Most Active Stocks by Options Volume

Top 30 Stocks by Options Volume

The following table shows top 30 stocks by options volume in 2023. The data includes volume from the CBOE group of options exchanges (CBOE, BATS, C2, EDGX). Scroll down for ranks 30+. See also most active indices and ETFs by options volume.

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. TSLA   =  693,303  =  Tesla Inc
2. AAPL   =  293,888  =  Apple Inc
3. NVDA   =  258,156  =  NVIDIA Corp
4. AMZN   =  229,016  =  Amazon.com Inc
5. AMD    =  167,215  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
6. META   =  119,247  =  Meta Platforms Inc - Class A
7. MSFT   =  113,889  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. AMC    =  112,132  =  AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Class A
9. GOOGL  =  111,218  =  Alphabet Inc - Class A
10. PLTR   =   91,017  =  Palantir Technologies Inc - Class A
11. BAC    =   78,739  =  Bank Of America Corp
12. BABA   =   67,596  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
13. GOOG   =   64,831  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C
14. MARA   =   60,022  =  Marathon Digital Holdings Inc
15. INTC   =   60,000  =  Intel Corp
16. SOFI   =   55,982  =  SoFi Technologies Inc
17. NIO    =   55,682  =  NIO Inc
18. COIN   =   53,586  =  Coinbase Global Inc - Class A
19. NFLX   =   52,921  =  Netflix Inc
20. F      =   50,807  =  Ford Motor Company
21. RIVN   =   49,357  =  Rivian Automotive Inc - Class A
22. DIS    =   45,485  =  Walt Disney Co
23. PYPL   =   39,324  =  PayPal Holdings Inc
24. SNAP   =   38,993  =  Snap Inc - Class A
25. C      =   33,154  =  Citigroup Inc
26. PFE    =   31,754  =  Pfizer Inc
27. UBER   =   31,728  =  Uber Technologies Inc
28. CVNA   =   30,272  =  Carvana Co. - Class A
29. RIOT   =   30,057  =  Riot Platforms Inc
30. CCL    =   29,746  =  Carnival Corp (Paired Stock)

The stock with most actively traded options is Tesla (TSLA) with almost 700 thousand daily contracts. This volume is quite similar to VIX index options.

Only nine stocks reached average daily options volume over 100 thousand: Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), Amazon (AMZN), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), AMC Entertainment (AMC), and Google (GOOGL, GOOG).

Not surprisingly, the top positions are dominated by popular big tech names. Most active stocks outside the tech sector include Bank of America (BAC), Ford (F), Disney (DIS), Citigroup (C), Pfizer (PFE), or Carnival (CCL).

All Stocks with Daily Options Volume > 1000

The next table shows further ranks. In total there have been 407 stocks with daily options trading volume over 1000 contracts in 2023 (the number of companies is a bit smaller, as some, such as Alphabet, may have multiple share classes listed).

