Whale Moves | XLF $49.50 Put and VIX Calls Surge in Open Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Tesla (TSLA) saw a modest increase of 0.39%, with an impressive option volume of 4.07 million and open interest at 8.88 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a decline of 2.05%, with option volume reaching 3.71 million and open interest of 20.64 million.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) decreased by 0.27%, with an option volume of 3.71 million and open interest at 16.23 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down by 0.57%, boasting an option volume of 1.82 million and open interest of 8.35 million. Notably, the $487 call expiring April 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 13.06K contracts.

GameStop (GME) plummeted by 22.11%, with option volume at 1.21 million and open interest of 1.05 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell by 3.21%, with option volume reaching 660.39K and open interest at 3.64 million.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 1.05%, with an option volume of 617.09K and open interest at 4.48 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was down by 0.48%, with an option volume of 567.51K and open interest of 10.06 million.

Palantir (PLTR) declined by 2.37%, with option volume at 563.95K and open interest of 3.28 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 2.59%, with an option volume of 515.67K and open interest at 6.02 million.

Strategy (MSTR) decreased by 1.43%, with option volume at 451.28K and open interest of 2.28 million.

Broadcom (AVGO) fell by 4.06%, with option volume reaching 450.67K and open interest at 1.98 million.

NIO Inc (NIO) dropped by 5.69%, with option volume at 429.26K and open interest of 3.68 million.

Amazon (AMZN) had a slight increase of 0.11%, with option volume at 419.74K and open interest of 3.71 million.

Ford Motor (F) declined by 3.88%, with option volume at 419.72K and open interest of 2.86 million.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN) surged by 7.60%, with option volume at 402.02K and open interest of 2.29 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) declined by 6.26%, with option volume at 399.12K and open interest of 2.71 million.

Meta Platforms (META) decreased by 1.37%, with option volume at 368.08K and open interest of 2.03 million.

Pfizer (PFE) saw a decrease of 0.79%, with option volume at 367.33K and open interest of 3.05 million.

Intel (INTC) rose by 0.85%, with option volume at 350.04K and open interest of 5.51 million.

Other Notable Moves

XLF's $49.50 put expiring April 17, 2025, saw a significant open interest increase of 91.64K contracts.

The VIX had several notable increases: the $20 call, $30 call, and $33 call expiring April 16, 2025, saw open interest increases of 60.02K, 58.45K, and 20.10K contracts respectively.

SPXW's $4700 put and $4750 put expiring May 9, 2025, had open interest increases of 43.99K and 43.97K contracts respectively.

XLB's $83 put expiring May 16, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 25.04K contracts.