May. 18 at 10:12 PM
Today's option volume of 72.4M contracts was in line w/ recent avg levels, w/ calls leading puts 7 to 5.
Index (7.69M contracts traded on 1.73M trades) & ETF products (28.4M contracts traded on 3.34M trades) saw relatively heavy volume, while single stock flow was moderate at 36.3M contracts traded on 5.9M trades
Today's most active sectors included Utilities, Energy, & Basic Materials, while Technology & Financials were relatively light.
Among the 500 most liquid single stocks, 30day IV was higher for 312 & lower for 137.
Unusual total option volume was observed in
$NOW $CVX $PAAS $HIVE &
$VST