Notable Friday Option Activity: META, PLTR, APP
January 2, 2026
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META), where a total of 450,533 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 45.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 290.1% of META’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 15.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the$655 strike call option expiring January 02, 2026, with 24,762 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.5 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $655 strike highlighted in orange:

Palantir Technologies Inc (Symbol: PLTR) options are showing a volume of 981,161 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 98.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 282.1% of PLTR’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 34.8 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $177.50 strike call option expiring January 02, 2026, with 33,765 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.4 million underlying shares of PLTR. Below is a chart showing PLTR’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $177.50 strike highlighted in orange:

And Applovin Corp (Symbol: APP) saw options trading volume of 91,469 contracts, representing approximately 9.1 million underlying shares or approximately 274.1% of APP’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.3 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $645 strike call option expiring January 02, 2026, with 3,938 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 393,800 underlying shares of APP. Below is a chart showing APP’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $645 strike highlighted in orange:

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