Top 25 Most Traded Stocks by Investors at Firstrade in August

Here’s the full list of top favored stocks among Firstrade investors:

1. Tesla Inc. (TSLA)

2. Apple Inc. (AAPL)

3. Moderna Inc. (MRNA)

4. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) 

5. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 

6. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TSM) 

7. Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR)

8. BioNTech SE (BNTX)

9. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC)

10. Novavax, Inc. (NVAX)

11. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA)

12. Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

13. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

14. Square Inc. (SQ)    

15. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

16. NIO Inc. (NIO)

17. Robinhood Markets Inc. (HOOD)

18. Upstart Holdings Inc. (UPST)

19. Bit Digital Inc. (BTBT)

20. Futu Holdings Ltd. (FUTU)

21. Micron Technology, Inc. (MU)

22. Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN)

23. American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)

24. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE)

25. Unity Software Inc. (U)

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Covered Calls and Short Puts are powerful income generating strategies that are suitable for investors of all experience levels.

These simple, yet effective strategies allow investors to purchase stock at a discount from the current market price and maximize capital appreciation by selling the stock after a sharp market rally – all while generating additional income!

OptionsPlay, in partnership with Firstrade, is providing Firstrade clients with these Optimal Covered Call and Short Put Reports at no extra cost. The reports follow the best practices for Covered Calls and Short Puts and scan through hundreds of optionable symbols multiple times a day to give investors optimal income opportunities.

The autofill trade button is a new feature that will save investors valuable time, allowing investors to seamlessly open a trade on the Firstrade platform directly from the report. Users can simply click on the button to place a trade, and a trade ticket will instantly open and populate the exact details of that trade setup for quicker analysis and execution. By eliminating the inefficiencies of manual input, investors can make quicker trading decisions and, by using the integrated OptionsPlay platform, immediately analyze important metrics such as probability of profit, Greeks, breakeven, and maximum risk and reward. Additionally, investors can adjust and analyze the trade based on their directional view on the underlying stock and expiration date.

To use the reports, clients can simply login to their Firstrade account on their desktop and go to Research & Tools > Options  to get started. This feature is currently available on the desktop platform and will be on the app very soon.

To learn more about these reports and how you can utilize them to generate income and build confidence in your options trading, watch this video.

Clicking on the trade button will populate a trade ticket with details of your chosen trade setup.

Firstrade offers the best deal for options traders with $0 commission trades, $0 options contract fees and no deposit minimums, maintenance or inactivity fees. Firstrade was named a Top Pick for Options Traders by Kiplinger’s in 2020. To learn more about Firstrade’s options offer, click here.

Options trading involves risk and is not suitable for all investors. Options trading privileges are subject to Firstrade review and approval. Please review the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options brochure and the Supplement before you begin trading options.

Top 25 Most Traded Stocks by Investors at Firstrade in July

Here’s the full list of top favored stocks among Firstrade investors:

1. Apple Inc. (AAPL)

2. Tesla Inc. (TSLA)

3. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) 

4. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TSM) 

5. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 

6. Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR)

7. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC)

8. DiDi Global Inc. (DIDI)

9. NIO Inc. (NIO)

10. Moderna Inc. (MRNA)

11. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE)

12. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA)

13. Carnival Corp. (CCL)

14. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

15. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

16. Facebook, Inc. (FB)

17. Boeing Co. (BA)

18. Square Inc. (SQ)    

19. American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)

20. Novavax, Inc. (NVAX)

21. Futu Holdings Ltd. (FUTU)

22. ContextLogic Inc. (WISH)

23. Quantumscape Corp. (QS)

24. United States Steel Corporation (X)

25. Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

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This new feature is available to all Firstrade clients at no extra cost.  It can help traders find the highest yielding opportunities to sell credit spreads using OptionPlay's  proprietary scanning technology. Investors can use this report to leverage technical directional strategies, liquidity metrics and high-yielding credit spreads all in a single report to discover high-quality actionable trade setups.

Credit spreads are one of the most popular income generation strategies due to their high probability of profit and limited risk profile.

Our report scans for optimal opportunities on an hourly basis to help investors find the best credit spreads instantly and filters for very liquid optionable symbols to ensure that trades can be executed at a fair price.

Additionally, using OptionsPlay's proprietary algorithms, the trade setups are filtered even further to ensure that the credit spreads receive a minimum of 33% of the vertical width and are in line with the technical view. Investors can also analyze the IV Rank and Earnings date in the report to ensure that the trade setup is in line with their strategy.

We’ve integrated a trade button within the report to save investors even more time! With this feature, users can seamlessly open an options order ticket right from the Credit Spread Report table. Simply click on the trade button on a trade that you’d like to place, and it will instantly open and populate the exact details of that particular trade setup for quicker analysis and execution.

To use this report, clients can simply login to their Firstrade account on their desktop and go to Research & Tools > Options > Credit Spread Report to get started. This feature is currently available on the desktop platform and will be on the app very soon.

To learn more about this report and how you can utilize it to generate income and build confidence in your options trading, watch this video.

Clicking on the trade button will populate a trade ticket with details of your chosen trade setup for quicker analysis and execution.

Firstrade offers the best deal for options traders with $0 commission trades, $0 options contract fees and no deposit minimums, maintenance or inactivity fees. Firstrade was named a Top Pick for Options Traders by Kiplinger’s in 2020. To learn more about Firstrade’s options offer, click here.

Options trading involves risk and is not suitable for all investors. Options trading privileges are subject to Firstrade review and approval. Please review the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options brochure and the Supplement before you begin trading options.

Most Anticipated Earnings Releases (July 26-30, 2021)

Here are some of the most watched Q2 (2021) earnings releases scheduled for this week.