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
31. SHOP   =   28,721  =  Shopify Inc - Class A
32. BBBY   =   28,205  =  Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
33. SQ     =   28,174  =  Block Inc - Class A
34. XOM    =   27,449  =  Exxon Mobil Corp
35. T      =   27,061  =  AT&T Inc
36. AAL    =   26,755  =  American Airlines Group Inc
37. GME    =   26,730  =  Gamestop Corporation - Class A
38. NKLA   =   26,509  =  Nikola Corp
39. MU     =   26,387  =  Micron Technology Inc
40. AFRM   =   26,359  =  Affirm Holdings Inc - Class A
41. LCID   =   25,670  =  Lucid Group Inc
42. JPM    =   24,567  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
43. WFC    =   24,335  =  Wells Fargo & Company
44. AI     =   24,169  =  C3.ai Inc - Class A
45. BA     =   23,882  =  Boeing Company
46. UPST   =   23,715  =  Upstart Holdings Inc
47. GM     =   21,209  =  General Motors Company
48. OXY    =   20,098  =  Occidental Petroleum Corp
49. PLUG   =   18,653  =  Plug Power Inc
50. DKNG   =   18,252  =  DraftKings Inc - Class A
51. ROKU   =   18,208  =  Roku Inc - Class A
52. SCHW   =   17,942  =  Charles Schwab Corp
53. VZ     =   17,560  =  Verizon Communications Inc
54. CSCO   =   17,178  =  Cisco Systems Inc
55. JD     =   17,125  =  JD.com Inc
56. TSM    =   16,765  =  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
57. RBLX   =   16,486  =  Roblox Corporation - Class A
58. HOOD   =   16,442  =  Robinhood Markets Inc - Class A
59. ORCL   =   16,420  =  Oracle Corp
60. XPEV   =   16,139  =  XPeng Inc
61. WMT    =   15,874  =  Walmart Inc
62. WBD    =   15,684  =  Warner Bros. Discovery Inc - Class A
63. JNJ    =   15,185  =  Johnson & Johnson
64. LYFT   =   14,871  =  Lyft Inc Cls A
65. NKE    =   14,412  =  Nike Inc - Class B
66. KO     =   14,265  =  Coca-Cola Company
67. ENPH   =   14,090  =  Enphase Energy Inc
68. TGT    =   13,625  =  Target Corp
69. FCX    =   13,471  =  Freeport-McMoRan Inc
70. PINS   =   13,274  =  Pinterest Inc - Class A
71. SBUX   =   13,193  =  Starbucks Corp
72. CRM    =   13,086  =  Salesforce Inc
73. KVUE   =   13,073  =  Kenvue Inc
74. QCOM   =   12,971  =  Qualcomm Inc
75. DAL    =   12,947  =  Delta Air Lines Inc
76. ABNB   =   12,889  =  Airbnb Inc - Class A
77. MPW    =   12,886  =  Medical Properties Trust Inc
78. ZM     =   12,382  =  Zoom Video Communications Inc - Class A
79. PARA   =   12,274  =  Paramount Global - Class B
80. CLF    =   12,130  =  Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
81. U      =   12,098  =  Unity Software Inc
82. ATVI   =   12,051  =  Activision Blizzard Inc
83. CVX    =   11,982  =  Chevron Corp
84. CHPT   =   11,979  =  ChargePoint Holdings Inc - Class A
85. DVN    =   11,793  =  Devon Energy Corp
86. TLRY   =   11,657  =  Tilray Brands Inc
87. PDD    =   11,624  =  PDD Holdings Inc
88. MRVL   =   11,504  =  Marvell Technology Inc
89. UAL    =   11,243  =  United Airlines Holdings Inc
90. ET     =   11,199  =  Energy Transfer LP
91. RIG    =   10,651  =  Transocean Ltd
92. PBR    =   10,261  =  Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
93. FRC    =   10,117  =  First Republic Bank
94. CRWD   =   10,060  =  Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - Class A
95. CVS    =    9,970  =  CVS Health Corp
96. MULN   =    9,883  =  Mullen Automotive Inc
97. M      =    9,798  =  Macy`s Inc
98. MS     =    9,645  =  Morgan Stanley
99. SPCE   =    9,607  =  Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc - Class A
100. ADBE   =    9,518  =  Adobe Inc
101. WBA    =    9,462  =  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
102. X      =    9,251  =  United States Steel Corp
103. COST   =    8,949  =  Costco Wholesale Corp
104. PTON   =    8,891  =  Peloton Interactive Inc - Class A
105. CHWY   =    8,845  =  Chewy Inc - Class A
106. PANW   =    8,759  =  Palo Alto Networks Inc
107. CCJ    =    8,600  =  Cameco Corp
108. GS     =    8,429  =  Goldman Sachs Group Inc
109. AVGO   =    8,370  =  Broadcom Inc
110. NCLH   =    8,320  =  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
111. CAT    =    8,264  =  Caterpillar Inc
112. HD     =    8,019  =  Home Depot Inc
113. IBM    =    8,002  =  International Business Machines Corp
114. BYND   =    7,566  =  Beyond Meat Inc
115. FUBO   =    7,546  =  fuboTV Inc
116. DOCU   =    7,348  =  DocuSign Inc
117. BX     =    7,343  =  Blackstone Inc
118. DDOG   =    7,285  =  Datadog Inc - Class A
119. NEM    =    7,176  =  Newmont Corp
120. V      =    6,864  =  Visa Inc - Class A
121. BMY    =    6,805  =  Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
122. AMAT   =    6,795  =  Applied Materials Inc
123. SIRI   =    6,794  =  Sirius XM Holdings Inc
