Among the S&P 500’s underlying components on the trading floor today, NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) captured significant interest, trading 1.8 million options contracts, equivalent to approximately 184.6 million shares. This figure constitutes about 89.7% of NVDA’s average daily trading volume of 205.7 million shares. Noteworthy was the $180 strike call option expiring on December 12, 2025, with 148,074 contracts traded, representing roughly 14.8 million underlying shares.
Additionally, Intuit Inc (INTU) experienced options trading of 16,558 contracts, approximately 1.7 million shares, or 84.7% of its average daily volume of 2.0 million shares. The $700 strike call option with an expiration date of January 16, 2026, saw a particularly high volume of 9,014 contracts, translating to about 901,400 underlying shares.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) registered a total of 93,699 options contracts traded today, representing around 9.4 million underlying shares, which is 61.8% of its average daily volume of 15.2 million shares. The $50 strike call option expiring January 16, 2026, drew attention with 7,341 contracts traded, or approximately 734,100 underlying shares.
