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Option trading has just exploded over the past two years. Certainly the stay at home period due to Covid added many new traders looking to both make money and kill some idle time. Daily volume in single stock options averaged 17.3 million contracts in 2020, up an astounding 68% from the 10.3 million contracts in 2019.
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) just reported that November 2021 was the highest volume month on record and up over 40% from last November. Year to date average daily volume is just under 38 million contracts-or more than double 2020!
