Options Market Statistics: Tesla Shares Fall Over 8% on Friday Despite Earlier Strong Momentum; Options Pop

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ shares fell 4.09% Friday to close at $102.83, with option volume of 6.15 million, and calls accounted for 54.7% of the volume. The $100 puts expiring September 6 lead the flow with the highest volume.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ shares plunged 8.45% Friday to close at $210.73. Its options trading volume was 3.06 million. Call contracts account for 61.5% of the total trading volume. The $220 calls expiring September 6 were traded most actively.

$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ shares fell sharply by 10.36% Friday to close at $136.99 after the semiconductor company, which produces chips utilized in AI and various other applications, projected revenue growth that fell short of some investors' expectations. Its options trading volume was 0.79 million. Call contracts account for 51.1% of the total trading volume. The $140 calls expiring September 6 were traded most actively.

There was a noteworthy activity in $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, where $102 calls have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highestvolume over open interest ratio reaches 83.1x with 176,080 contracts.

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