124. BP     =    6,754  =  BP plc
125. VALE   =    6,722  =  Vale S.A.
126. W      =    6,564  =  Wayfair Inc - Class A
127. SU     =    6,462  =  Suncor Energy Inc
128. PACW   =    6,438  =  Pacwest Bancorp
129. TTD    =    6,342  =  Trade Desk Inc - Class A
130. LI     =    6,246  =  Li Auto Inc
131. BIDU   =    6,178  =  Baidu Inc
132. CGC    =    6,093  =  Canopy Growth Corporation
133. MO     =    6,015  =  Altria Group Inc
134. ABBV   =    5,950  =  Abbvie Inc
135. RTX    =    5,921  =  RTX Corp
136. FSLR   =    5,912  =  First Solar Inc
137. RUN    =    5,904  =  Sunrun Inc
138. SMCI   =    5,895  =  Super Micro Computer Inc
139. UPS    =    5,867  =  United Parcel Service Inc - Class B
140. AA     =    5,856  =  Alcoa Corp
141. TWLO   =    5,806  =  Twilio Inc Class A
142. LULU   =    5,722  =  Lululemon Athletica Inc
143. LUV    =    5,701  =  Southwest Airlines Company
144. FTCH   =    5,615  =  Farfetch Ltd - Class A
145. NEE    =    5,614  =  NextEra Energy Inc
146. FDX    =    5,566  =  Fedex Corp
147. LLY    =    5,559  =  Lilly(Eli) & Company
148. MRK    =    5,554  =  Merck & Co Inc
149. MCD    =    5,528  =  McDonald`s Corp
150. COP    =    5,494  =  Conoco Phillips
151. UNH    =    5,460  =  Unitedhealth Group Inc
152. GE     =    5,453  =  General Electric Company
153. JBLU   =    5,422  =  Jetblue Airways Corp
154. CMCSA  =    5,421  =  Comcast Corp - Class A
155. AGNC   =    5,412  =  AGNC Investment Corp
156. NET    =    5,352  =  Cloudflare Inc - Class A
157. SI     =    5,216  =  Silvergate Capital Corp - Class A
158. LVS    =    5,176  =  Las Vegas Sands Corp
159. DASH   =    5,157  =  DoorDash Inc - Class A
160. QS     =    5,091  =  QuantumScape Corp - Class A
161. ZS     =    5,085  =  Zscaler Inc
162. SLB    =    5,025  =  SLB
163. USB    =    5,010  =  U.S. Bancorp.
164. ETSY   =    4,896  =  Etsy Inc
165. WYNN   =    4,876  =  Wynn Resorts Ltd
166. PG     =    4,869  =  Procter & Gamble Company
167. ENVX   =    4,864  =  Enovix Corporation
168. DISH   =    4,853  =  Dish Network Corp - Class A
169. LUMN   =    4,836  =  Lumen Technologies Inc
170. CS     =    4,772  =  Credit Suisse Group AG
171. MSTR   =    4,721  =  Microstrategy Inc - Class A
172. MMM    =    4,574  =  3M Company
173. NVAX   =    4,497  =  Novavax Inc
174. TDOC   =    4,403  =  Teladoc Health Inc
175. LAZR   =    4,322  =  Luminar Technologies Inc - Class A
176. BB     =    4,310  =  BlackBerry Ltd
177. TEVA   =    4,279  =  Teva- Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
178. PEP    =    4,243  =  PepsiCo Inc
179. MRO    =    4,237  =  Marathon Oil Corporation
180. KMI    =    4,206  =  Kinder Morgan Inc - Class P
181. HAL    =    4,194  =  Halliburton Company
182. RCL    =    4,152  =  Royal Caribbean Group
183. TXN    =    4,019  =  Texas Instruments Inc
184. SWN    =    3,987  =  Southwestern Energy Company
185. BILI   =    3,987  =  Bilibili Inc
186. ZIM    =    3,925  =  Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd
187. PENN   =    3,873  =  PENN Entertainment Inc
188. MDB    =    3,867  =  MongoDB Inc - Class A
189. AXP    =    3,861  =  American Express Company
190. BHC    =    3,826  =  Bausch Health Companies Inc
191. TMUS   =    3,724  =  T-Mobile US Inc
192. ON     =    3,682  =  ON Semiconductor Corp
193. KSS    =    3,682  =  Kohl`s Corp
194. MA     =    3,611  =  Mastercard Incorporated - Class A
195. HUT    =    3,551  =  Hut 8 Mining Corp
196. ABT    =    3,543  =  Abbott Laboratories
197. MGM    =    3,503  =  MGM Resorts International
198. VFS    =    3,387  =  VinFast Auto Ltd
199. KHC    =    3,383  =  Kraft Heinz Company
200. EOSE   =    3,315  =  Eos Energy Enterprises Inc - Class A
201. APA    =    3,292  =  APA Corporation
202. IQ     =    3,287  =  iQIYI Inc
203. KEY    =    3,250  =  Keycorp
204. OKTA   =    3,240  =  Okta Inc - Class A
205. FUTU   =    3,237  =  Futu Holdings Ltd
206. SPWR   =    3,231  =  Sunpower Corp
207. VLO    =    3,218  =  Valero Energy Corp
208. GPS    =    3,208  =  Gap Inc
209. JWN    =    3,168  =  Nordstrom Inc
210. BHG    =    3,125  =  Bright Health Group Inc
211. TRP    =    3,114  =  TC Energy Corporation
212. FCEL   =    3,105  =  Fuelcell Energy Inc
213. LOW    =    3,074  =  Lowe`s Cos. Inc
214. WAL    =    3,042  =  Western Alliance Bancorp
215. AR     =    2,947  =  Antero Resources Corp
216. LRCX   =    2,946  =  Lam Research Corp
217. HPQ    =    2,939  =  HP Inc
218. EQT    =    2,927  =  EQT Corp
219. AZN    =    2,914  =  Astrazeneca plc
220. DE     =    2,911  =  Deere & Company
221. AG     =    2,899  =  First Majestic Silver Corporation
222. VFC    =    2,889  =  VF Corp
