Notable Thursday Option Activity: NVDA, META, AI

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA), where a total volume of 4.3 million contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 432.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 287.8% of NVDA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 150.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $235 strike call option expiring May 15, 2026, with 398,652 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 39.9 million underlying shares of NVDA. Below is a chart showing NVDA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $235 strike highlighted in orange:

Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META) options are showing a volume of 417,675 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 41.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 262% of META's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 15.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $720 strike call option expiring June 18, 2026, with 33,954 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.4 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $720 strike highlighted in orange:

And C3.ai Inc (Symbol: AI) options are showing a volume of 88,359 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 8.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 198.2% of AI's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $10 strike call option expiring May 15, 2026, with 30,337 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.0 million underlying shares of AI. Below is a chart showing AI's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $10 strike highlighted in orange:

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