Options Market Statistics: MicroStrategy's $42 Billion Bitcoin Investment Plan Triggers Drop in Stock, Options Pop

$MicroStrategy (MSTR.US)$ experienced a 6.05% drop in its stock price, closing at $229.71. Its options trading volume is 765K. Call contracts account for 58.8% of the whole trading volume.The most traded calls are contracts of $260 strike price that expire on November 1st.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Set to Lose Its BEV Crown as BYD Sales Surge in October. Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD reported that its sales of electric vehicles surpassed 500,000 for the first time in October, continuing its impressive growth. As a result, BYD appears poised to reclaim the title of leading battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer from Tesla in the fourth quarter, especially after surpassing Tesla's revenue for the first time in Q3.

$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ 's stock closed 6% higher on Friday after the company reported third-quarter revenue and earnings per share that exceeded Wall Street's expectations.

There was a noteworthy activity in $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ , where $197.5 puts have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 115.3x with 16,954 contracts.

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