Notable open interest changes for April 18th

Monday’s total option volume of 34.4 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 4.07 million calls and 3.77 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet Class A (GOOGL) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 28k Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Apr-23 0.5 calls, 28k Tencent (TME) Jan-24 17 calls, 25k Tesla (TSLA) Aug-23 120 calls, 22k Charles Schwab (SCHW) May-23 62.5 calls and 20k Luminar Technologies (LAZR) 5/5 weekly 6.5 calls.