Nasdaq Options

Today, March 1, 2022, among the underlying components of the NYSE, we saw unusual or noteworthy options trading volume and activity in Teck Resources limited (TECK), which opened at $36.10.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) had quite a ride in February.

Investors in SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Symbol: SPY) saw new options become available today, for the April 6th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SPY options chain for the new April 6th contracts and identified one put and

Investors in Whiting Petroleum Corp (Symbol: WLL) saw new options become available today, for the January 2023 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 325 days until expiration the newly available

Investors in iShares Trust - iShares Russell 2000 ETF (Symbol: IWM) saw new options begin trading today, for the April 6th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the IWM options chain for the new April 6th contracts and identified

Investors in Merck & Co Inc (Symbol: MRK) 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 262 days until expiration the newly availab

Investors in Verizon Communications Inc (Symbol: VZ) 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 262 days until expiration the newly avail

Investors in Airbnb Inc (Symbol: ABNB) saw new options become available this week, for the April 8th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the ABNB options chain for the new April 8th contracts and identified one put and one call

Investors in Lucid Group Inc (Symbol: LCID) saw new options become available this week, for the March 25th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the LCID options chain for the new March 25th contracts and identified one put and on

Investors in Riot Blockchain Inc (Symbol: RIOT) saw new options begin trading this week, for the March 11th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the RIOT options chain for the new March 11th contracts and identified one put and o

Investors in Five Below Inc (Symbol: FIVE) saw new options become available this week, for the April 8th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the FIVE options chain for the new April 8th contracts and identified one put and one c

Investors in Endava PLC (Symbol: DAVA) saw new options become available this week, for the October 21st expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 234 days until expiration the newly available contra

Investors in Alcoa Corporation (Symbol: AA) saw new options become available this week, for the October 21st expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 234 days until expiration the newly available c

Investors in MP Materials Corp (Symbol: MP) saw new options begin trading this week, for the April 14th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the MP options chain for the new April 14th contracts and identified one put and one cal

Investors in Washington Federal Inc (Symbol: WAFD) saw new options begin trading this week, for the October 21st 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 234 days until expiration the newly tr

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Walt Disney Co. (Symbol: DIS), where a total volume of 55,276 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximate

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in QuantumScape Corp (Symbol: QS), where a total volume of 32,763 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in OrthoPediatrics Corp (Symbol: KIDS), where a total volume of 416 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxim

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in 3D Systems Corp. (Symbol: DDD), where a total of 13,937 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 90

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