Whale Moves | VIX Call Options Surge with Open Interest Increases; XLF $51 Puts Rise Significantly

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a price increase of +0.77% with an option volume of 6.88M and open interest at 23.87M.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a rise of +0.54%, with an option volume of 3.11M and open interest of 17.40M.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by +2.87%, with an option volume of 2.92M and open interest of 6.38M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by +0.43%, having an option volume of 1.80M and open interest 7.10M.

Microsoft (MSFT) fell by -6.18%, with an option volume of 1.16M and open interest at 2.18M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) went up by +0.96%, with an option volume of 1.10M and open interest of 4.92M. Notable open interest increase observed for $51 put options expiring March 21, 2025, which rose by 38.26K.

Apple (AAPL) showed a decline of -0.74%, with an option volume of 1.02M and open interest of 4.47M.

Meta Platforms (META) advanced by +1.55%, with an option volume of 1.01M and open interest at 1.91M.

Intel (INTC) rose by +1.32%, with an option volume of 878.08K and open interest of 4.72M.

Alibaba (BABA) jumped by +6.22%, with an option volume of 872.81K and open interest of 2.51M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) went up by +1.02%, with an option volume of 845.75K and open interest of 9.22M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by +2.57%, having an option volume of 615.78K and open interest at 5.22M.

Amazon (AMZN) declined by -1.03%, with an option volume of 558.76K and open interest of 3.32M.

Broadcom (AVGO) surged by +4.51%, with an option volume of 541.99K and open interest at 2.14M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) fell slightly by -0.34%, with an option volume of 448.14K and open interest at 2.21M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by +1.29%, with an option volume of 448.11K and open interest of 3.63M.

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) climbed by +3.91%, with an option volume of 435.04K and open interest at 2.41M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) increased by +1.51%, with an option volume of 423.13K and open interest of 2.38M.

Palantir (PLTR) went up by +1.83%, with an option volume of 419.73K and open interest of 2.96M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) rose slightly by +0.19%, with an option volume of 398.40K and open interest of 5.06M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw significant open interest changes, with increases across multiple strike prices. Notable movements include the $30 call and $60 call expiring March 18, 2025, which saw open interest rise by 130.14K and 129.88K respectively.

The SPXW options also displayed notable open interest changes, with the $6200 call and $5650 put expiring January 31, 2025, increasing by 7.60K and 7.57K respectively.