Whale Moves | HYG $75 and $77 Puts, VIX $15 and $20 Puts Surge in Open Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight increase of 0.14% with an option volume of 3.75 million and an open interest of 18.05 million. Notably, the $548 put expiring on February 21, 2025, experienced an increase in open interest by 15,520 contracts.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by 1.10%, trading with an option volume of 2.99 million and an open interest of 25.92 million.

Tesla (TSLA) declined 1.72%, with options trading volume reaching 2.20 million and open interest at 7.92 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a minimal decrease of 0.09%, with an option volume of 2.09 million and open interest at 7.87 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by 1.14%, with options traded at a volume of 1.38 million and an open interest of 10.86 million.

Apple (AAPL) was down 0.48%, with options trading volume at 713.06K and an open interest of 6.04 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased slightly by 0.16%, with a volume of 684.88K and an open interest of 6.13 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell by 1.05%, having an option volume of 528.45K and open interest of 4.02 million.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) surged 47.93%, seeing an option volume of 516.10K and an open interest of 804.75K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) gained 0.89%, with an option volume of 491.14K and open interest of 6.06 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) rose by 4.19%, with options volume at 472.78K and open interest at 2.64 million.

Meta Platforms (META) saw a decline of 2.31%, trading with options volume of 437.39K and open interest of 2.18 million.

Palantir (PLTR) increased by 1.43%, with an option volume of 410.56K and open interest at 3.53 million.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) was up 2.19%, with options volume at 391.44K and open interest of 4.16 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) saw a rise of 3.03%, with a trading volume of 380.30K and open interest at 2.29 million.

GameStop (GME) plunged 10.12%, with an option volume of 343.59K and open interest at 1.20 million.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased by 0.32%, with an options volume of 329.73K and open interest at 4.16 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased slightly by 0.13%, with a trading volume of 290.09K and open interest at 6.34 million. Notably, the $75 put expiring on February 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase by 40,110 contracts, while the $77 put for the same expiry increased by 26,830 contracts.

AbbVie (ABBV) was down 0.67%, with options volume at 279.67K and open interest at 424.08K.

Microsoft (MSFT) decreased by 0.36%, with an option volume of 264.85K and open interest of 2.42 million.

Other Notable Moves

The VIX saw significant option interest changes with the $15 put expiring on February 19, 2025, increasing by 53.18K contracts, and the $20 put for the same expiry increasing by 27.74K contracts. The $20 call expiring on February 19, 2025, also saw an increase by 17.47K contracts.

The EEM had notable open interest increases in the $46 call expiring on September 19, 2025, rising by 40K contracts, and the $40 call expiring on March 21, 2025, increasing by 16.96K contracts.