Notable open interest changes for June 16th

Thursday’s total option volume of 54.3 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 3.15 million calls and 4.67 million puts. Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), Microsoft (MSFT) and Vale (VALE) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 56k Vale (VALE) Jul-23 16 calls, 54k Vale (VALE) Jul-23 17 calls, 51k Nikola (NKLA) Jul-23 0.5 puts, 51k Nikola (NKLA) Jul-23 1 puts and 50k Nikola (NKLA) Jul-23 5 calls.