Whale Moves | SPY $4650 and $4600 Puts Surge; AAPL $200 Calls/Puts Rise; SIRI Options Spike

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rose by 0.43% with an option volume of 5.81M. Notably, there was a significant increase in open interest for the $4650 put expiring November 29, 2024, by 45.46K, and the $4600 put expiring the same day by 44.83K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) gained 3.13%, reaching an option volume of 3.63M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) remained almost flat with a 0.01% increase and an option volume of 3.49M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) climbed 1.65%, recording an option volume of 1.75M.

Tesla (TSLA) rose 0.80% with an option volume of 941.92K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) increased by 2.07%, with an option volume of 751.58K.

Apple (AAPL) lost 0.89%, reaching an option volume of 635.44K. There was an open interest rise for the $200 call and put expiring January 17, 2025, by 26.59K and 26.41K, respectively.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 1.18%, with an option volume of 471.66K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) slipped 0.33%, showing an option volume of 464.27K.

Coinbase (COIN) surged by 7.20%, achieving an option volume of 457.19K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) grew by 0.70%, with an option volume of 424.30K.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) increased 0.77%, with an option volume of 407.57K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) climbed 6.86%, having an option volume of 368.74K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose 0.42%, recording an option volume of 362.16K.

United Airlines (UAL) jumped 12.44%, with an option volume of 347.26K.

American Airlines (AAL) gained 7.15%, with an option volume of 330.94K.

Intel (INTC) fell by 1.54%, showing an option volume of 321.54K.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) increased by 1.24%, with an option volume of 315.74K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) decreased by 1.38%, with an option volume of 291.38K.

Meta Platforms (META) dropped 1.62%, presenting an option volume of 285.70K.

Other Notable Moves

SIRI saw significant open interest increases across multiple options, including the $3.50 call and put expiring January 16, 2026, and $3.50, $4.00, and $5.00 calls and puts expiring January 17, 2025.

VIX observed a rise in open interest for the $55 call expiring December 18, 2024, and several other options indicating potential volatility expectations.