223. DG     =    2,879  =  Dollar General Corp
224. CM     =    2,795  =  Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
225. SPOT   =    2,786  =  Spotify Technology S.A.
226. TFC    =    2,766  =  Truist Financial Corporation
227. MDT    =    2,762  =  Medtronic Plc
228. ALLY   =    2,738  =  Ally Financial Inc
229. EBAY   =    2,720  =  EBay Inc
230. KR     =    2,657  =  Kroger Company
231. GILD   =    2,643  =  Gilead Sciences Inc
232. NLY    =    2,630  =  Annaly Capital Management Inc
233. KGC    =    2,617  =  Kinross Gold Corp
234. CPNG   =    2,592  =  Coupang Inc - Class A
235. HZNP   =    2,570  =  Horizon Therapeutics Plc
236. MANU   =    2,565  =  Manchester United Plc. - Class A
237. ONON   =    2,537  =  On Holding AG Class A
238. TECK   =    2,531  =  Teck Resources Ltd - Class B
239. WDC    =    2,507  =  Western Digital Corp
240. Z      =    2,493  =  Zillow Group Inc - Class C
241. TOST   =    2,488  =  Toast Inc - Class A
242. SAVE   =    2,451  =  Spirit Airlines Inc
243. DLTR   =    2,400  =  Dollar Tree Inc
244. ALB    =    2,391  =  Albemarle Corp
245. BEKE   =    2,384  =  KE Holdings Inc
246. LMT    =    2,381  =  Lockheed Martin Corp
247. COF    =    2,324  =  Capital One Financial Corp
248. FL     =    2,307  =  Foot Locker Inc
249. CLSK   =    2,304  =  Cleanspark Inc
250. FSLY   =    2,287  =  Fastly Inc - Class A
251. ARM    =    2,277  =  Arm Holdings plc.
252. AEM    =    2,260  =  Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
253. GOEV   =    2,255  =  Canoo Inc - Class A
254. EXPE   =    2,245  =  Expedia Group Inc
255. CVE    =    2,232  =  Cenovus Energy Inc
256. MTCH   =    2,229  =  Match Group Inc - New
257. ULTA   =    2,228  =  Ulta Beauty Inc
258. ANET   =    2,217  =  Arista Networks Inc
259. BBY    =    2,201  =  Best Buy Co. Inc
260. CELH   =    2,197  =  Celsius Holdings Inc
261. NOW    =    2,179  =  ServiceNow Inc
262. MET    =    2,159  =  Metlife Inc
263. VOD    =    2,131  =  Vodafone Group plc
264. CNQ    =    2,127  =  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
265. ENB    =    2,124  =  Enbridge Inc
266. BLNK   =    2,115  =  Blink Charging Company
267. FTNT   =    2,097  =  Fortinet Inc
268. MOS    =    2,085  =  Mosaic Company
269. GT     =    2,084  =  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
270. KMX    =    2,038  =  Carmax Inc
271. HL     =    2,026  =  Hecla Mining Company
272. CROX   =    2,009  =  Crocs Inc
273. NVO    =    2,006  =  Novo Nordisk
274. EPD    =    1,998  =  Enterprise Products Partners L P
275. CMG    =    1,987  =  Chipotle Mexican Grill
276. SPLK   =    1,973  =  Splunk Inc
277. TD     =    1,969  =  Toronto Dominion Bank
278. SEDG   =    1,968  =  Solaredge Technologies Inc
279. MPC    =    1,963  =  Marathon Petroleum Corp
280. IONQ   =    1,956  =  IonQ Inc
281. NOK    =    1,945  =  Nokia Corp
282. WW     =    1,943  =  WW International Inc
283. AMGN   =    1,909  =  AMGEN Inc
284. APPS   =    1,892  =  Digital Turbine Inc
285. OSTK   =    1,891  =  Overstock.com Inc
286. TSEM   =    1,875  =  Tower Semiconductor Ltd
287. PCG    =    1,868  =  PG&E Corp
288. DKS    =    1,861  =  Dicks Sporting Goods Inc
289. RY     =    1,849  =  Royal Bank Of Canada
290. MVIS   =    1,843  =  Microvision Inc
291. IEP    =    1,830  =  Icahn Enterprises L P
292. FFIE   =    1,822  =  Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc
293. ZION   =    1,821  =  Zions Bancorporation N.A
294. TSN    =    1,808  =  Tyson Foods Inc - Class A
295. SHEL   =    1,800  =  Shell Plc ADR
296. TJX    =    1,744  =  TJX Companies Inc
297. UBS    =    1,739  =  UBS Group AG
298. BUD    =    1,716  =  Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
299. TUP    =    1,686  =  Tupperware Brands Corporation
300. ASML   =    1,677  =  ASML Holding NV
301. BSX    =    1,675  =  Boston Scientific Corp
302. SGEN   =    1,674  =  Seagen Inc
303. BILL   =    1,650  =  BILL Holdings Inc
304. TGTX   =    1,633  =  TG Therapeutics Inc
305. AFL    =    1,632  =  Aflac Inc
306. GNRC   =    1,625  =  Generac Holdings Inc
307. WISH   =    1,611  =  ContextLogic Inc - Class A
308. QSR    =    1,608  =  Restaurant Brands International Inc
309. MLCO   =    1,599  =  Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd
310. STNG   =    1,594  =  Scorpio Tankers Inc
311. BKNG   =    1,593  =  Booking Holdings Inc
312. AAP    =    1,591  =  Advance Auto Parts Inc
313. NUE    =    1,591  =  Nucor Corp
314. NYCB   =    1,570  =  New York Community Bancorp Inc
315. TTWO   =    1,555  =  Take-Two Interactive Software Inc
316. UNP    =    1,550  =  Union Pacific Corp
317. HON    =    1,548  =  Honeywell International Inc
