Whale Moves | Transocean $2.50 Call and $4.00 Put Open Interest Surge Over 100K

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw significant activity, increasing by +0.57%, with an option volume of 8.73M and open interest at 17.40M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose +0.41%, registering an option volume of 4.21M and open interest of 9.50M.

Tesla (TSLA) made a notable move, rising +4.02% with option volume at 4.09M and open interest at 8.17M. Important open interest increases were observed in Tesla options, with the $650 call expiring September 26, 2025, seeing an increase of 35.89K, the $860 call expiring October 3, 2025, increasing by 33.26K, and the $850 call also expiring October 3, 2025, up by 31.46K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) increased slightly by +0.28%, with an option volume of 2.84M and open interest of 19.04M.

Intel (INTC) had a strong upward move of +4.44%, with an option volume of 2.27M and open interest at 6.79M. The $70 call option expiring December 18, 2026, saw an open interest rise of 34.30K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) went up +0.86%, with an option volume of 1.32M and open interest at 11.20M. The $228 put expiring October 17, 2025, experienced an open interest increase of 39.15K.

Apple (AAPL) declined by -0.55%, recording an option volume of 1.26M and open interest of 5.82M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) saw an increase of +2.02%, with option volume at 1.17M and open interest at 6.40M. Several noteworthy changes in open interest occurred: the $32 call and put expiring October 17, 2025, saw increases of 31.24K and 29.99K, respectively, while the $32 call and put expiring October 31, 2025, both increased by 30.00K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) decreased by -3.08%, with an option volume of 1.14M and open interest at 3.76M.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped -0.87%, with an option volume of 913.70K and open interest of 3.60M.

Strategy (MSTR) increased +2.78%, with an option volume of 817.44K and open interest at 2.78M.

Amazon (AMZN) gained +0.75%, with an option volume of 812.35K and open interest of 4.40M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell slightly by -0.26%, with option volume at 772.11K and open interest at 6.12M. The $70 call expiring October 31, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 37.15K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) decreased by -1.12%, with an option volume of 659.15K and open interest at 3.74M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) rose slightly by +0.20%, with an option volume of 658.40K and open interest at 8.33M.

Wolfspeed (WOLF) experienced a significant drop of -34.59%, with option volume at 600.15K and open interest at 2.15M.

CoreWeave (CRWV) declined by -4.99%, with an option volume of 554.91K and open interest at 1.64M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) saw a decrease of -0.91%, with an option volume of 536.69K and open interest at 2.36M.

Oracle (ORCL) dropped by -2.70%, with an option volume of 520.92K and open interest at 1.61M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) rose +0.58%, with option volume at 502.91K and open interest at 4.36M. The $350 call expiring October 10, 2025, experienced an open interest increase of 45.83K.

Other Notable Moves

Transocean (RIG) saw considerable open interest changes, with the $2.50 call expiring January 21, 2028, increasing by 102.18K, and the $4.00 put expiring January 15, 2027, rising by 100.48K.

SPX options had notable open interest increases: the $6000 put and $5000 call expiring March 20, 2026, saw increases of 32.72K and 32.54K, respectively, while the $5000 put and $6000 call expiring on the same date increased by 30.68K and 30.51K.

Unity Software (U) options saw significant open interest increases: the $44.50 call expiring October 3, 2025, increased by 35.38K, and the $38.50 put expiring on the same date increased by 34.79K.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) options had notable open interest changes: the $17 call expiring October 3, 2025, increased by 30.43K, and the $15 put expiring on the same date increased by 30.09K.

XLB options saw open interest increases in various options: the $84 put and $77 put expiring November 21, 2025, saw increases of 35.07K and 35.00K, respectively, while the $92 call expiring on the same date increased by 27.50K.