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Whale Moves | FXI and VIX Options See Massive Open Interest Increase Across Multiple Strikes

Market BriefMonday, May 12, 2025 8:01 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a price increase of +3.30% with an option volume of 5.33M and open interest of 17.00M. Notably, there was an increase in open interest for the $450 put expiring July 31, 2025, by 7.08K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by +5.44% with an option volume of 3.29M and open interest of 21.67M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a rise of +4.07%, with option volume at 2.48M and open interest of 9.23M.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by +6.75%, reflecting an option volume of 2.37M and open interest of 8.43M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) climbed by +3.52%, with an option volume of 1.41M and open interest reaching 12.36M.

Amazon (AMZN) witnessed a significant increase of +8.07%, with option volume hitting 1.16M and open interest at 4.19M.

Apple (AAPL) jumped by +6.31%, with an option volume of 1.13M and open interest of 5.10M.

Meta Platforms (META) gained +7.92%, with an option volume of 701.37K and open interest standing at 2.10M.

Palantir (PLTR) saw a modest rise of +0.99%, with option volume at 666.52K and open interest of 3.53M.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) had a remarkable increase of +21.40%, with an option volume of 626.00K and open interest at 1.67M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by +5.13%, with option volume of 589.51K and open interest at 3.78M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) declined by -0.93%, with option volume at 481.65K and open interest of 5.73M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased by +0.99%, with an option volume of 475.95K and open interest reaching 8.41M. Notably, open interest increased for the $70 put expiring June 20, 2025, by 7.59K.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) surged by +12.11%, with an option volume of 475.92K and open interest of 1.09M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) rose by +6.53%, with an option volume of 466.37K and open interest at 3.14M.

Strategy (MSTR) declined by -2.68%, with an option volume of 432.98K and open interest of 2.19M.

Microsoft (MSFT) saw an increase of +2.40%, with an option volume of 431.64K and open interest at 2.23M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) decreased by -2.82%, with an option volume of 408.27K and open interest of 4.50M. There was an open interest increase for the $300 put expiring May 16, 2025, by 6.89K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose by +3.74%, with an option volume of 408.17K and open interest standing at 3.47M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) declined by -1.33%, with an option volume of 389.53K and open interest at 3.09M.

Other Notable Moves

FXI saw notable open interest increases across multiple options: $32 put expiring September 19, 2025, increased by 50.34K; $37 call expiring July 18, 2025, increased by 22.25K; $34 put expiring August 15, 2025, increased by 20.01K; $36 put expiring August 15, 2025, increased by 9.75K.

VIX also experienced significant open interest increases: $30 call expiring July 16, 2025, increased by 24.04K; $40 call expiring July 16, 2025, increased by 22.77K; $24 call expiring August 20, 2025, increased by 22.47K; $35 call expiring July 16, 2025, increased by 9.35K.

SLV saw an increase for the $30 put expiring August 15, 2025, by 8.28K, and the $30 call expiring August 15, 2025, by 7.95K.

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