318. RH     =    1,545  =  RH - Class A
319. FANG   =    1,533  =  Diamondback Energy Inc
320. RDFN   =    1,525  =  Redfin Corp
321. SNDL   =    1,523  =  SNDL Inc
322. ABR    =    1,508  =  Arbor Realty Trust Inc
323. PNC    =    1,501  =  PNC Financial Services Group Inc
324. CRSP   =    1,499  =  CRISPR Therapeutics AG
325. LEN    =    1,482  =  Lennar Corp - Class A
326. XELA   =    1,479  =  Exela Technologies Inc
327. ADM    =    1,472  =  Archer Daniels Midland Company
328. DHI    =    1,465  =  D.R. Horton Inc
329. MGA    =    1,462  =  Magna International Inc
330. PCT    =    1,459  =  PureCycle Technologies Inc
331. MFC    =    1,452  =  Manulife Financial Corp
332. TEAM   =    1,448  =  Atlassian Corporation - Class A
333. HTZ    =    1,443  =  Hertz Global Holdings Inc (New)
334. ING    =    1,441  =  ING Groep N.V.
335. TAL    =    1,440  =  TAL Education Group
336. ADI    =    1,439  =  Analog Devices Inc
337. PM     =    1,430  =  Philip Morris International Inc
338. APRN   =    1,425  =  Blue Apron Holdings Inc - Class A
339. SOUN   =    1,424  =  SoundHound AI Inc - Class A
340. ASAN   =    1,413  =  Asana Inc - Class A
341. PAAS   =    1,381  =  Pan American Silver Corp
342. WE     =    1,378  =  WeWork Inc - Class A
343. EOG    =    1,357  =  EOG Resources Inc
344. STNE   =    1,340  =  StoneCo Ltd - Class A
345. DXCM   =    1,338  =  Dexcom Inc
346. GRAB   =    1,337  =  Grab Holdings Ltd - Class A
347. BITF   =    1,329  =  Bitfarms Ltd
348. TELL   =    1,324  =  Tellurian Inc
349. FIS    =    1,321  =  Fidelity National Information Services Inc
350. HE     =    1,321  =  Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc
351. RIO    =    1,316  =  Rio Tinto plc
352. STX    =    1,314  =  Seagate Technology Holdings Plc
353. GTLB   =    1,305  =  Gitlab Inc - Class A
354. CLOV   =    1,300  =  Clover Health Investments Corp - Class A
355. WDAY   =    1,298  =  Workday Inc - Class A
356. APLD   =    1,297  =  Applied Digital Corporation
357. FHN    =    1,289  =  First Horizon Corporation
358. VRT    =    1,288  =  Vertiv Holdings Co - Class A
359. ASTS   =    1,284  =  AST SpaceMobile Inc - Class A
360. CMA    =    1,277  =  Comerica Inc
361. SFIX   =    1,270  =  Stitch Fix Inc - Class A
362. HSBC   =    1,262  =  HSBC Holdings plc
363. APLS   =    1,259  =  Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc
364. LMND   =    1,253  =  Lemonade Inc
365. MAR    =    1,252  =  Marriott International Inc - Class A
366. DB     =    1,252  =  Deutsche Bank AG
367. ACN    =    1,251  =  Accenture plc - Class A
368. AEO    =    1,247  =  American Eagle Outfitters Inc
369. EBIX   =    1,242  =  Ebix Inc
370. SLG    =    1,236  =  SL Green Realty Corp
371. EL     =    1,230  =  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc - Class A
372. GIS    =    1,230  =  General Mills Inc
373. ISRG   =    1,228  =  Intuitive Surgical Inc
374. NTR    =    1,225  =  Nutrien Ltd
375. SAVA   =    1,219  =  Cassava Sciences Inc
376. JMIA   =    1,213  =  Jumia Technologies Ag
377. PSX    =    1,213  =  Phillips 66
378. VRM    =    1,210  =  Vroom Inc
379. MCHP   =    1,200  =  Microchip Technology Inc
380. RKLB   =    1,198  =  Rocket Lab USA Inc
381. FITB   =    1,195  =  Fifth Third Bancorp
382. HUM    =    1,188  =  Humana Inc
383. COTY   =    1,188  =  Coty Inc - Class A
384. PSTG   =    1,186  =  Pure Storage Inc - Class A
385. INTU   =    1,180  =  Intuit Inc
386. PXD    =    1,170  =  Pioneer Natural Resources Company
387. GSAT   =    1,163  =  Globalstar Inc
388. GRPN   =    1,163  =  Groupon Inc
389. SPR    =    1,154  =  Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc - Class A
390. APO    =    1,154  =  Apollo Global Management Inc - Class A (New)
391. NOVA   =    1,143  =  Sunnova Energy International Inc
392. DHR    =    1,139  =  Danaher Corp
393. MELI   =    1,126  =  MercadoLibre Inc
394. LAC    =    1,118  =  Lithium Americas Corp
395. SRPT   =    1,101  =  Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
396. CTRA   =    1,085  =  Coterra Energy Inc
397. CF     =    1,074  =  CF Industries Holdings Inc
398. MDLZ   =    1,063  =  Mondelez International Inc - Class A
399. WPM    =    1,051  =  Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
400. BBIG   =    1,028  =  Vinco Ventures Inc
401. HES    =    1,025  =  Hess Corporation
402. ROST   =    1,023  =  Ross Stores Inc
403. DLR    =    1,023  =  Digital Realty Trust Inc
404. APP    =    1,022  =  Applovin Corp - Class A
405. ANF    =    1,011  =  Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - Class A
406. VKTX   =    1,005  =  Viking Therapeutics Inc
407. MP     =    1,002  =  MP Materials Corporation

