Options Market Statistics: Jeff Bezos Sells Amazon Shares Worth Over $2 Billion, Options Pop
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$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ shares fell by 2.15%, closing at $168.64. Its options trading volume is 0.54 million. Call contracts account for 60.4% of the whole trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $195 strike price that expire on March 15th. The total volume reaches 74,129 with an open interest of 10,038. The most traded puts are contracts of a $170 strike price that expires on February 16th; the volume is 19,269 contracts with an open interest of 10,995.
Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos sold roughly $2.08 billion of shares in the company over the past few days, according to a financial filing.
The sales began Friday, the filing shows, and continued Monday. In total, Bezos sold 11,997,698 shares in the company for about $2.08 billion, according to the filing.
Unusual Stock Options Activity
Some notable put activity is being seen in $Liberty Broadband-C (LBRDK.US)$, which is primarily being driven by activity on the 15-March-2024 call. Volume on this contract is 28,050 versus open interest of 126.
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Source: Barchart, Unusual Whales, CNBC
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