Overnight, the three major US stock indexes showed mixed movements, with Tesla posting its largest gain in two years, and Chinese concept stocks outperforming the market for the third consecutive day.
<h3>Overview of US Stock Options Trading</h3>
Top ten US stock options trading overnight: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Boeing, AMD, Ford, Amazon, Snap, Riot Platforms.
Among them:
Tesla surged by 12%, with options trading doubling to 4.03 million contracts, and put options accounting for 54%.
The top eight hottest contracts overnight were all related to Tesla. Put options with a strike price of $160 expiring on April 26 traded 230,000 contracts, call options with a strike price of $165 traded nearly 200,000 contracts, call options with a strike price of $170 traded 165,000 contracts, put options with strike prices of $155 and $150 traded nearly 140,000 and 130,000 contracts respectively, and call options with a strike price of $160 traded 100,000 contracts.
Nvidia dropped by over 3%, with options trading increasing to 1.43 million contracts, and call options accounting for 52.7%. Put options with a strike price of $800 traded over 80,000 contracts.
Apple rose by over 1%, with options trading increasing to 660,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 60.8%. Call options with a strike price of $170 traded nearly 90,000 contracts.
Meta slightly declined, with options trading surging to 640,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 60%.
Boeing dropped by 3%, with options trading surging to 570,000 contracts, and put options accounting for 65%.
AMD slightly declined, with options trading remaining around 450,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 57.4%.
Ford slightly rose, with options trading almost doubling to 340,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 62%.
Amazon dropped by nearly 2%, with options trading decreasing to 330,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 65.6%.
Snap dropped by 3%, with options trading surging to 230,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 66%.
Riot Platforms slightly rose, with options trading remaining around 220,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 72%.
Alibaba rose by 3%, with options trading increasing to 220,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 69%.
Luxury goods company Capri, the parent company of Versace, dropped by 3%, with options trading surging to 200,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 65%. Call options with a strike price of $35 and $40 expiring on May 17 both traded over 60,000 contracts.
Nvidia's liquid cooling supplier Vertiv surged by 7%, with options trading surging to 190,000 contracts, and call options accounting for 75%.
<img src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/dgAJ2U4ejtmoMstVSTERujPkUThPR7RS.jpg?x-oss-process=style/lg" alt="" original-src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/dgAJ2U4ejtmoMstVSTERujPkUThPR7RS.jpg"/><img src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/QszMj69s9oXcGP5mCZQXbunQexQKhvjZ.jpg?x-oss-process=style/lg" alt="" original-src="https://pub.pbkrs.com/cms/2024/0/QszMj69s9oXcGP5mCZQXbunQexQKhvjZ.jpg"/>

The top eight hottest overnight contracts are all related to Tesla. On April 26th, Tesla put options with a strike price of $160 traded 230,000 contracts, while Tesla call options with a strike price of $165 traded nearly 200,000 contracts. Options for Vertiv, a liquid cooling supplier for NVIDIA, surged to 190,000 contracts, with 75% being bullish call options

LB Select

Tesla

NVIDIA

Apple

Boeing

Meta Platforms

Ford Motor

Amazon

Snap

Vertiv

Capri

Riot Platforms

Alibaba

US Stock Options | Tesla's trading volume surged above 4 million contracts! Meta, VRT, Boeing trading volumes also skyrocketing!