Microsoft Options Trading Surges to Record Levels

Microsoft's options trading saw significant activity on August 19th, with a total of 746K contracts traded. Of these, put options accounted for 22.96% and call options made up 77.04%. The open interest in Microsoft's options stood at around 4.34 million contracts as of the close of the day, representing 100.29% of the average of the past 30 trading days.

The most active option contract for the day was a call option with a strike price of $450.00 expiring on August 21st, 2026. This transaction involved 6,000 contracts and totaled around $20.25 million in turnover, making it the most significant unusual options trade of the day.