During Friday’s session, the options market saw sizable deep out-of-the-money put activity in $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ and $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$. The trades were executed largely at the bid and came against extremely low prior open interest, suggesting new positions were being established. Structurally, the activity points to a neutral-to-bullish strategy in a choppy market environment: selling far out-of-the-money puts to coll...

With $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ pulling back to around $65,000, down roughly 2.5% on the day, the options market saw multiple newly opened large positions in $Strategy (MSTR.US)$. The options flow suggests institutional investors are positioning for a short-term rebound in the stock, but with clearly capped upside.
The activity was concentrated in contracts expiring Feb. 20, 2026, and involved five sizable trades: two purchases ...

Index ETF Options' Big Movers
$SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ shows concentrated activity around the $692 strike price, with total trading of 6.1M volume and an implied volatility of 77.72%.
The extreme percentage declines across both indices indicate these positions rapidly lost value as expiration approached, typical of 0DTE options experiencing time decay.
Commodities ETF Options' Big Movers
$iShares Silver Trust (SLV.US)$ Feb 11 $7...

Today’s options market saw two notable new large positions, one in $Vertiv Holdings (VRT.US)$ and the other in $Shopify (SHOP.US)$. Both trades involved selling far out-of-the-money puts, yet they occurred under entirely different market conditions: VRT surged 22% following earnings, while SHOP fell nearly 10% after its report.
The core message from the options structure is clear: institutions are confirming support for VRT...

Index Options
EST February 10, U.S. index options volume declined, totaling 5.30M contracts. The put/call ratio went up to 1.09.
For $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ options expiring on next trading session, volume distribution: put peak at 6,960, call peak at 7,000.
Single Stocks Options
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ closed up 1.89%, with 1.68M option contracts traded; the put/call r...

Today’s options market saw a surge of large, newly opened positions across $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$, $Spotify Technology (SPOT.US)$, and $Datadog (DDOG.US)$. Options flows suggest Google is entering a high-level digestion phase, while Spotify and Datadog—after a broad selloff in software stocks—have completed a post-earnings repricing, with positioning shifting quickly from defense toward trend and bottom confirm...

Index ETF Options' Big Movers
1. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ Feb 9 $696 Call gains +38% on volume of 91,410 contracts, with SPY closed up 0.48%.
Gains were recorded across the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000, with the leading index approaching its historic closing high. Dow Jones hits fresh high breaking 50k. Tech shares outperformed other sectors for a second consecutive trading session. After falling under...

Today’s U.S. options market saw two new-position trades with unusually high volume-to-open-interest ratios, signaling fresh institutional positioning rather than rollovers. In $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , put volume exceeded open interest by more than 200×, while in $Coinbase (COIN.US)$, call volume ran at over 40× open interest. After a tech selloff, capital used put selling to express confidence that GOOGL’s downside is ...

Index ETF Options' Big Movers
1. $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$Feb 6 $263 Call gains +1794% on volume of 57,240 contracts, with IWM closed up 3.59%.
Major indices posted broad gains last Friday, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all rallying as traders piled back into big Techs and AI names.
2. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ Feb 6 $687 Call gains +456% on volume of 203,380 contracts, with S...

U.S. equities rebounded broadly, lifting the semiconductor and broader AI supply chain across the board. The recovery in risk appetite has been closely tied to a repricing of Big Tech capital-expenditure expectations—most notably after Amazon significantly raised its AI-related capex outlook—making compute and data-center–linked assets the primary beneficiaries of this rally. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ surged roughly 7...