Peak call open interest totals 611 contracts at the August 55 strike, while peak put open interest numbers 243 contracts at the June 50 strike.
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In the December series of options, Apple sports call open interest of 245, 428 contracts versus put open interest of 243, 170 contracts.
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Outside of weekly call activity, the March 24 strike is the most popular, attracting volume of 535 contracts on open interest of 948 contracts.
Overall, MMM has attracted total call open interest of 130, 504 contracts, compared to put open interest of 125, 272 contracts.
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In the December series, BBY has attracted total call open interest of 82, 231 contracts, compared to put open interest of 60, 802 contracts.
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For instance, in the front-month January 2012 series of options, call open interest numbers 107, 848 contracts, compared to put open interest of 99, 254 contracts.
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The average daily volume of interest rate contracts increased by almost 25% in Q1 2011 compared to the same quarter of the prior year.
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We forecast the daily volume of interest rate contracts to reach nearly 11 million by 2017 from its current level of about 5 million.
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Primarily based on Eurodollars, U.S. Treasuries, swaps and other dollar-related instruments that customers can utilize to manage short, medium and long term interest rate risk, interest rate contracts are the largest class of financial products traded on CME Group.
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Following at a close second is the weekly October 135 strike, where 1, 472 contracts have traded on open interest of 683 contracts.
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The next most active call is the March 55 strike, where another 1, 600 contracts have traded on open interest of 185 contracts.
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At the top of the heap is the weekly February 21 strike, where 636 contracts have traded on open interest of 75 contracts.
Similar call activity can be seen at the weekly February 23 strike, where 502 contracts have traded on open interest of 449 contracts.
Options traders are lining up to take advantage of the event, with peak May call open interest of 34, 618 contracts residing at the 350 strike, and peak May put open interest of 24, 741 contracts resting at the deep out of the money 320 strike.
Peak November call open interest totals 5, 054 contracts at the 130 strike, while peak front-month put open interest numbers 6, 003 contracts at the 80 strike.
Taking a closer look reveals that peak front-month call open interest of 10, 878 contracts resides at the overhead May 150 strike, more than doubling peak May put open interest of 4, 911 contracts at the out-of-the-money 135 strike.
Taking a closer look reveals that peak October put open interest totals 4, 444 contracts at the deep out-of-the-money 110 strike, while peak call open interest numbers 3, 791 contracts at the out-of-the-money October 150 strike.
Total call volume at that strike has topped 2, 100 contracts, which is substantial compared to previously existing open interest of 450 contracts.
Options traders are also quite bullish when it comes to BIDU. Currently, call open interest totals a hefty 147, 229 contracts in the March and weekly February series of options, compared to put open interest of 110, 125 contracts for the same series.
Following at a close second is the February 62.50 put, which sports volume of 1, 520 contracts on open interest of 2, 015 contracts.
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Outside of weekly activity, the July 10 put is the most popular, attracting volume of more than 530 contracts on open interest of 1, 067 contracts.
Taking a closer look at this activity, we find that the weekly September 30, 15 strike call option is the most active, with more than 3, 500 contracts changing hands on open interest of just 733 contracts.
On the put side, the December 16 strike has seen volume of 5, 633 contracts trade on open interest of 16, 719 contracts.
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The most popular call yesterday was the March 11 strike, where 15, 694 contracts traded on open interest of 16, 161 contracts.
Following at a close second is the in-the-money October 370 call, which has seen 4, 717 contracts traded on open interest of 13, 689 contracts.
On the put side, the weekly October 115 put has seen the most volume, with 1, 653 contracts trading on open interest of 3, 525 contracts.
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Peak put volume on the day, meanwhile, is centered at the March 25 strike, with 833 contracts crossing on open interest of 1, 864 contracts.
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The most active strike was the at-the-money August 40 call, where more than 7, 500 contracts traded on open interest of 4, 638 contracts.
On the put side, peak open interest numbers just 5, 282 contracts at the June 2 strike, while June 2.50 and June 3 strikes sport more than 3, 000 contracts in open interest.
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