U.S. stocks closed modestly lower on Monday (Dec. 1), weighed down by a jump in Treasury yields and economic data that showed tariffs remained a drag on the manufacturing sector, as investors looked toward the Federal Reserve's policy announcement next week.
Regarding the options market, a total volume of 47,819,554 contracts was traded on Monday.
Top 10 Option Volumes
Top 10: NVIDIA, Tesla Motors, Strategy, Apple, Beyond Meat, Inc., Cboe Volatility Index, Amazon.com, Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, Palantir Technologies Inc.
Strategy Inc. said it had created a $1.4 billion reserve to fund future dividend and interest payments, in a bid to temper fears that the Bitcoin accumulator may be forced to sell some of its roughly $56 billion cryptocurrency haul if token prices continue to fall.
Even so, the announcement did little to allay concern. The shares slumped as much as 12% on Monday, before closing the day down 3.3%.
A total number of 833.59K options related to Strategy were traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 54%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $150 strike put option expiring Dec. 5, with 31,214 contracts trading. $MSTR 20251205 150.0 PUT$
NVIDIA stock rose 2% on Monday as a partnership with Synopsys appeared to be helping the chip maker shake off concerns about competitive pressure.
A total number of 2.03 million options related to NVIDIA were traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 61%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $180 strike call option expiring Dec. 5, with 152,156 contracts trading. $NVDA 20251205 180.0 CALL$
Unusual Options Activity
Beyond Meat, Inc. shares are surging 36% on Monday, trading sharply higher on heavy volume even though the company has not issued any fresh news or filings.
A total number of 771.13K options related to Beyond Meat, Inc. were traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 88%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $1.5 strike call option expiring Dec. 5, with 167,214 contracts trading. For example, the $1.5 strike call options expiring December 5 rocketed over 700% on Monday. $BYND 20251205 1.5 CALL$
TOP Bullish & Bearish Single Stocks
This report shows stocks with the highest volume of bullish and bearish activity by option delta volume, which converts option volume to an equivalent stock volume (bought or sold).
If we take the total positive option delta volume and subtract the total negative option delta volume, we will get the net imbalance. If the net imbalance is positive, there is more bullish pressure. If the net is negative, there is more bearish pressure.
Based on option delta volume, traders sold a net equivalent of -462,381 shares of Amazon.com stock. The largest bearish delta came from selling calls. The largest delta volume came from the 05-Dec-25 235 Call, with traders getting short 145,596 deltas on the single option contract.
Top 10 bullish stocks: Rivian Automotive, Inc., NVIDIA, Green Plains, Apple, Intel, Rocket Companies, APPLIED DIGITAL CORP, Cipher Mining Inc., NEBIUS, TeraWulf Inc.
Top 10 bearish stocks: Amazon.com, Snap Inc, Eos Energy Enterprises Inc., BigBear.ai Holdings, Amplify Energy Corp., Strive, Deckers Outdoor, Opendoor Technologies Inc, Coty, Fluor
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