Nasdaq Options

Investors in Kroger Co (Symbol: KR) saw new options begin trading today, for the October 7th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the KR options chain for the new October 7th contracts and identified one put and one call contract

Investors in Target Corp (Symbol: TGT) saw new options become available today, for the March 2023 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 204 days until expiration the newly available contrac

We'll offer no opinion on the reasons behind the head-spinning volatility. Explanations don't tend to matter much to investors looking at their shrinking brokerage statements. What matters is what they do about it. 

On Tuesday August 23, I was forwarded the image below showing strong volume and open interest in two NDX puts that are about 30% out of the money. The image included a note asking if I had an idea what the motivation is behind the trade.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in General Mills Inc (Symbol: GIS), where a total volume of 15,429 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in DISH Network Corp (Symbol: DISH), where a total of 41,927 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 1

Investors in Upstart Holdings Inc (Symbol: UPST) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 2023 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 296 days until expiration the newly trading con

Investors in Zoom Video Communications Inc (Symbol: ZM) saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2023 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 205 days until expiration the newly tra

Investors in Palo Alto Networks, Inc (Symbol: PANW) saw new options begin trading today, for the November 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 86 days until expiration the newly trading co

Investors in NetEase, Inc (Symbol: NTES) saw new options become available today, for the November 18th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 86 days until expiration the newly available con

Investors in DAQO New Energy Corp (Symbol: DQ) saw new options become available today, for the November 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 86 days until expiration the newly available co

Investors in Salesforce Inc (Symbol: CRM) saw new options become available today, for the March 2023 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 205 days until expiration the newly available cont

Investors in Lowe's Companies Inc (Symbol: LOW) saw new options become available today, for the November 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 86 days until expiration the newly available c

Investors in EQT Corp (Symbol: EQT) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 2024 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 667 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a

Investors in SoFi Technologies Inc (Symbol: SOFI) saw new options begin trading this week, for the September 2nd expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SOFI options chain for the new September 2nd contracts and identified one p

Investors in Plains GP Holdings LP (Symbol: PAGP) saw new options begin trading this week, for the October 21st expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the PAGP options chain for the new October 21st contracts and identified one put

Investors in WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp (Symbol: WSC) saw new options become available this week, for the April 2023 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 240 days until expiration

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Seagen Inc (Symbol: SGEN), where a total of 4,088 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 408,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 40.9% of SGE

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in LSB Industries, Inc. (Symbol: LXU), where a total volume of 4,631 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxi

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in CONSOL Energy Inc (Symbol: CEIX), where a total volume of 3,166 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxima