IBM Corp Sees Surge in Options Trading Activity on August 7th ET
IBM Corp (IBM.US) saw active options trading on August 7th ET, with a total of 122.54K contracts traded for the day. Of these, put options accounted for 17.07% and call options made up 82.93%. The open interest, indicating positions that have not been closed, stood at approximately 776.72K contracts as of the close, which is 109.33% of the average over the past 30 trading days.
The most notable trade involved a call option with a strike price of $207.50 expiring on August 14th, 2026, which transacted 2,200 contracts and had a turnover of $6.53 million. This ranked first among unusual option trades for the day.
In terms of trading volume, the most active option contract achieved 20,226 volume and closed at $26.65.