Options Market Statistics: GME Options Pop and Shares Soar on Equity Issue Completion After the Bell
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$NVIDIA(NVDA.US$ shares ended 2.57% higher. Its options trading volume was 1.99 million. Call contracts account for 57.3% of the total trading volume. The $1050 calls expiring May 24 were traded most actively.
Nvidia's strong quarterly results continue to drive a rally, with the stock closing at $1064.69 per share on Friday. The gains on Thursday and Friday added over $338 billion to its market cap. The company's upcoming stock split may further fuel retail interest in owning a piece of Nvidia.
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$GameStop(GME.US$ shares ended 3.71% higher. Its options trading volume was 0.44 million. Call contracts account for 71.3% of the total trading volume. The $20 calls expiring May 24 were traded most actively.
GameStop's stock soared by 13% in extended trading on Friday after the company announced the completion of a previously disclosed equity capital offering worth approximately $933.4 million. The offering was completed through the sale of 45 million shares.
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$Coinbase(COIN.US$ shares ended 8.59% higher. Its options trading volume was 0.34 million. Call contracts account for 73.2% of the total trading volume. The $222.5 calls expiring May 24 were traded most actively.
Coinbase has taken a legal step in its ongoing argument with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding whether the cryptocurrency exchange should be allowed to raise a single, core legal point for consideration by a higher court.
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Unusual Stock Options Activity
There was a noteworthy activity in $Cenovus Energy(CVE.US$, where multiple puts have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 91.7x with nearly 10,082 contracts.
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Daily Active Index & Sector ETF Options
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Source: Barchart, Unusual Whales, The Guardian, Bloomberg
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Father-Flash : i was gonna repost and im glad i scrolled to look first
they finally dove in. and thats off exchange isnt it. curious what itll do to tuesday
Dana S :![raised_hands 🙌](https://static.moomoo.com/nnq/emoji/static/image/img-apple-64/1f64c-1f3fe.png)