Apple Shares Gained 30% in 2026 and Hit All-Time High
Nearly 900,000 options were traded on them on November 11
During the first half of the trading session on Wednesday, market participants executed nearly 900,000 Apple options trades: nearly 500,000 were call options, and 370,000 were put options.
The company's shares recovered after a brief decline following the earnings report and continued to rise, despite the largest sell-off in tech stocks since the COVID-19 pandemic last week, a downturn in the semiconductor sector, and new concerns over rising interest rates. Ahead of the earnings release this month, traders had been increasing their positions in put options, but after the share price rebounded, the put-to-call open interest ratio dropped from 0.95 to 0.87. The daily trading volume shifted toward call options.
