Whale Moves | Intel and Opendoor Calls Surge, IWM and ETHA Puts and Calls See Significant Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a modest gain of 1.06%, with a significant options volume of 8.50 million contracts and open interest at 18.93 million. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 1.26%, with options trading volume reaching 4.08 million and open interest at 9.00 million. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) surged by 2.97%, with 2.37 million contracts traded. Notably, there was an increase in open interest for the $215 put options expiring August 29, 2025, by 46.02K and $210 put options expiring September 19, 2025, by 35.56K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) climbed 0.60% with 2.05 million options contracts traded. Open interest for the $172.50 put expiring August 15, 2025, saw an increase of 25.45K.

Tesla (TSLA) rose 0.53% with 1.75 million options contracts traded. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Apple (AAPL) gained 1.09%, with options volume at 1.04 million and open interest at 5.66 million. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Intel (INTC) shares surged by 5.62% with 881.70K options contracts traded. Significant increases were observed in open interest for the $21.50 call options expiring August 15, 2025, by 47.91K and the $22.00 call options by 30.06K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) jumped 6.93% with 671.79K options contracts. Open interest increased for the $1.50 call expiring August 29, 2025, by 27.66K and $2.50 call expiring August 15, 2025, by 26.70K.

Palantir (PLTR) rose 2.35% with options volume at 670.88K and open interest at 3.49 million. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) advanced 1.55% with 658.56K options contracts traded. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Meta Platforms (META) soared 3.15% with options trading volume of 602.12K. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) declined 0.50%, seeing options volume of 534.95K. Open interest for the $89 call expiring August 13, 2025, increased by 41.56K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) experienced a modest rise of 0.46% with 509.21K options contracts. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

CoreWeave (CRWV) climbed 6.42% with 477.41K options contracts traded. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) dropped sharply by 15.80% with an options volume of 472.98K. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) increased 6.20% with 426.92K options contracts traded. Open interest for the $35 call expiring August 22, 2025, rose by 28.03K.

Amazon (AMZN) moved up slightly by 0.08% with 423.76K options contracts traded. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) gained 1.16% with options volume at 409.01K. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) increased 5.49% with options volume of 384.46K. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

American Airlines (AAL) surged by 12.09% with options volume at 373.37K. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

Other Notable Moves

XLP witnessed a significant increase in open interest for the $78 put expiring October 17, 2025, by 126.86K.

RGTI saw open interest increases in the $18 call and $14.50 put both expiring August 15, 2025, by 81.62K and 67.60K respectively.

WYNN observed a rise in open interest for the $95 call expiring December 19, 2025, by 46.62K.

MPW experienced open interest increases in the $3.50 and $4.00 puts both expiring September 19, 2025, by 32.01K and 30.04K respectively.