How to Take Advantage of Unprecedented Options Volume

[The Option Specialist]( 11/22/2021 | [View in browser]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Take Advantage of Unprecedented Options Volume]( On Nov. 5, the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported 57,094,802-contracts changing hands, marking the second-largest volume day in options trading history. Jan. 27 of this year holds the record with 60,041,659-contracts trading hands. You can explain away the January record levels; at the height of the Covid pandemic last winter, meme stocks and retail trading soared to unprecedented levels, and with it, so did an interest in options trading. You can attribute the catalysts for these surges in a variety of different ways. The aforementioned "meme stock" craze certainly explains away the early 2021 volume. The more isolated dates are likely more dependent on macro headlines or have no common correlation at all. 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