According to the Options Clearing Commission, these were the top equity options (by volume) that traded on Friday (excluding index ETFs and other derivatives like SPY and VIX trades):
Individual Investors
- 64102 Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) call contracts
- 37528 Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) call contracts
- 25567 Nokia (NYSE:NOK) put contracts
- 23222 Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) call contracts
- 17309 MetroPCS Communications (NYSE:PCS) put contracts
Market Makers
- 789547 Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) call contracts
- 177225 Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) call contracts
- 98786 Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) call contracts
- 91513 PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) call contracts
- 43113 Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) call contracts
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