Walmart Options Volume Hits New High on September 1st

Walmart's (WMT.US) options trading volume reached new heights on September 1st, with a total of 152.19K contracts traded for the day.

Of these transactions, put options accounted for 28.99% and call options made up 71.01%, according to data from Moomoo.

The open interest, which indicates the number of outstanding options positions that have not been closed, totaled approximately 1.22 million contracts as of September 1st's close. This represents a significant increase of 106.15% compared to the average over the past 30 trading days.

Notably, one unusual trade caught attention - a call option with a strike price of $120.00 and an expiration date of January 15th, 2027, which transacted 1,999 contracts and resulted in a turnover of $499.75K.