Market Overview
U.S. stocks closed slightly lower on Monday (Apr. 20), with each of the three major indexes coming off a third straight week of gains, as renewed U.S.-Iran tensions put the durability of a two-week ceasefire in question.
Regarding the options market, a total volume of 55,400,989 contracts was traded, down 36% from the previous trading day.
Top 10 Option Volumes
Top 10: TSLA, NVDA, AAPL, NFLX, MSFT, AMZN, META, MSTR, ONDS, AMD
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Ondas Holdings shares jumped 7.3% on Monday. Ondas announced its subsidiary 4M Defense received a $10 million order as part of a $50 million demining program for Israel’s eastern border. The contract represents the initial phase of a broader $1.7 billion Eastern Border Security Barrier initiative led by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
There are 493.68K Ondas option contracts traded on Monday, up 94% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 79% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $11 strike call option expiring April 24, with 39,744 contracts trading. ONDS 20260424 11.0 CALL
Unusual Options Activity
Source: Market Chameleon
Beyond Meat shares surged more than 41% on Monday thanks to meme-stock momentum and the company's recent move into new product categories. The meat-alternatives company's share jumped another 13% in premarket trading on Tuesday.
There are 441.63K Beyond Meat option contracts traded on Monday, up 28% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 92% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $1 strike call option expiring April 24, with 112,971 contracts trading. BYND 20260424 1.0 CALL
Hims & Hers Health shares jumped 7.6% on Monday as traders lean into optimism around a potentially friendlier regulatory backdrop for peptide therapies and what that could mean for telehealth demand.
There are 419.85K Hims & Hers option contracts traded on Monday, down 11% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 77% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $32 strike call option expiring April 24, with 19,847 contracts trading. HIMS 20260424 32.0 CALL
AST SpaceMobile shares fell 5.3% on Monday after its BlueBird 7 satellite, launched by Blue Origin, failed to reach its correct orbit.
There are 333.60K AST SpaceMobile option contracts traded on Monday, up 73% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 68% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $80 strike call option expiring April 24, with 15,599 contracts trading. ASTS 20260424 80.0 CALL
BlackBerry shares jumped 13.2% on Monday after the company’s QNX division announced a deeper collaboration with Nvidia for edge-case artificial intelligence systems.
There are 295K BlackBerry option contracts traded on Monday, up 112% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 82% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $6 strike call option expiring April 24, with 35,862 contracts trading. BB 20260424 6.0 CALL
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