Notable open interest changes for March 6th

Friday’s total option volume of 46.7 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 4.80 million calls and 4.99 million puts. Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (Facebook) (META) and Silvergate Capital Corp (SI) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 31k Altimeter Growth (GRAB) Mar-23 3.5 calls, 30k American Airlines (AAL) Apr-23 17 calls, 26k Marathon Patent Group (MARA) 3/10 weekly 5.5 puts, 20k Atlantica Yield (AY) Aug-23 30 calls and 20k Atlantica Yield (AY) Aug-23 35 calls.