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Notable Friday Option Activity: AMD, ORCL, GS

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD), where a total of 486,516 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 48.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 121.8% of AMD’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 39.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $360 strike call option expiring May 01, 2026, with 46,298 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 4.6 million underlying shares of AMD. Below is a chart showing AMD’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $360 strike highlighted in orange:

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Oracle Corp (Symbol: ORCL) options are showing a volume of 369,526 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 37.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 117.1% of ORCL’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 31.5 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $175 strike call option expiring May 01, 2026, with 38,806 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.9 million underlying shares of ORCL. Below is a chart showing ORCL’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $175 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Goldman Sachs Group Inc (Symbol: GS) options are showing a volume of 20,933 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 106.5% of GS’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $937.50 strike call option expiring May 01, 2026, with 779 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 77,900 underlying shares of GS. Below is a chart showing GS’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $937.50 strike highlighted in orange:

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