Whale Moves | Intel and Upstart Option Volume Surge Amid Significant Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a price decrease of 0.32%, with an option volume of 3.52 million and open interest of 16.71 million.

Tesla (TSLA) increased by 2.44%, trading 2.79 million options with an open interest of 7.23 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a 1.25% decline, with 2.13 million options traded and an open interest of 24.35 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) had a slight increase of 0.06%, with an option volume of 1.74 million and open interest of 7.08 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) rose by 2.77%, with 1.14 million options traded and open interest at 3.56 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by 0.92%, with an option volume of 1.01 million and open interest of 10.08 million.

Intel (INTC) surged by 7.20%, with 876.54K options traded and an open interest of 5.13 million.

Apple (AAPL) saw a 1.83% increase, with an option volume of 814.78K and open interest of 4.62 million.

Palantir (PLTR) rose by 4.24%, trading 724.67K options with an open interest of 3.67 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 1.36%, with an option volume of 653.76K and open interest of 5.57 million.

Alibaba (BABA) increased by 4.92%, with 648.85K options traded and open interest at 2.69 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) rose by 4.82%, with an option volume of 468.50K and open interest of 1.34 million.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) slightly decreased by 0.21%, with option volume of 453.88K and open interest of 5.53 million. Notably, the $80 call expiring June 20, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 11.50K.

Amazon (AMZN) declined by 1.65%, with 448.87K options traded and an open interest of 3.62 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose by 1.17%, trading 389.51K options with an open interest of 6.00 million.

Meta Platforms (META) saw a 0.78% increase, with an option volume of 361.02K and open interest of 2.02 million.

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) increased by 2.80%, with 340.59K options traded and open interest at 2.93 million.

Upstart (UPST) surged by 31.82%, with 326.82K options traded and open interest of 389.28K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experienced a 0.56% increase, with option volume of 322.14K and open interest of 3.95 million.

Grab Holdings (GRAB) rose by 4.60%, with 312.32K options traded and open interest at 436.51K.

Other Notable Moves

EEM saw significant increases in open interest with the $41 puts and calls expiring March 21, 2025, seeing increases of 27.35K and 23.99K, respectively. Additionally, the $40 puts expiring June 20, 2025, rose by 14.68K.

VIX options showed notable activity with the $30 calls expiring May 21, 2025, increasing by 12.52K, and several other strikes, including $16 puts and $45 calls expiring March 18, 2025, seeing substantial open interest rises.

SPXW options saw increases with the $3900 puts expiring June 20, 2025, rising by 12.45K, and the $5000 puts expiring February 27, 2025, increasing by 9.85K.