Options Market Statistics: Trump Media Shares Halted Several Times Tuesday, Heading for Its Best Month Since 2021

1. Shares of $Trump Media & Technology (DJT.US)$, the operator of the Truth Social site, had a volatile day on Tuesday, halted several times and ending the day up 8.8%. It jumped 22% on Monday. The stock is up 220.5% this month, on pace for its best month since October 2021, when shares rose 580.9%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

2. $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street estimates. The Google parent posted earnings of $2.12 a share for the period ending Sept. 30. That was higher than Wall Street's consensus estimate of $1.84 a share. In the same period last year, the company reported earnings of $1.55 a share.

3. There's at least one thing on which both $Pfizer (PFE.US)$ CEO Albert Bourla and the activist hedge fund demanding Pfizer management be "held accountable" both agree. "They say the total shareholder return is poor," Bourla told Barron's on Tuesday. "Also I'm not happy at all with our total shareholder return, and I want [it] to change. So that's clearly in agreement."

There was a noteworthy activity in $Pfizer (PFE.US)$, with $31 puts topping the second highest volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 93.7x with 18,555 contracts.

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