Whale Moves | Tesla Options Surge 11.93% Amid 3.27M Volume; MARA Leads with 18.01% Gain

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a significant increase of 1.79% with an option volume of 4.53M and open interest at 14.86M.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 11.93%, with an impressive option volume of 3.27M and open interest at 7.92M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a rise of 3.15% with an option volume of 2.62M and open interest at 19.29M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 2.19%, with option volume hitting 1.82M and open interest at 7.63M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) climbed 2.49% with an option volume of 1.28M and open interest at 9.73M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 6.96%, with option volume at 808.86K and open interest of 3.35M.

Palantir (PLTR) was up 6.37% with an option volume of 807.29K and open interest of 2.96M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) gained 10.43%, reporting an option volume of 726.36K and open interest of 2.00M.

Apple (AAPL) showed a modest increase of 1.13% with option volume at 684.23K and open interest of 4.16M.

Amazon (AMZN) went up 3.59%, with option volume reaching 632.09K and open interest of 3.51M.

Altria (MO) saw a minimal gain of 0.09%, with an option volume of 613.09K and open interest at 329.09K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) experienced a significant rise of 18.01% with an option volume of 500.85K and open interest at 1.52M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) gained 0.29% with option volume of 472.01K and open interest at 7.51M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 1.03%, with option volume of 440.83K and open interest at 5.46M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell by 1.02%, with option volume registering 424.34K and open interest of 2.44M.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 3.79%, with option volume of 423.21K and open interest totaling 1.88M.

Robinhood (HOOD) rose 9.02% with an option volume of 383.61K and open interest of 1.70M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dipped slightly by 0.20%, with option volume at 368.52K and open interest of 5.68M.

Intel (INTC) saw a small decline of 0.16%, with option volume reaching 338.85K and open interest of 5.26M.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL) showed a remarkable increase of 23.45%, with an option volume of 315.47K and open interest at 676.59K.

【Other Notable Moves】

XLF saw notable open interest increases with $47 puts expiring April 17, 2025, increasing by 30.13K and $50.50 calls expiring March 28, 2025, increasing by 10.53K.

VIX recorded significant open interest hikes across multiple options, including $18 puts expiring April 16, 2025, up by 24.43K and $28 calls expiring April 16, 2025, up by 10.10K.

XLI's $115 puts expiring June 20, 2025, and $125 puts for the same expiry saw open interest increases of 15.00K and 14.97K, respectively.

SPX options saw notable open interest growth, particularly at $6,000 puts and calls expiring June 20, 2025, with increases of 14.35K and 14.05K, respectively.

SPXW options also experienced increases, notably with $4,650 puts expiring March 25, 2025, rising by 9.63K.