Walmart Options Trading Surges to Record Highs

The October 1st options trading for Walmart (WMT.US) was active and notable. According to the data, there were 98,832 contracts traded on that day, with put options accounting for 38.71% of the total transactions and call options making up 61.29%. The open interest for Walmart's options positions, indicating those that have not been closed, totaled approximately 1.1 million contracts by the close of the day.

This represents about 90.48% of the average daily open interest over the past 30 trading days. One specific put option contract with a strike price of $103.00 expiring on October 16th, 2026 transacted 2,379 contracts and ranked first among Walmart's unusual options trades for that day.

The total turnover for this transaction was $325.92K, and the most active option contract for the day achieved a volume of 11,620 and closed at $0.29.