Options Market Statistics: Tesla's Cybertruck Launch Failed to Lift Its Shares on Friday, Options Pop
News Highlight
$Tesla(TSLA.US$ shares fell by 0.52%, closing at $238.83. Its options trading volume is 3.11 million. Call contracts account for 53.5% of the whole trading volume.
The launch of Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck wasn't enough to boost the shares of the electric vehicle maker on Friday. The truck's price came in significantly higher than many had expected with the lowest-grade model starting at $60,990. For investors, questions still loom about the demand for Cybertrucks, which can cost nearly $100,000 for the top model.
$Alibaba(BABA.US$ shares fell by 1.19%, closing at $73.99. Its options trading volume is 0.40 million. Call contracts account for 71.8% of the whole trading volume.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley shook up the market for Chinese e-commerce stocks Thursday evening, downgrading Alibaba in a research report on the industry, but naming PDD Holdings its top pick in the sector.
MS cited problems with Alibaba's artificial intelligence and cloud computing business. And MS also pointed to a slow turnaround in Alibaba's Customer Management Revenue business -- i.e., e-commerce, by far the largest source of revenue for Alibaba at $84.8 billion last year, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
$Uber Technologies(UBER.US$ shares rallied by 1.72%, closing at $57.35. Its options trading volume is 0.40 million. Call contracts account for 59.0% of the whole trading volume.
Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies will join the S&P 500 effective at the open of trading on Monday.
Unusual Stock Options Activity
Some notable call activity is being seen in $Apellis Pharmaceuticals(APLS.US$, which is primarily being driven by activity on the Jan 19th 100 call. Volume on this contract is 10,511 versus open interest of 138.
Daily Active Index & Sector ETF Options
Disclaimer: Moomoo Technologies Inc. is providing this content for information and educational use only.
Read more
Comment
Sign in to post a comment
103065906 : wait for Tesla
101744013 : okey
101744013 101744013: cymbal
103151235 : 103151235