Chart Analysis: The monthly chart of the Comex gold contract that goes back to 2011, uses the continuous contract that includes volume from all open contracts.
Currently, there are 19, 120 put contracts open in the November series of options, compared to 17, 488 call contracts open.
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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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Peak October put open interest totals 18, 652 contracts at the deep out-of-the-money 150 strike, while another 11, 743 puts are open at the 155 strike, and 10, 504 contracts are open at the 170 put.
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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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Specifically, there are 16, 556 call contracts open in the February series of options, versus put open interest of only 8, 955 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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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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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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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.
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On the put side, peak open interest of 90, 106 contracts are open at the May 25 strike, with another 59, 310 open at the May 24 put.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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