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The @Cboe #MGTN Index has climbed from 82 to 477 in just three years- plenty of room for differing views when index options begin trading! Learn more next week with Henry Schwartz! benzinga.com/events/unveilin…

Now available for download! @Cboe State of the Options Industry Q3 Update available free at go.cboe.com/l/77532/2025-02-… @Options

Unusual options flow in Krispy Kreme discussed today on @Options Option Block podcast showed up in the weekly @Bloomberg news quiz! @CBOE theoptionsinsider.com/shows/…

Foot Locker (FL) options flow nailed it. Up 85% to $23.80 on DKS cash deal. Ahead of news: 2k June 15 calls bought for $0.70, 15k Jan 10 puts sold at $1.15. Both plays now up ~$1.6M overnight. Interested in more option flow insights? Sign up today go.cboe.com/l/77532/2025-02-…

Mid-April option volume hitting records on a daily basis. 66M contracts market-wide average. Index, ETF and Single Stock all on pace for record month. @CBOE

Preliminary Option Volume leaders for 2023. $TSLA leads single stocks for the 2nd year. All three ETF leaders $SPY $QQQ $IWM see large gains courtesy of #0dte. $SPX and $VIX up more than 30%. $XSP (mini SPX) up 82% as traders learn the advantages of index options. Happy New Year!

Largest open interest increases among single stock options for 10/4 include $AMZN, $TSLA, $NVDA, $AAPL, and $MARA. Top trades for first 30min include $SPY $BAC $SLV @CBOE

Final print at $6.59 works out to $1M for market maker(s) who pulled the trigger this morning on 10k lot. Delta-hedge (78Δ at trade time) would trim this by $850K.

Million share hedge in $AAPL. Shares near near $173.63 this morning with 10k Sep 8th 80 puts trading $7.60 on BZX, confirmed by @CBOE open-close data to be a customer bid hit by a market maker to open a new position. 3 wk trade with 1M share/$173 million notional value @Options

Largest open interest increases among single stock options for 8/1 include $SOFI, $TSLA, $NKLA, $UBER, and $AMD @CBOE