This episode of the Hot Options Report breaks down the day's most active options markets. While VIX and Qs trading was slow, major indices like SPY, SPX, and IWM saw heavy volume. The show highlights explosive single-stock action, with new names appearing on the leaderboard and a massive rally in meme stock OPEN. Mark discusses the most popular options contracts in each market and provides insight into the potential trades and risks involved.

Timestamps:

[00:00] VIX
[02:00] SPY
[03:00] SPX
[03:40] IWM
[04:20] QQQ
[05:20] (10) WBD
[06:30] (9) Micron
[07:20] (8) Intel
[08:15] (7) AMD
[09:00] (6) Baba
[09:50] (5) Apple
[10:50] (4) Oracle
[12:20] (3) Nvidia
[13:10] (2) Tesla
[14:00] (1) OPEN

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