sharply to 2.45 million contracts! NVIDIA \"counter-trend rise\" continues to be hot"
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description: "The hottest contracts last Friday: Over 140,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a same-day expiry and a strike price of $162.5! Nearly 80,000 contracts were traded for Tesla with a March 22 expiry and a strike price of $170. Nearly 70,000 contracts were traded for NVIDIA with a strike price of $880, while nearly 60,000 call contracts at the same price were traded"
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# US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume fell sharply to 2.45 million contracts! NVIDIA "counter-trend rise" continues to be hot

Last Friday, tech stocks once again dragged down the US stock market, with chip stocks falling continuously while Chinese concept stocks rebounded.

### Overview of US Stock Options Trading

Top ten US stock options trading before last Friday: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Microsoft, Amazon, Palantir, Meta, Marathon Digital, Google Class A.

Among them:

Tesla rose nearly 1%, with options trading falling to 2.45 million contracts, with 53% being call options. Call options expiring on the same day with a strike price of $162.5 traded over 140,000 contracts, while call options expiring on March 22 with a strike price of $170 traded nearly 80,000 contracts.

Nvidia slightly declined, with options trading increasing to 1.96 million contracts, with 60% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $880 traded nearly 70,000 contracts, while call options traded nearly 60,000 contracts.

Apple also slightly declined, with options trading remaining around 1.1 million contracts, with 68.6% being call options. Call options expiring on August 16 with a strike price of $195 traded over 50,000 contracts.

AMD rose over 2%, with options trading slightly increasing to 1.05 million contracts, with 58% being call options. Call options with a strike price of $190 traded over 70,000 contracts.

Microsoft fell over 2%, with options trading falling to 690,000 contracts, with 65.5% being call options.

Amazon fell over 2%, with options trading increasing to 560,000 contracts, with 70% being call options. Put options with a strike price of $175 traded 40,000 contracts.

Palantir fell nearly 4%, with options trading increasing to 420,000 contracts, with 64% being call options.

Meta and Marathon Digital both had options trading exceeding 370,000 contracts, with call options being the majority.

"Concept stock of Nvidia" Soundhound rose over 6%, with options trading falling to around 300,000 contracts, with 79% being call options.

Call options with a strike price of $27 expiring on March 22 for Pfizer traded 50,000 contracts.

Call options with a strike price of $57 expiring on March 15 for Citigroup traded nearly 50,000 contracts

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- [Apple Inc. (AAPL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AAPL.US.md)
- [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMD.US.md)
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- [Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZN.US.md)
- [Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PLTR.US.md)
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- [Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/META.US.md)
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