$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$'s entry into the elite group of stocks with a $1 trillion market capitalization has bolstered the appeal of its call options.
As of 2:36 p.m. in New York Friday, about more than 1.43 million Broadcom options, making it the third most active stock option, behind $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ and $Tesla (TSLA.US)$. More than two thirds of Broadcom's contracts were call options.
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Good morning, traders. Happy Wednesday, December 4th. Here are the news and animal spirits you are missing on the market today: My name is Kevin Travers, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are on track for their third session of record closes, and both hit record highs in the first hour of trading today.
$Salesforce (CRM.US)$ climbed 8%, the highest on the S&P 500 and Dow, after the enterprise cloud company beat estimates for third-qua...

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$Lululemon Athletica (LULU.US)$ is set to release its Q3 financial results on December 5 after the bell. Unlock insights with LULU Earnings Hub>>
As of November 29, shares of $Lululemon Athletica (LULU.US)$ has dropped 37.28% this year. The company's comparable sales and number of stores growth are slowing down. The company is currently deploying a number of strategy adjustments, including expansion in China. Can Q3...

$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ is attracting the fourth heaviest stock options volume as shares resume their record-breaking rally after the software company said it won authorization that allows it to expand its product offerings to the U.S. federal government.
Shares gained as much as 6.5% Tuesday morning to a fresh intra-day record of $70.73 after the company said it was granted the FedRAMP High Authorization. FedRAMP ...

$MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$ joined $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ and $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ in the top three most active stock options as bitcoin resumes its march toward $100,000.
More than 505,000 Marathon options changed hands as of 12:12 p.m. in New York Friday, almost two-thirds of which are call options. The heaviest trading was in call options that give the holders the right to buy the stock at $30 by the end of the trading day, with v...

Three weeks after the election, investors are zeroing in on the Trump administration’s policy trajectory. The Trump 2.0 cabinet is nearly set, with nominees for key economic roles like Treasury and Commerce Secretary mostly decided.
In this environment, U.S. equities have been volatile. The 'Trump trade' initially surged, pulled back on concerns about reflation, and then began to rebound. Since election day, the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ has risen...

Happy Monday, November 25th. The Thanksgiving holiday week started out with all-time S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average numbers. After noon, some equities died down and were pulled back from records, but only just. The Dow Jones closed at a record high.
Just past 4pm ET, the     $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ traded +0.30%, hitting over 6020 an hour ago, an intraday record. The   $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ climbed 0...

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$Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ is set to release its Q3 FY2025 financial results on November 26 after the bell. Unlock insights with DELL Earnings Hub>>
As of November 22, shares of $Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ have soared more than +90% this year. Despite the decrease of PC demand, Dell Techonologies has found new growth engines in AI server and data centers. The company has shown strong momentum this year, how would t...

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$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$ is set to release its Q3 FY2025 financial results on November 26 after the bell. Unlock insights with CRWD Earnings Hub>>
CrowdStrike stock has gained more than +40% in 2024 as shares rebound from a global IT outage in July. On Friday, November 22, four Wall Street brokerages on Friday upped their price targets on CrowdStrike, with some analysts predict large improve from CrowdStrike's...