# Apple Hits a Record as Nearly 900,000 Options Contracts Trade By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/55123 Published: 2026-11-12T08:20:57.000Z Updated: 2026-11-12T08:20:57.000Z Section: Investing > Calls accounted for almost 500,000 contracts in the first half of Wednesday’s session as Apple extended its 2026 gain to 30%. Apple’s record share price and a 30% gain in 2026 coincided with a surge in options trading Wednesday, as contracts favored calls during the session’s first half. Apple shares reached an all-time high despite the previous week’s biggest technology selloff since the COVID-19 pandemic, a bear market in semiconductors and renewed concern about interest-rate hikes. Nearly 900,000 options contracts tied to the stock traded during the first half of Wednesday’s session: almost 500,000 calls and 370,000 puts. Traders had built up put positions before Apple’s November earnings report. As the shares recovered from a brief post-earnings decline, the put-to-call open-interest ratio dropped to 0.87 from 0.95. Wednesday’s trading volume also tilted toward calls. [U.S. options volume through September]() averaged 70.6 million contracts per day, 20.6% above the year-earlier pace, with exchange-traded fund and index options growing faster than equity options. ## Links in this article - [U.S. options volume through September](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/40491)