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Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.96%
S&P 500 index +1.22%
SPXW 041125 C 6855 0.00%
NVIDIA Corporation +1.42%
Tesla Motors, Inc. +2.58%

Dow Jones Industrial Average

DJI

46785.51

+0.96%

S&P 500 index

SPX

6608.30

+1.22%

SPXW 041125 C 6855

NVIDIA Corporation

NVDA

176.88

+1.42%

Tesla Motors, Inc.

TSLA

381.34

+2.58%

Market Overview

As of Monday's close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJI.US) fell 0.48% to 47,336.68 points; the Nasdaq rose 0.46% to 23,834.72 points; and the S&P 500 increased 0.17% to 6,851.97 points.

Notably, the S&P 500 index(SPX.US)'s put option volume reached 2.0064 million, while call option volume was 1.6972 million, resulting in a put/call ratio of approximately 1.18, indicating strong bearish sentiment. Among these, the call option SPXW 041125 C 6855 had a volume of 7,300 contracts, with a VOL/OI ratio of 66.61. This contract's strike price is USD 6,855.00, and its value dropped by 32.05%.

Top 10 Options Trading Volume:

NVIDIA Corporation(NVDA.US): Overnight up 2.17%, with total options volume at 2.48 million, down 1.0923 million from the previous day, a 0.31x decrease. Open interest stands at 19.36 million.

Loop Capital Markets raised NVIDIA's target price from USD 250 to USD 350, 70% above the latest closing price of USD 206.88, suggesting a potential market cap over USD 8.5 trillion. NVIDIA's stock rose over 2%, adding over USD 100 billion in market value. This increase is driven by Amazon's USD 38 billion compute contract with OpenAI and news of the U.S. approving Microsoft to export NVIDIA's latest chips to the UAE.

Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA.US): Overnight up 2.59%, with total options volume at 1.68 million, down 1.7513 million from the previous day, a 0.51x decrease. Open interest is at 7.59 million.

Tesla's sales have significantly declined in several European markets this year. In Sweden, new Tesla registrations plunged 89% year-over-year last month. Sales in Norway, the Netherlands, and Italy have halved, while Spain saw a nearly one-third drop.

Amazon.com, Inc.(AMZN.US): Overnight up 4.0%, with total options volume at 1.24 million, down 1.7155 million from the previous day, a 0.58x decrease. Several call options doubled in value, with open interest at 4.57 million.

CodeClosing PriceVolumeOpen InterestPUT/CALL
NVIDIA Corporation(NVDA.US) 206.882.48M19.36M0.9
Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA.US) 468.371.68M7.59M0.8
Amazon.com, Inc.(AMZN.US) 254.01.24M4.57M0.7
Palantir(PLTR.US) 207.181.0M3.2M0.9
Meta Platforms(META.US) 637.710.79M2.79M0.6
Apple Inc.(AAPL.US) 269.050.63M5.54M0.7
Beyond Meat(BYND.US) 1.390.52M2.07M0.6
SoFi(SOFI.US) 30.630.52M4.05M0.6
Grab(GRAB.US) 6.070.45M2.14M0.1
Cipher Mining Inc. - Common Stock(CIFR.US) 22.760.43M1.4M0.3

PUT/CALL: Counts the percentage of open put and call option holdings for the listed stocks during the trading day.

Options Activity Tracking:

Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA.US): Overnight up 2.59%. Among its options, the TSLA 071125 P 467.5 put option (strike price USD 467.5, expiration date November 7, 2025) had a trading volume of 24,000 contracts and dropped 44.22% in value.

Amazon.com, Inc.(AMZN.US): Overnight up 4.0%. Among its options, the AMZN 071125 P 255 put option (strike price USD 255.0, expiration date November 7, 2025) had a trading volume of 29,500 contracts and dropped 64.25% in value.

Cipher Mining Inc. - Common Stock(CIFR.US): Overnight up 22.04%. Among its options, the CIFR 071125 P 23 put option (strike price USD 23.0, expiration date November 7, 2025) had a trading volume of 14,300 contracts and dropped 67.46% in value.

Company

Option Direction Strike Price

Expiration Date

Trading Volume

Open Interest

vol/oi

Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA.US) 

PUT

$467.5

11/07/2524.02K102235.52
Amazon.com, Inc.(AMZN.US) 

PUT

$255.0

11/07/2529.46K134219.83
Cipher Mining Inc. - Common Stock(CIFR.US) 

PUT

$23.0

11/07/2514.25K107133.14
Alphabet Inc. Class A(GOOGL.US) 

PUT

$280.0

12/05/2519.75K157125.77
Lumen(LUMN.US) 

PUT

$11.0

11/07/2515.63K153102.18
Information Services Group, Inc.(III.US) 

CALL

$7.5

11/21/2512.17K120101.41
uniQure N.V.(QURE.US) 

CALL

$50.0

04/17/2619.13K26572.19
Uber Technologies,Inc.(UBER.US) 

PUT

$99.0

11/07/256.49K11257.95
CoreWeave(CRWV.US) 

PUT

$111.0

11/07/256.33K11355.99
NVIDIA Corporation(NVDA.US) 

PUT

$212.5

11/21/2511.52K22251.91

vol/oi: The ratio of options volume to the number of open positions in the contract, with higher vol/oi indicating that the market is creating an abnormal number of new positions.

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