Notable open interest changes for December 16th

Thursday’s total option volume of 46.1 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 3.60 million calls and 3.05 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN) and Vale (VALE) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 44k Pinterest (PINS) Mar-23 25 calls, 37k ViewRay (VRAY) Jan-23 4 calls, 30k Luminar Technologies (LAZR) 12/23 weekly 6.5 puts, 30k Vale (VALE) Jan-24 20 calls and 29k Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Jan-23 6 puts.