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Market BriefTuesday, Dec 17, 2024 7:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a slight decline of -0.41%, with a substantial option volume of 6.14 million and open interest of 18.62 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a decrease of -0.44%, trading 3.86 million in options with an open interest of 10.70 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by -1.22%, with an option volume of 3.85 million and open interest of 27.85 million.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by +3.64%, trading 3.47 million in options and holding an open interest of 8.45 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) declined by -1.14%, with an option volume of 1.68 million and open interest of 12.36 million.

Apple (AAPL) increased by +0.97%, trading 856.67K in options with an open interest of 6.42 million.

Broadcom (AVGO) saw a decline of -3.91%, with an option volume of 683.55K and an open interest of 2.65 million.

Palantir (PLTR) experienced a -1.80% drop, trading 619.07K in options and holding an open interest of 3.94 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) decreased by -1.32%, with an option volume of 605.15K and open interest of 4.03 million.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) showed a -0.63% dip, trading 525.43K in options with an open interest of 2.87 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) fell slightly by -0.21%, with an option volume of 439.39K and open interest of 6.18 million.

GameStop (GME) jumped by +6.18%, trading 431.16K in options with an open interest of 1.09 million.

Amazon (AMZN) saw a slight reduction of -0.76%, with an option volume of 416.26K and open interest of 4.45 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) inched up by +0.24%, trading 405.52K in options with an open interest of 6.43 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) fell significantly by -5.41%, with an option volume of 366.41K and open interest of 2.73 million.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) experienced a minor loss of -0.24%, trading 351.53K in options with an open interest of 8.31 million.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) declined by -1.30%, with an option volume of 347.23K and open interest of 3.23 million.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) surged by +26.47%, trading 341.29K in options with an open interest of 931.03K.

Micron Technology (MU) showed a modest increase of +0.31%, with an option volume of 334.24K and open interest of 1.90 million.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) saw a slight decrease of -0.71%, trading 323.45K in options with an open interest of 8.45 million.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) saw significant open interest increases across several options, notably the $3.50 call and put expiring January 17, 2025, with increases of 91.73K and 86.45K respectively. Additionally, the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 71.78K.

Velodyne Lidar (LAZR) experienced notable interest in the $1.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, which increased by 71.28K, and the $1.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, which increased by 69.29K.

Bluebird Bio (BLUE) saw open interest in its $0.50 call expiring May 16, 2025, increase by 45.34K.

SPX Weekly (SPXW) observed a rise in interest for the $5080.00 put and $5030.00 put, both expiring January 31, 2025, with increases of 42.67K and 42.66K respectively.

Amkor Technology (AMKR) saw an increase in the $23.00 put expiring December 20, 2024, by 30.53K.

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