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Option Movers｜UnitedHealth's Volume Surges 314%; Nu Holdings Sees 72% Call Options; Nvidia Shows Bearish Sentiment

Market OverviewThe blue-chip Dow Jones ended higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday(Aug 15), as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake, but other Wall...

Option Movers｜UnitedHealth's Volume Surges 314%; Nu Holdings Sees 72% Call Options; Nvidia Shows Bearish Sentiment

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Rival health insurers <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ELV\">Elevance Health</a>, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MOH\">Molina Healthcare</a>, and Centene also traded higher. Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares of home builders Lennar and D.R. Horton, and steel maker Nucor in the second quarter as well. Nucor rose 0.7%. Berkshire also pared its investments in Apple and Bank of America.</p><p>There are 1.49M <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/UNH\">UnitedHealth</a> option contracts traded on Friday, up 314% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 70% of overall option trades. </p><h2 id=\"id_623994534\">Unusual Options Activity</h2><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/991c6b2cffeb2d1bfd5228caf64fdb91\" alt=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" title=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" tg-width=\"1605\" tg-height=\"299\"/><span>Source: Market Chameleon</span></p><p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NU\">Nu</a> rose 9.1% after the Brazilian fintech reported second-quarter net profit growing 42% from last year to $637 million, beating expectations. The company added 4.1 million new customers in the quarter, reaching a total of 122.7 million customers globally.</p><p>There are 716,497 <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NU\">Nu</a> option contracts traded on Friday, up 171% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 72% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $14.5 strike call option expiring August 22, with 95,786 contracts trading.  <a class=\"teditor-mention\" data-mention-id=\"NU 20250822 14.5 CALL\" data-mention-name=\"NU\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/OPT/NU%2020250822%2014.5%20CALL\">$NU 20250822 14.5 CALL$</a> </p><h2 id=\"id_186919403\">TOP 10 S&amp;P 500 Bullish &amp; Bearish</h2><p>This report shows stocks with the highest volume of bullish and bearish activity by option delta volume, which converts option volume to an equivalent stock volume (bought or sold).</p><p>If we take the total positive option delta volume and subtract the total negative option delta volume, we will get the net imbalance. If the net imbalance is positive, there is more bullish pressure. If the net is negative, there is more bearish pressure.</p><p>Based on option delta volume, traders sold a net equivalent of -966,820 shares of  <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NVDA\">NVIDIA</a> stock. 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The largest delta volume came from the 15-Aug-25 180 Call, with traders getting short 2,520,233 deltas on the single option contract.</p><p><strong>Top 10 bullish stocks</strong>: UNH, INTC, MSFT, LLY, TTD, PG, CRM, F, FSLR, CCL</p><p><strong>Top 10 bearish stocks</strong>: NVDA, BAC, GOOGL, SMCI, BEN, KO, KVUE, CSCO, HRL, MCD</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/eafebb12d99c5c5685f11edb57a69233\" alt=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" title=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" tg-width=\"816\" tg-height=\"399\"/><span>Source: Market Chameleon</span></p><p>If you are interested in options and you want to:</p><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Share experiences and ideas on options trading.</p></li><li><p>Read options-related market updates/insights.</p></li><li><p>Learn more about options trading if you are a beginner in this field.</p></li></ul><p>Please click to join <a href=\"https://t.me/TigerBrokersOptions\" title=\"Tiger Options Club\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tiger Options Club</a></p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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Rival health insurers <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ELV\">Elevance Health</a>, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MOH\">Molina Healthcare</a>, and Centene also traded higher. Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares of home builders Lennar and D.R. Horton, and steel maker Nucor in the second quarter as well. Nucor rose 0.7%. Berkshire also pared its investments in Apple and Bank of America.</p><p>There are 1.49M <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/UNH\">UnitedHealth</a> option contracts traded on Friday, up 314% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 70% of overall option trades. </p><h2 id=\"id_623994534\">Unusual Options Activity</h2><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/991c6b2cffeb2d1bfd5228caf64fdb91\" alt=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" title=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" tg-width=\"1605\" tg-height=\"299\"/><span>Source: Market Chameleon</span></p><p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NU\">Nu</a> rose 9.1% after the Brazilian fintech reported second-quarter net profit growing 42% from last year to $637 million, beating expectations. The company added 4.1 million new customers in the quarter, reaching a total of 122.7 million customers globally.</p><p>There are 716,497 <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NU\">Nu</a> option contracts traded on Friday, up 171% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 72% of overall option trades. Particularly high volume was seen for the $14.5 strike call option expiring August 22, with 95,786 contracts trading.  <a class=\"teditor-mention\" data-mention-id=\"NU 20250822 14.5 CALL\" data-mention-name=\"NU\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/OPT/NU%2020250822%2014.5%20CALL\">$NU 20250822 14.5 CALL$</a> </p><h2 id=\"id_186919403\">TOP 10 S&amp;P 500 Bullish &amp; Bearish</h2><p>This report shows stocks with the highest volume of bullish and bearish activity by option delta volume, which converts option volume to an equivalent stock volume (bought or sold).</p><p>If we take the total positive option delta volume and subtract the total negative option delta volume, we will get the net imbalance. If the net imbalance is positive, there is more bullish pressure. If the net is negative, there is more bearish pressure.</p><p>Based on option delta volume, traders sold a net equivalent of -966,820 shares of  <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NVDA\">NVIDIA</a> stock. The largest bearish delta came from selling calls. The largest delta volume came from the 15-Aug-25 180 Call, with traders getting short 2,520,233 deltas on the single option contract.</p><p><strong>Top 10 bullish stocks</strong>: UNH, INTC, MSFT, LLY, TTD, PG, CRM, F, FSLR, CCL</p><p><strong>Top 10 bearish stocks</strong>: NVDA, BAC, GOOGL, SMCI, BEN, KO, KVUE, CSCO, HRL, MCD</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/eafebb12d99c5c5685f11edb57a69233\" alt=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" title=\"Source: Market Chameleon\" tg-width=\"816\" tg-height=\"399\"/><span>Source: Market Chameleon</span></p><p>If you are interested in options and you want to:</p><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Share experiences and ideas on options trading.</p></li><li><p>Read options-related market updates/insights.</p></li><li><p>Learn more about options trading if you are a beginner in this field.</p></li></ul><p>Please click to join <a href=\"https://t.me/TigerBrokersOptions\" title=\"Tiger Options Club\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tiger Options Club</a></p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"NU":"Nu Holdings Ltd.","NVDA":"英伟达","UNH":"联合健康"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1101719377","content_text":"Market OverviewThe blue-chip Dow Jones ended higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday(Aug 15), as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake, but other Wall Street indexes slipped as mixed data clouded the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 61,995,799 contracts was traded, up 8% from the previous trading day.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade AppUnitedHealth gained 12% after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed in a regulatory filing that it bought roughly five million shares in the company, worth about $1.6 billion. Rival health insurers Elevance Health, Molina Healthcare, and Centene also traded higher. Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares of home builders Lennar and D.R. Horton, and steel maker Nucor in the second quarter as well. Nucor rose 0.7%. Berkshire also pared its investments in Apple and Bank of America.There are 1.49M UnitedHealth option contracts traded on Friday, up 314% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 70% of overall option trades. Unusual Options ActivitySource: Market ChameleonNu rose 9.1% after the Brazilian fintech reported second-quarter net profit growing 42% from last year to $637 million, beating expectations. The company added 4.1 million new customers in the quarter, reaching a total of 122.7 million customers globally.There are 716,497 Nu option contracts traded on Friday, up 171% from the previous trading day. Call options account for 72% of overall option trades. 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