Notable open interest changes for February 16th

Wednesday’s total option volume of 43.0 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 4.52 million calls and 3.66 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Apple (AAPL) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 40k Meta Platforms (Facebook) (META) May-23 145 calls, 37k Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Mar-23 9 puts, 25k Uber (UBER) Apr-23 35 calls, 25k ChargePoint Holdings (CHPT) 2/24 weekly 12.5 calls and 20k Nikola (NKLA) Apr-23 3 calls.