This episode of the Hot Options Report is an early edition, hosted by Mark Longo. The show covers the day's market activity, which is in the red, with the S&P 500 down and the VIX up. The host goes through the most active options in various indices and single-name stocks, including VIX, SPY, SPX, IWM, QQQ, and popular names like Robinhood, Amazon, Alibaba, AMD, MicroStrategy, Apple, Palantir, Open, Tesla, and Nvidia. The host also talks about how active the market has been, with many options contracts expiring today.
Time Stamps
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0:00: Show introduction
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2:40: Market overview: S&P and other indices are down; VIX is up.
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3:57: VIX activity analysis, including the top hot option.
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5:10: SPY activity and the hottest options contracts.
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6:27: SPX activity and the hot options in the index.
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7:39: IWM (small caps) activity and the top put option.
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9:30: QQQ (Nasdaq) activity and the prevalence of zero-day options.
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10:30: Single-name stock analysis begins.
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10:52: #10 Robinhood (HOOD) options activity.
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12:00: #9 Amazon (AMZN) options activity.
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13:00: #8 Alibaba (BABA) options activity.
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14:04: #7 AMD options activity, noting high average daily volume.
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15:38: #6 MicroStrategy (MSTR) options activity.
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17:34: #5 Apple (AAPL) options activity.
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18:32: #4 Palantir (PLTR) options activity.
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19:54: #3 Open (OPEN) options activity.
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21:05: #2 Tesla (TSLA) options activity, including a potential conversion reversal.
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22:15: #1 Nvidia (NVDA) options activity, taking the top spot.
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23:18: Closing remarks
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