As we enter the final trading week of 2025, Mark Longo breaks down a high-stakes, holiday-shortened Monday session. While the broader markets saw thin liquidity and red screens, several heavy hitters lit up the tape with unusual activity—including a rare top-tier appearance from British American Tobacco.
Inside This Episode:
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The Holiday Volume Slump: Why it only took 265,000 contracts to break into the Top 10 today—the lightest volume since the “dog days of summer.”
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Tesla’s Bearish Shift? Tesla takes the #1 spot, but for once, it’s the $465 puts dominating the tape as the stock slides over 3%.
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The “Monster” Monthly Spread: A massive $350/$300 put spread in MicroStrategy (MSTR) captured the attention of volatility hunters.
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The BTI Dividend Play: Why a sleepy tobacco name saw nearly 200x its average daily volume and what the Jan $50 in-the-money calls tell us about the ex-dividend date.
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NVDA & Near-Term Upside: Analyzing the heavy retail interest in the Nvidia $190 calls expiring this week.
Today’s Hot Options Top 10 Countdown:
| Rank | Symbol | Last Price | Volume | Hot Option Contract |
| #1 | TSLA | $459.64 | 1.77M | **$465 Puts** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #2 | NVDA | $188.22 | 1.63M | **$190 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #3 | BTI | $52.00 | 609K | **$50 Calls** (Jan Monthly) |
| #4 | PLTR | $184.18 | 478K | **$195 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #5 | AAPL | $273.76 | 370K | **$275 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #6 | MSTR | $155.38 | 338K | **$350/$300 Put Spread** |
| #7 | AMZN | $232.07 | 282K | **$232.5 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #8 | AMD | $215.61 | 276K | **$215 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #9 | META | $658.69 | 272K | **$660 Calls** (Jan 2 Exp) |
| #10 | VALE | $12.92 | 265K | Jan 2027 $8 Puts |
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