Thursday’s total option volume of 66.7 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 6.43 million calls and 5.60 million puts. Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Baxter (BAX) and Tesla (TSLA) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 92k Baxter (BAX) 9/12 weekly 24 calls, 84k Baxter (BAX) 9/12 weekly 22 puts, 48k Barrick Mining Corporation (B) 8/20 weekly 21.01 calls, 48k Barrick Mining Corporation (B) 8/20 weekly 21.01 puts and 43k NVIDIA (NVDA) 8/8 weekly 187.5 calls.
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