Nasdaq Options

Investors in Pinterest Inc (Symbol: PINS) saw new options become available today, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the PINS options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and identified one put and on

Investors in The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (Symbol: XLF) saw new options become available today, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLF options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and ide

Investors in Ishares Silver Trust (Symbol: SLV) saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SLV options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and identified one put and

Investors in Flex Ltd (Symbol: FLEX) saw new options become available today, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the FLEX options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and identified the following call

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Prevail Therapeutics Inc (Symbol: PRVL), where a total volume of 4,104 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of ap

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Proto Labs Inc (Symbol: PRLB), where a total of 1,710 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 171,000 underlying shares. That amounts to about 57.3% of

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Lumentum Holdings Inc (Symbol: LITE), where a total volume of 17,626 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in eBay Inc. (Symbol: EBAY), where a total of 32,148 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 46% of E

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Beyond Meat Inc (Symbol: BYND), where a total of 25,605 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 98

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Altria Group Inc (Symbol: MO), where a total volume of 291,061 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Blackrock Inc (Symbol: BLK), where a total of 3,498 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 349,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 53% of BLK

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in United Parcel Service Inc (Symbol: UPS), where a total volume of 16,075 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of a

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (Symbol: SPCE), where a total of 161,337 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 16.1 million underlying shares. That amou

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Walmart Inc (Symbol: WMT), where a total of 97,121 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 9.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 120.8% o

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Carmax Inc. (Symbol: KMX), where a total of 10,496 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 60% of K

Investors in Mimecast Ltd (Symbol: MIME) saw new options become available this week, for the January 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the MIME options chain for the new January 2021 contracts and identified one put and o

Investors in BMC Stock Holdings Inc (Symbol: BMCH) saw new options begin trading this week, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BMCH options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and identified one

Investors in Ishares Msci Eafe Value Etf (Symbol: EFV) saw new options become available this week, for the February 2021 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the EFV options chain for the new February 2021 contracts and identifie

Investors in Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II - Solar ETF (Symbol: TAN) saw new options become available this week, for the July 2021 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 205 days unt