Options Market Statistics: CrowdStrike Shares Dive 11% Following Global Tech Outage, Options Pop

$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$ declined 11%. Its options trading volume was 0.66 million. Call contracts account for 41.4% of the total trading volume. The $300 puts expiring July 19 were traded most actively.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ ended 4.02% lower. Its options trading volume was 2.75 million. Call contracts account for 54.5% of the total trading volume. The $240 puts expiring July 19 were traded most actively.

The stock price of Tesla has suffered a double blow from the remarks made by Trump and the CrowdStrike incident. Following his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate, Trump stated that he would terminate Biden's electric vehicle policy on his first day in office if elected. In addition, media reports indicate that an IT system outage caused by the $CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$ resulted in a temporary halt of production on some of Tesla's assembly lines in Texas and Nevada.

$MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$ ended 4.57% higher. Its options trading volume was 0.49 million. Call contracts account for 75% of the total trading volume. The $28 calls expiring July 19 were traded most actively.

As Bitcoin prices continue to rise, stocks of cryptocurrency-related companies like $MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$ are also on the rise.

There was a noteworthy activity in $Amcor (AMCR.US)$, where multiple calls have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 87.1x with 10,630 contracts.

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