Whale Moves | AVGO & SOUN Call Surge, TSLA Rally, VIX Calls See Massive Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a marginal decline of 0.02% with a hefty option volume of 7.09 million and open interest at 18.92 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 0.77% increase. The option volume was 5.00 million, and the open interest stood at 10.58 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by 2.25% with option volume reaching 4.97 million and open interest at 28.13 million.

Tesla (TSLA) had a notable growth of 4.34%, accompanied by an option volume of 4.05 million and open interest totaling 8.64 million.

Broadcom (AVGO) surged by 24.43%, with an option volume of 1.84 million and open interest at 2.51 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw a decrease of 0.69%, with an option volume of 1.69 million and an open interest of 12.63 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell 2.83%; option volume was 1.32 million with open interest at 3.98 million.

Palantir (PLTR) rose by 3.92%, with an option volume of 960.71K and open interest at 4.09 million.

Apple (AAPL) saw a minor increase of 0.07%, with option volume at 911.93K and open interest at 6.45 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) reported a 4.20% increase, with an option volume of 795.67K and open interest of 2.85 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) declined by 1.02%, with an option volume of 691.00K and an open interest of 6.49 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) dropped by 3.90%, with an option volume of 581.63K and open interest at 4.80 million.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) saw a slight decrease of 0.26%, with an option volume of 529.25K and open interest at 877.36K.

Amazon (AMZN) went down by 0.66%, with an option volume of 526.96K and open interest at 4.57 million.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) surged by 23.70%, with an option volume of 525.64K and open interest at 897.31K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) decreased by 1.11%, with an option volume of 428.29K and open interest at 3.00 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased by 1.74%, with an option volume of 370.99K and open interest at 1.84 million.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) increased by 2.15%, with an option volume of 369.33K and open interest at 976.29K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) saw a 0.66% increase, with an option volume of 361.70K and open interest at 2.09 million.

Microsoft (MSFT) declined by 0.51%, with an option volume of 355.04K and open interest at 2.68 million.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw significant increases in open interest, notably the $30 call and $60 call both expiring February 19, 2025, with increases of 101.89K and 100.84K respectively. Additionally, the $25 call expiring March 18, 2025, saw an increase of 53.67K. Moreover, the $13.50 put expiring January 22, 2025, had an increase of 42.17K in open interest.

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) witnessed notable open interest changes in several options including the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, which increased by 91.73K, and the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, which increased by 86.45K.

LAZR saw an increase in open interest for the $1.00 call options, with the January 17, 2025, expiration increasing by 71.28K and the January 16, 2026, expiration increasing by 69.29K.