Amazon Options Trading Sees Record Spike on August 7th

Amazon's options trading volume surged on August 7th, ET, reaching 818.46K contracts for the day.

The breakdown shows that put options accounted for 29.18% of total transactions, while call options made up 70.82%.

The open interest, indicating positions that have not been closed, totaled approximately 4.93 million contracts, representing a significant 104.37% increase from the average over the past 30 trading days.

One notable transaction involved the $280.00 strike price call option expiring on August 14th, 2026, which traded 4,374 contracts and reflected a turnover of $957.91K.