Most Active Stock Options by Year 2008-2023

The following are top 15 most active stocks by options volume in individual years since 2008. The rankings are a good overview of the top stories driving the stock market at those times (and a reminder of survivorship bias).

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2023

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. TSLA   =  693,303  =  Tesla Inc
2. AAPL   =  293,888  =  Apple Inc
3. NVDA   =  258,156  =  NVIDIA Corp
4. AMZN   =  229,016  =  Amazon.com Inc
5. AMD    =  167,215  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
6. META   =  119,247  =  Meta Platforms Inc - Class A
7. MSFT   =  113,889  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. AMC    =  112,132  =  AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Class A
9. GOOGL  =  111,218  =  Alphabet Inc - Class A
10. PLTR   =   91,017  =  Palantir Technologies Inc - Class A
11. BAC    =   78,739  =  Bank Of America Corp
12. BABA   =   67,596  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
13. GOOG   =   64,831  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C
14. MARA   =   60,022  =  Marathon Digital Holdings Inc
15. INTC   =   60,000  =  Intel Corp

2022

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. TSLA   =  481,426  =  Tesla Inc
2. AAPL   =  418,013  =  Apple Inc
3. AMZN   =  230,296  =  Amazon.com Inc
4. NVDA   =  178,110  =  NVIDIA Corp
5. AMD    =  175,657  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
6. META   =  152,762  =  Meta Platforms Inc - Class A*
7. AMC    =  117,462  =  AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Class A
8. F      =  107,090  =  Ford Motor Company
9. MSFT   =   98,984  =  Microsoft Corporation
10. BABA   =   85,442  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
11. NIO    =   83,285  =  NIO Inc
12. BAC    =   73,802  =  Bank Of America Corp
13. SNAP   =   63,854  =  Snap Inc - Class A
15. NFLX   =   60,760  =  Netflix Inc
16. GOOGL  =   59,942  =  Alphabet Inc - Class A
* META includes FB

2021

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  508,951  =  Apple Inc
2. TSLA   =  317,447  =  Tesla Inc
3. AMC    =  187,353  =  AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Class A
4. AMD    =  147,730  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
5. NIO    =  137,975  =  NIO Inc
6. PLTR   =  134,087  =  Palantir Technologies Inc - Class A
7. F      =  127,156  =  Ford Motor Company
8. NVDA   =  111,747  =  NVIDIA Corp
9. FB     =  105,112  =  Facebook
10. AMZN   =   91,599  =  Amazon.com Inc
11. MSFT   =   87,358  =  Microsoft Corporation
12. BABA   =   82,726  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
13. BAC    =   68,627  =  Bank Of America Corp
14. SNAP   =   64,323  =  Snap Inc - Class A
15. PFE    =   64,319  =  Pfizer Inc

2020

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  416,049  =  Apple Inc
2. TSLA   =  220,710  =  Tesla Inc
3. NIO    =  138,640  =  NIO Inc
4. AMD    =  127,061  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
5. MSFT   =  123,335  =  Microsoft Corporation
6. FB     =   97,950  =  Facebook
7. BAC    =   94,870  =  Bank Of America Corp
8. BA     =   88,043  =  Boeing Company
9. AMZN   =   74,840  =  Amazon.com Inc
10. AAL    =   72,123  =  American Airlines Group Inc
11. GE     =   69,934  =  General Electric Company
12. BABA   =   67,747  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
13. SNAP   =   59,106  =  Snap Inc - Class A
14. DIS    =   52,579  =  Walt Disney Co (The)
15. NFLX   =   52,079  =  Netflix Inc

