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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite indexes rallied more than 1% on Monday (Apr. 13) as investors appeared hopeful that a resolution to the Middle East war ​could be found while they looked past the failed weekend talks between the U.S. and Iran and monitored the start of the earnings reporting season.

After a muted start to ‌the day the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 picked up some steam on Monday afternoon after U.S. President Donald Trump said that Iran wants to make a deal but that he will not come to any agreement that allows Tehran to have a nuclear weapon.

Regarding the options market, a total volume of 54,614,147 contracts was traded on Monday.

Top 10 Option Volumes

Top 10: $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$, $Microsoft(MSFT)$, $Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$, $Amazon.com(AMZN)$, $Apple(AAPL)$, $Intel(INTC)$, $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$, $Oracle(ORCL)$, $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$

$Microsoft(MSFT)$ is looking into ways it can integrate OpenClaw-style features into its Copilot AI assistant, according to a report from The Information. The test reportedly comes as part of efforts to make Microsoft 365 Copilot “run autonomously around the clock” while completing tasks on behalf of users.

A total number of 1.10 million options related to $Microsoft(MSFT)$ was traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 74%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $380 strike call option expiring Apr 13, with 81,123 contracts trading.

$Oracle(ORCL)$’s stock surged nearly 13% as software shares, beaten down by artificial intelligence disruption fears, clawed back some year-to-date losses. Shares posted their best day since September.

A total number of 611.96K options related to $Oracle(ORCL)$ were traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 74%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $160 strike call option expiring Apr 17, with 31,663 contracts trading. $ORCL 20260417 160.0 CALL$

Unusual Options Activity

$SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ shares rose 12% on Monday after the company was added to the Nasdaq-100 Index.

A total number of 248.42K options related to $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ were traded on Monday, of which call options accounted for 47%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $1000 strike call option expiring Apr 17, with 10,352 contracts trading. $SNDK 20260417 1000.0 CALL$

TOP Bullish & Bearish Single Stocks

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).

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.

Top 10 bullish stocks: $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$, $Micron Technology(MU)$, $Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$, $Bank of America(BAC)$, $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$, $Microsoft(MSFT)$, $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$, $Broadcom(AVGO)$, $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$

Top 10 bearish stocks: $Galiano Gold Inc.(GAU)$, $Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(APLS)$, $Chegg(CHGG)$, $Vizsla Silver Corp(VZLA)$, $Strive(ASST)$, $iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN(VXX)$, $Devon(DVN)$, $Novo-Nordisk A/S(NVO)$, $Option Care Health Inc(OPCH)$, $Pinterest, Inc.(PINS)$

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