Options Market Statistics: Tesla Shares Bounce Back as Sales in China Hit Record High in 2024, Options Pop

1. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$'s stock climbed 4.45% in Friday's trading, with an option volume of 5.71 million, and calls accounted for 66.6% of the volume. The $145 calls expiring January 3rd were traded most actively.

Nvidia stock saw bullish momentum in today's trading following news about  $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$'s planned AI infrastructure spending for 2025. Microsoft is the semiconductor specialist's largest customer and purchases more advanced graphics processing units (GPUs) from it than any other major tech player. On the heels of today's gains, Nvidia stock is now up 200% over the last year of trading.

2. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$'s stock jumped 8.22% in Friday's trading, with an option volume of 3.74 million, and calls accounted for 59.1% of the volume. The $400 calls expiring January 3rd were traded most actively.

There was a noteworthy activity in $MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$, with $47 calls topping the highest volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 121.7x with 16,184 contracts.

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