Whale Moves | NVIDIA Call Options Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) decreased by 0.16% with an option volume of 6.45M and open interest of 18.31M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 0.19%, showing an option volume of 3.89M and open interest of 8.14M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a significant rise of 4.14% with an option volume of 3.57M and open interest of 25.19M. Notably, open interest for the $142 call expiring October 25, 2024, increased by 109.58K, and the $148 call expiring on the same date increased by 92.92K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) declined by 1.57%, with an option volume of 1.29M and open interest of 10.47M.

Tesla (TSLA) fell by 0.84%, with an option volume of 746.45K and open interest of 6.14M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) dropped by 1.75%, with an option volume of 694.84K and open interest of 5.11M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 0.69%, with an option volume of 693.59K and open interest of 5.20M.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) decreased by 1.34%, with an option volume of 558.05K and open interest of 7.76M.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 0.63%, with an option volume of 492.94K and open interest of 5.50M.

Amazon (AMZN) saw a slight increase of 0.04%, with an option volume of 344.63K and open interest of 3.53M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) jumped by 2.16%, with an option volume of 328.33K and open interest of 2.92M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) had a minor decrease of 0.02%, with an option volume of 320.38K and open interest of 2.55M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) gained 1.24%, with an option volume of 318.74K and open interest of 2.69M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) increased by 1.14%, with an option volume of 309.74K and open interest of 3.77M.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) decreased by 0.70%, with an option volume of 289.28K and open interest of 9.25M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) fell by 0.40%, with an option volume of 254.41K and open interest of 4.04M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) dropped by 0.90%, with an option volume of 247.66K and open interest of 1.33M.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 0.63%, with an option volume of 242.02K and open interest of 2.78M.

Centene (CNC) fell by 1.64%, with an option volume of 240.75K and open interest of 91.62K.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) increased by 1.48%, with an option volume of 239.76K and open interest of 1.78M.

【Other Notable Moves】

Sirius XM (SIRI) saw substantial open interest increases across several options, including the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, by 91.73K, and the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, by 86.45K.

VIX saw notable open interest increases in its $15 put expiring November 20, 2024, by 60.18K, and the $14 put expiring December 18, 2024, by 20.95K.

JetBlue Airways (JBLU) observed an open interest increase of 36.56K for the $8 call expiring October 25, 2024.

PDD had an open interest increase of 18.55K for the $140 call expiring November 8, 2024.