Options Market Statistics: AST SpaceMobile Stock Soared on Thursday Following Satellite Launch News, Then Dropped on Friday, Options Popped

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ stock increased 1.40%. Its options trading volume was 5.04 million. Call contracts account for 61.9% of the total trading volume. The $122 calls expiring August 16 were traded most actively.

$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ stock rose 2.75%. Its options trading volume was 0.75 million. Call contracts account for 68.7% of the total trading volume. The $32 calls expiring August 16 were traded most actively.

The stock spiked recently after the company reported S2 earnings and announced a new partnership with $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ last week. In terms of earnings, the company reported adjusted EPS of nine cents beating analysts estimate of eight cents and sales of $678.13 million beating analysts estimate of $652.10 million.

$AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ stock fell 1.05% on Friday after the stock skyrocketed 50% on Thursday. Call contracts account for 60.0% of the total trading volume. The $30 calls expiring August 16 were traded most actively.

AST SpaceMobile stock skyrocketed by about 51% on Thursday following the announcement of its five commercial satellites set to launch in early September. The satellites are now in the final preparation stage at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This news was announced with the company’s Q2 earnings release.

There was a noteworthy activity in $Palantir (PLTR.US)$ , where $32.5 puts have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 126.6x with 18,488 contracts.

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