Notable Thursday Option Activity: FSLR, AMAT, BAC

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in First Solar Inc (Symbol: FSLR), where a total of 13,697 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 46.1% of FSLR’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $185 strike put option expiring March 06, 2026, with 1,553 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 155,300 underlying shares of FSLR. Below is a chart showing FSLR’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $185 strike highlighted in orange:

Applied Materials, Inc. (Symbol: AMAT) options are showing a volume of 35,458 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 42% of AMAT’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 8.4 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $500 strike call option expiring March 20, 2026, with 3,078 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 307,800 underlying shares of AMAT. Below is a chart showing AMAT’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $500 strike highlighted in orange:

And Bank of America Corp (Symbol: BAC) saw options trading volume of 184,804 contracts, representing approximately 18.5 million underlying shares or approximately 41.3% of BAC’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 44.7 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $35 strike call option expiring March 20, 2026, with 15,840 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.6 million underlying shares of BAC. Below is a chart showing BAC’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $35 strike highlighted in orange:

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