Options Market Statistics: Musk Steps Back From Doge as Tesla's Profits Drop; Options Pop
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$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ shares jumped 5% on Wednesday. The most traded calls are contracts of $260 strike price that expire on Apr 25 and the total volume reaching 114,534 with the open interest of 20,100.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he'll spend less time in Washington helping President Trump, after Tesla's profits fell 71% in the first quarter.
Musk spoke soon after Tesla said it made much less money this quarter - $409 million compared to $1.4 billion last year. Tesla also changed last year's profit number because of new rules for valuing crypto.


Unusual Stock Options Activity
There was a noteworthy activity in $Riot Platforms (RIOT.US)$, with $11 calls topping the highest volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 400.7x with 41,671 contracts.

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Source: Barchart, Unusual Whales, The Guardian, Bloomberg, MarketWatch
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