Whale Moves | Disney Call Volume Surges as TSLA, SMCI, and RIVN Experience Significant Put Activity

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decrease of 0.64% with a significant options volume of 8.09 million and open interest of 20.42 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 0.69% decline, trading 4.42 million options with an open interest of 9.96 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by 0.33%, recording an options volume of 3.09 million and 26.85 million in open interest.

Tesla (TSLA) dropped significantly by 5.77% with 3.05 million options traded and an open interest of 8.31 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 1.35%, with 1.75 million options traded and open interest standing at 12.75 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) plunged 11.41%, trading 1.19 million options with an open interest of 4.45 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) gained 0.58%, with an options volume of 819.14K and open interest of 6.37 million.

Apple (AAPL) increased by 1.38%, with an options volume of 813.05K and open interest of 6.08 million.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) fell by 0.56%, trading 668.17K options with open interest at 10.25 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) declined by 0.21%, with 667.77K options in volume and open interest of 5.83 million.

Amazon (AMZN) dropped by 1.22%, seeing 650.07K options traded and open interest of 4.18 million.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) decreased by 1.06%, trading 636.61K options with open interest of 7.43 million.

Disney (DIS) surged by 6.23%, recording 580.41K options in volume and open interest of 1.28 million.

Palantir (PLTR) fell by 2.50%, with 577.50K options volume and open interest at 3.76 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a minor decline of 0.33%, trading 540.71K options with open interest at 3.44 million.

Coinbase (COIN) decreased by 2.07%, with an option volume of 443.40K and open interest of 1.39 million.

Boeing (BA) fell by 1.31%, trading 423.96K options with open interest of 1.51 million.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN) saw a sharp decline of 14.30% with 418.45K options traded and open interest of 2.69 million.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) decreased by 0.26%, with options volume of 395.68K and open interest of 8.19 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) saw a slight decline of 0.22%, with options volume of 388.27K and open interest of 2.31 million.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) saw notable increases in open interest with $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026 up by 91.73K, and $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025 up by 86.45K. Additionally, the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026 increased by 71.78K, and $5.00 call expiring January 17, 2025 rose by 64.69K.

SQQQ experienced increases in open interest across several strikes, including the $5.00 put expiring January 17, 2025 up by 38.34K, and $7.00 call expiring November 15, 2024 up by 36.69K.

VIX had a notable open interest increase for the $35.00 call expiring February 19, 2025, up by 34.85K, and the $19.00 call expiring February 19, 2025, increased by 28.66K.

New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) experienced increases in open interest for the $2.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, up by 32.98K, and the $7.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, up by 29.97K.