Amazon Options Trading Volume Spikes to 872K Contracts on August 21st

Audiences watching Amazon's (AMZN.US) options trading on August 21st were in for a show, with 872.57K contracts changing hands that day.

The put-to-call ratio stood at an uneven 31.78% to 68.22%, indicating a strong preference among traders for call options.

The total open interest, which measures the number of outstanding options positions, reached 5.08 million contracts by day's end, that's 105.48% of its 30-day average.

A notable trade involved the December 18th, 2026 call option with a strike price of $410.00 expiring on that date; it transacted 3,000 contracts and accounted for $99,000 in turnover.