Market OverviewU.S. stocks ended nearly flat on Friday (Jan. 16) in a choppy session ahead of the long weekend, and all three major indexes posted losses for the week as fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 70,378,522 contracts was traded, up 14% from the previous trading day.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $NVDA(NVDA)$, $TSLA(TSLA)$, $PLTR(PLTR)$, $AAPL(AAPL)$, $MU(MU)$, $MSTR(MSTR)$, $AMD(AMD)$, $VIX(VIX)$</
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday (Jan. 15) after two days of declines as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs shares shot up following upbeat quarterly results, while Taiwan-based chipmaker TSMC's blockbuster results boosted shares of U.S. chipmakers.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 61,871,771 contracts was traded, of which 60% were call options.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $NVDA(NVDA)$, $TSLA(TSLA)$, $NFLX(NFLX)$, $AMD(AMD)$, $AAPL(AAPL)$, $META(META)$, $VIX(VIX)$,
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U.S. stocks finished lower on Wednesday (Jan 14), led by a drop in the Nasdaq, with technology shares declining as investors moved into more defensive areas, while bank stocks extended recent losses following some mixed quarterly results.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 61,871,771 contracts was traded, of which 60% were call options.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $NVDA(NVDA)$, $TSLA(TSLA)$, $FCX(FCX)$, $MSTR(MSTR)$, $AAPL(AAPL)$, $INTC(INTC)$, $META(META)$,
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The S&P 500 and Dow registered record closing highs on Monday (Jan 12), with shares of technology companies and retailer Walmart gaining and as investors mostly brushed aside concerns about the U.S. Justice Department's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 59,561,210 contracts was traded, of which 60% were call options.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $NVDA(NVDA)$, $TSLA(TSLA)$, $AAPL(AAPL)$, $BABA(BABA)$, $NFLX(NFLX)$, $AMZN(AMZN)$,
Market OverviewThe S&P 500 rallied to a record high close on Friday (Jan 9), lifted by Broadcom and other chipmakers, while a weaker-than-expected jobs report did little to alter expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 59,439,508 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $TSLA(TSLA)$, $NVDA(NVDA)$, $INTC(INTC)$, $AAPL(AAPL)$, $MSTR(MSTR)$, $NFLX(NFLX)$, $OPEN(OPEN)$,
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Market OverviewWall Street ended mixed on Thursday(Jan 8), as Nvidia and other technology stocks dipped, while defense companies advanced after President Donald Trump called for an enlarged $1.5 trillion military budget.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 55,423,700 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade App$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ shares fell 2% on Thursday after Reuters reported the chipmaker is demanding full upfront payment from Chinese customers for its H200 data-center chips, used to train and run AI models. Chinese firms have placed orders for more than 2 million H200s priced around $27,000 each, far above Nvidia’s inventory of about 700,000 units, as local alternatives still lag for large-scale AI training. There a
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Market OverviewThe S&P 500 ended lower on Wednesday(Jan 7), pulled down by declines in JPMorgan, Blackstone and other financials, while Nvidia and Alphabet lifted the Nasdaq as investors shifted toward AI-related stocks.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 51,424,492 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade App$Strategy(MSTR)$ climbed 2.4%. Shares of the Bitcoin investor, formerly known as MicroStrategy, rallied after MSCI scrapped a plan to exclude so-called digital asset treasury companies from its indexes.There are 707.67K Strategy option contracts traded on Wednesday, up 26% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 65% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for t
Market OverviewWall Street ended higher on Tuesday(Jan 6), as chip stocks surged on renewed AI optimism, Moderna rallied and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 57,106,828 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade App$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ 's shares were down 4% on Tuesday after Nvidia announced new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models for autonomous driving.There are 2.46M Tesla option contracts traded on Tuesday, up 39% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 56% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $430 strike put option expiring January 9, 2026, with 91,623 contracts trading.
Market OverviewThe Dow and S&P 500 indexes ended higher on Friday(Jan 2), starting 2026 by snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains in chip makers Nvidia, Intel and Boeing.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 57,417,227 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade AppMemory chip maker $Micron Technology(MU)$ rose 11%, starting off 2026 right where it left off in 2025, when it climbed 239%. Flash-memory peer and somewhat new S&P 500 constituent Sandisk jumped 16%. The pair were the two top stocks in the large-cap index on Friday.There are 713.69K Micron option contracts traded on Friday, up 230% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 54% of overall option trades. Particularly hi
Market OverviewThe S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed fractionally lower in choppy trading on Tuesday (Dec. 30), as gains in communication services stocks were offset by declines in technology and financial stocks, with financials also weighing on the Dow.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 37,949,751 contracts was traded.Top 10 Option VolumesTop 10: $TSLA(TSLA)$, $NVDA(NVDA)$, $NLY(NLY)$, $VIX(VIX)$, $INTC(INTC)$, $AGNC(AGNC)$, $NFLX(NFLX)$, $PLT