2019

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  188,243  =  Apple Inc
2. AMD    =  107,533  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
3. TSLA   =   94,674  =  Tesla Inc
4. FB     =   93,213  =  Facebook
5. BAC    =   84,271  =  Bank Of America Corp
6. AMZN   =   68,162  =  Amazon.com Inc
7. NFLX   =   66,409  =  Netflix Inc
8. MSFT   =   65,815  =  Microsoft Corporation
9. BABA   =   60,218  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
10. GE     =   59,716  =  General Electric Company
11. MU     =   50,464  =  Micron Technology Inc
12. NVDA   =   50,368  =  NVIDIA Corp
13. ROKU   =   42,791  =  Roku Inc - Class A
14. DIS    =   38,913  =  Walt Disney Co (The)
15. SNAP   =   38,184  =  Snap Inc - Class A

2018

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  176,369  =  Apple Inc
2. BAC    =  117,888  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. FB     =  107,783  =  Facebook
4. AMD    =   90,217  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
5. MU     =   81,314  =  Micron Technology Inc
6. GE     =   75,711  =  General Electric Company
7. BABA   =   71,408  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
8. TSLA   =   68,785  =  Tesla Inc
9. AMZN   =   66,590  =  Amazon.com Inc
10. NFLX   =   64,031  =  Netflix Inc
11. NVDA   =   52,600  =  NVIDIA Corp
12. MSFT   =   51,757  =  Microsoft Corporation
13. TWTR   =   37,453  =  Twitter Inc
14. INTC   =   35,255  =  Intel Corp
15. T      =   33,094  =  AT&T Inc

2017

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  174,021  =  Apple Inc
2. BAC    =  135,054  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. FB     =   83,683  =  Facebook
4. TSLA   =   57,065  =  Tesla Inc
5. AMD    =   57,012  =  Advanced Micro Devices Inc
6. NVDA   =   53,705  =  NVIDIA Corp
7. MU     =   51,039  =  Micron Technology Inc
8. BABA   =   50,621  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
9. AMZN   =   42,692  =  Amazon.com Inc
10. NFLX   =   36,513  =  Netflix Inc
11. MSFT   =   35,782  =  Microsoft Corporation
12. GE     =   34,368  =  General Electric Company
13. C      =   30,375  =  Citigroup Inc
14. T      =   28,420  =  AT&T Inc
15. JPM    =   27,978  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company

2016

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  205,692  =  Apple Inc
2. BAC    =  123,356  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. FB     =  103,695  =  Facebook
4. NFLX   =   48,057  =  Netflix Inc
5. TWTR   =   45,007  =  Twitter Inc
6. MSFT   =   33,135  =  Microsoft Corporation
7. BABA   =   33,093  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
8. C      =   32,917  =  Citigroup Inc
9. TSLA   =   32,700  =  Tesla Inc
10. AMZN   =   32,216  =  Amazon.com Inc
11. VRX    =   30,297  =  Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc
12. FCX    =   24,348  =  Freeport-McMoRan Inc
13. GE     =   23,670  =  General Electric Company
14. MU     =   22,021  =  Micron Technology Inc
15. INTC   =   21,432  =  Intel Corp

2015

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  322,934  =  Apple Inc
2. FB     =  100,887  =  Facebook
3. BAC    =   86,366  =  Bank Of America Corp
4. TWTR   =   53,324  =  Twitter Inc
5. GE     =   51,290  =  General Electric Company
6. NFLX   =   47,852  =  Netflix Inc
7. BABA   =   40,956  =  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
8. MSFT   =   32,439  =  Microsoft Corporation
9. TSLA   =   31,836  =  Tesla Inc
10. MU     =   29,125  =  Micron Technology Inc
11. INTC   =   27,645  =  Intel Corp
12. C      =   25,812  =  Citigroup Inc
13. AMZN   =   25,398  =  Amazon.com Inc
14. T      =   21,546  =  AT&T Inc
15. YHOO   =   20,473  =  Yahoo Inc

2014

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  219,954  =  Apple Inc
2. FB     =  102,687  =  Facebook
3. BAC    =   83,768  =  Bank Of America Corp
4. YHOO   =   49,220  =  Yahoo Inc
5. TWTR   =   45,016  =  Twitter Inc
6. TSLA   =   42,747  =  Tesla Inc
7. MSFT   =   38,414  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. MU     =   32,866  =  Micron Technology Inc
9. AMZN   =   27,601  =  Amazon.com Inc
10. NFLX   =   27,151  =  Netflix Inc
11. C      =   26,216  =  Citigroup Inc
12. INTC   =   24,824  =  Intel Corp
13. F      =   23,679  =  Ford Motor Company
14. PBR    =   22,958  =  Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
15. GM     =   21,584  =  General Motors Company

