As of today the top ten most active stock option contracts were:

  1. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) August 4 Call Option
  2. Citigroup Inc. August 5 Call Option
  3. PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQQ) August 38 Put Option
  4. Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) August 65 Call Option
  5. Citigroup Inc. September 4 Call Option
  6. PowerShares QQQ August 40 Call Options
  7. SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) August 100 Put Options
  8. SPDR S&P 500 August 100 Call Options
  9. Citigroup Inc. December 5 Call Options
  10. SPDR S&P 500 August 101 Call Options

The Exxon Mobil trading in the most active contracts is likely because they spin out a 42 cent dividend on August 11. Today’s option activity looks like many traders are still bullish on the stock market through August.

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