Notable Thursday Option Activity: TSLA, MSFT, COST

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By Ronald Tech

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Tesla Inc (Symbol: TSLA), where a total of 1.7 million contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 174.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 206.4% of TSLA’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 84.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $430 strike call option expiring December 13, 2024, with 86,453 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 8.6 million underlying shares of TSLA. Below is a chart showing TSLA’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $430 strike highlighted in orange:

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Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT) saw options trading volume of 408,962 contracts, representing approximately 40.9 million underlying shares or approximately 188% of MSFT’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 21.8 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $455 strike call option expiring December 13, 2024, with 58,128 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 5.8 million underlying shares of MSFT. Below is a chart showing MSFT’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $455 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST) saw options trading volume of 33,456 contracts, representing approximately 3.3 million underlying shares or approximately 180.7% of COST’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.9 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $800 strike put option expiring June 20, 2025, with 2,012 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 201,200 underlying shares of COST. Below is a chart showing COST’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $800 strike highlighted in orange:

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