2013

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  130,860  =  Apple Inc
2. FB     =   91,360  =  Facebook
3. BAC    =   90,589  =  Bank Of America Corp
4. MSFT   =   42,064  =  Microsoft Corporation
5. C      =   32,833  =  Citigroup Inc
6. BBRY   =   32,248  =  BlackBerry Limited
7. TSLA   =   31,109  =  Tesla Inc
8. INTC   =   27,117  =  Intel Corp
9. F      =   26,903  =  Ford Motor Company
10. JPM    =   26,657  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
11. GOOG   =   22,896  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C
12. CSCO   =   22,204  =  Cisco Systems Inc
13. JCP    =   21,803  =  J. C. Penney Company
14. NFLX   =   20,935  =  Netflix Inc
15. MU     =   19,986  =  Micron Technology Inc

2012

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  254,057  =  Apple Inc
2. BAC    =  103,436  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. FB     =   40,682  =  Facebook
4. MSFT   =   38,099  =  Microsoft Corporation
5. C      =   37,382  =  Citigroup Inc
6. JPM    =   37,161  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
7. INTC   =   28,783  =  Intel Corp
8. GOOG   =   27,375  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C
9. CSCO   =   25,475  =  Cisco Systems Inc
10. F      =   25,371  =  Ford Motor Company
11. AMZN   =   25,352  =  Amazon.com Inc
12. RIMM   =   24,101  =  Research in Motion Limited
13. GE     =   23,594  =  General Electric Company
14. FCX    =   21,555  =  Freeport-McMoRan Inc
15. NFLX   =   20,649  =  Netflix Inc

2011

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =  119,277  =  Apple Inc
2. BAC    =  101,741  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. C      =   97,463  =  Citigroup Inc
4. CSCO   =   40,128  =  Cisco Systems Inc
5. F      =   35,389  =  Ford Motor Company
6. JPM    =   31,140  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
7. MSFT   =   31,021  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. NFLX   =   30,615  =  Netflix Inc
9. GE     =   30,285  =  General Electric Company
10. RIMM   =   28,638  =  Research in Motion Limited
11. GOOG   =   27,229  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C
12. INTC   =   26,366  =  Intel Corp
13. BIDU   =   25,196  =  Baidu Inc
14. AMZN   =   24,910  =  Amazon.com Inc
15. LVS    =   23,389  =  Las Vegas Sands Corp

2010

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. C      =  191,337  =  Citigroup Inc
2. BAC    =   99,753  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. AAPL   =   81,959  =  Apple Inc
4. F      =   39,375  =  Ford Motor Company
5. GE     =   34,500  =  General Electric Company
6. JPM    =   32,335  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
7. MSFT   =   30,834  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. GS     =   29,256  =  Goldman Sachs Group Inc
9. INTC   =   28,498  =  Intel Corp
10. CSCO   =   28,047  =  Cisco Systems Inc
11. BP     =   26,242  =  BP plc
12. RIMM   =   24,444  =  Research in Motion Limited
13. LVS    =   23,208  =  Las Vegas Sands Corp
14. PFE    =   21,462  =  Pfizer Inc
15. GOOG   =   19,890  =  Alphabet Inc - Class C

2009

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. C      =  266,822  =  Citigroup Inc
2. BAC    =  160,704  =  Bank Of America Corp
3. GE     =  103,891  =  General Electric Company
4. AAPL   =   53,004  =  Apple Inc
5. JPM    =   50,670  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
6. WFC    =   44,371  =  Wells Fargo & Company
7. MSFT   =   40,229  =  Microsoft Corporation
8. RIMM   =   38,347  =  Research in Motion Limited
9. GS     =   32,378  =  Goldman Sachs Group Inc
10. INTC   =   30,963  =  Intel Corp
11. GM     =   27,828  =  General Motors Company
12. CSCO   =   25,084  =  Cisco Systems Inc
13. F      =   23,548  =  Ford Motor Company
14. AIG    =   22,258  =  American International Group Inc
15. FCX    =   22,236  =  Freeport-McMoRan Inc

2008

rank symbol avg_daily_volume company_name
1. AAPL   =   81,403  =  Apple Inc
2. C      =   77,338  =  Citigroup Inc
3. GE     =   56,248  =  General Electric Company
4. BAC    =   47,013  =  Bank Of America Corp
5. YHOO   =   44,831  =  Yahoo Inc
6. MSFT   =   43,977  =  Microsoft Corporation
7. LEH    =   35,952  =  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
8. JPM    =   34,666  =  JPMorgan Chase & Company
9. GM     =   32,803  =  General Motors Company
10. RIMM   =   31,280  =  Research in Motion Limited
11. WB     =   28,948  =  Wachovia Corp
12. GS     =   28,689  =  Goldman Sachs Group Inc
13. INTC   =   27,810  =  Intel Corp
14. MER    =   26,586  =  MERRILL LYNCH CO INC
15. CSCO   =   26,442  =  Cisco Systems Inc