Whale Moves | SPY and NVDA See Major Put Interest Surge; YINN and SIRI Call Interest Soars

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight increase of 0.18% with an option volume of 6.50M and an open interest of 17.31M. Notably, there was an increase in open interest for the $572 put expiring January 17, 2025, by 31.81K contracts.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 1.09%, registering an option volume of 4.07M, and an open interest of 9.04M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a modest gain of 0.27% with an option volume of 2.43M and an open interest of 25.84M. A significant open interest increase was seen for the $135 put expiring December 6, 2024, with an addition of 47.25K contracts.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 3.46%, with an option volume of 1.75M and open interest at 7.07M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) jumped by 28.68%, accompanied by an option volume of 1.73M and an open interest of 4.21M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw a minor decrease of 0.05%, with an option volume of 1.12M and open interest standing at 11.83M.

Apple (AAPL) gained 0.95%, recording an option volume of 851.09K and an open interest of 5.82M.

Intel (INTC) fell by 0.50%, with an option volume of 677.26K and open interest at 4.56M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) dropped by 6.53%, with an option volume of 612.53K and an open interest of 1.66M.

Amazon (AMZN) rose by 1.36%, with an option volume of 563.95K and open interest at 4.20M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased by 0.24%, with an option volume of 528.61K and open interest standing at 5.61M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) grew by 3.56%, with an option volume of 503.33K and open interest at 3.19M.

Meta Platforms (META) advanced by 3.22%, with an option volume of 413.92K and open interest at 2.09M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) decreased by 1.85%, with an option volume of 399.92K and open interest at 2.35M.

Microsoft (MSFT) rose by 1.78%, with an option volume of 367.31K and open interest at 2.44M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) fell by 3.05%, with an option volume of 360.89K and open interest at 2.91M.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped by 1.03%, with an option volume of 345.09K and open interest at 3.18M.

Archer Aviation (ACHR) saw a significant decline of 23.72%, with an option volume of 325.99K and open interest at 880.74K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) fell slightly by 0.04%, with an option volume of 299.52K and open interest at 5.26M.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) saw a rise of 7.63%, with an option volume of 257.28K and open interest at 963.44K.

Other Notable Moves

YINN saw a significant increase in open interest for the $27 call expiring January 16, 2026, by 94.80K contracts.

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) had several notable open interest increases: the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K; the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 86.45K; and the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 71.78K contracts.

Spirit Airlines (SAVE) saw open interest increases in several puts: the $5.00 put expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 80.22K and the $2.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 72.21K contracts.

Innoviz Technologies (LAZR) observed increased open interest in the $1.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, by 71.28K contracts and the same call expiring January 16, 2026, by 69.29K contracts.