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
- 47,947 Nexen (NYSE:NXY) call contacts
- 45,490 Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) call contracts
- 35,059 Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) call contracts
- 31,367 Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) call contracts
- 20,171 Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) put contracts
Market Makers
- 38,760 Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) call contracts
- 16,402 Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) call contracts
- 14,941 Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) put contracts
- 11,107 Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) call contracts
- 8682 Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) call contracts
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