Whale Moves | SPY, OPEN, WBD, FXI Show Significant Put and Call Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Today's most traded option is SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which saw a slight decline of 0.03% with an option volume of 7.15 million and open interest at 20.02 million. Notably, $510 put expiring October 31, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 200.39K. Additionally, $560 put and $460 put, both expiring on the same date, saw open interest increases of 100.78K and 100.01K respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 7.36% with an option volume of 6.53 million and open interest at 8.38 million. There was increased activity in the $360 call expiring October 3, 2025, with a rise in open interest by 34.36K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) moved up by 0.44% with option volume reaching 3.85 million and open interest at 10.04 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a slight uptick of 0.37%, with an option volume of 2.36 million and open interest standing at 20.66 million.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) faced a significant drop of 13.78%, trading at an option volume of 2.34 million with open interest of 3.35 million. The $8 put expiring September 12, 2025, increased in open interest by 34.54K, while the $13 call with the same expiration witnessed an increase by 28.41K.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 1.76%, with option transactions amounting to 1.42 million and open interest at 6.06 million.

UnitedHealth (UNH) slightly decreased by 0.31%, having an option volume of 1.32 million and open interest at 1.99 million.

Altria (MO) saw a 0.44% increase with options traded reaching 1.28 million and open interest at 399.19K.

Oracle (ORCL) dropped by 5.09%, with an option volume of 1.28 million and open interest at 1.65 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) went down by 1.02%, with option transactions totaling 1.20 million and open interest at 13.12 million. The $229 put expiring October 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase by 64.81K, while the $227 put with the same expiration date increased by 41.47K.

Palantir (PLTR) advanced by 4.30%, with an option volume of 1.09 million and open interest recorded at 4.01 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) appreciated by 1.86% with option volume amounting to 877.12K and open interest at 4.19 million.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) soared by 14.38%, with option volume hitting 872.79K and open interest at 1.10 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) climbed by 2.08% with option transactions totaling 859.84K and open interest at 6.01 million. The $58 call and $58 put, both expiring November 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 34.89K and 34.34K respectively.

Amazon (AMZN) receded by 0.78%, with an option volume of 824.87K and open interest at 4.11 million.

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) surged by 16.70% with option transactions totaling 801.25K and open interest at 1.33 million. The $15 call expiring December 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 100.75K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) slightly decreased by 0.43%, having an option volume of 717.10K and open interest at 6.16 million.

Strategy (MSTR) increased by 1.66%, with an option volume of 661.35K and open interest at 2.88 million. The $340 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase by 27.74K.

Microsoft (MSFT) rose by 1.77%, with option volume recorded at 653.64K and open interest at 2.50 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) declined by 2.31%, with option volume reaching 650.36K and open interest at 2.57 million.

Other Notable Moves

FXI saw significant open interest increases in the $42 call and the $45 call, both expiring October 17, 2025, by 114.19K and 103.96K respectively.

HYG experienced notable increases in open interest for the $77 put expiring December 19, 2025, by 80.72K, and the $81 put expiring October 17, 2025, by 61.83K. Additionally, the $78 put expiring December 19, 2025, saw an increase by 29.80K.

KWEB's $45 call and $50 call, both expiring December 19, 2025, saw open interest increases by 32.64K and 30.71K respectively.

JD observed an increase in open interest for the $37 call expiring October 17, 2025, by 27.26K.

SPCE had a notable increase in open interest for the $3.50 call expiring September 12, 2025, by 27.04K.

EEM saw its $45 put expiring March 20, 2026, increase in open interest by 25.73K.