Whale Moves | iShares Russell 2000 ETF $205 Put Open Interest Surges by 32.32K

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

NVIDIA experienced a significant drop of 8.48% with an option volume of 7.78 million and open interest of 22.69 million.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF decreased by 1.60%, having an option volume of 5.23 million and open interest of 17.09 million. $570 put expiring March 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest of 9.03K, and a $586 put expiring March 31, 2025, increased by 7.60K.

Tesla dropped by 3.04%, with a trading volume of 3.13 million options and open interest of 7.80 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust fell 2.78%, with 3.10 million options traded and an open interest of 7.55 million. A $495 put expiring March 31, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 17.18K, and a $498 put expiring February 28, 2025, rose by 12.44K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF dropped 1.53%, with an option volume of 1.47 million and open interest of 10.18 million. Notable open interest increases were seen in the $205 put expiring April 17, 2025, by 32.32K, the $207 put expiring April 17, 2025, by 27.09K, and the $207 put expiring March 21, 2025, by 26.97K. Additionally, $220 call expiring March 21, 2025, increased by 16.59K.

Palantir saw a decline of 5.08% with an option volume of 982.79K and an open interest of 3.66 million.

Super Micro Computer dramatically fell by 15.97%, trading 974.79K options, with open interest standing at 3.68 million.

Apple decreased by 1.27%, with 851.09K options traded and open interest of 4.74 million.

Advanced Micro Devices dropped 4.99%, with an option volume of 787.47K and open interest of 3.73 million.

Amazon's stock fell by 2.62%, with options trading volume at 718.44K and open interest at 3.72 million.

Strategy decreased 8.82%, with 592.69K options traded and open interest of 2.22 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF saw a slight decrease of 0.71%, with an option volume of 555.56K and open interest of 5.84 million.

Alphabet-A dropped by 2.45%, trading 534.09K options with an open interest of 2.79 million.

NIO Inc increased by 1.48%, with options volume of 517.67K and open interest of 3.14 million.

MARA Holdings rose 5.46%, trading 485.21K options with open interest at 1.79 million.

Meta Platforms decreased by 2.29%, with an option volume of 457.28K and open interest of 2.03 million.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF declined 8.29%, trading 416.05K options with an open interest of 866.34K.

Microsoft went down by 1.80%, with 400.12K options traded and open interest of 2.29 million.

Intel decreased by 1.83%, with an option volume of 385.81K and open interest of 5.91 million.

Robinhood slightly fell by 0.14%, trading 376.90K options with an open interest of 1.55 million.

【Other Notable Moves】

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) saw increased open interest in several options: $40 call expiring April 16, 2025, increased by 17.00K, $15 put expiring April 16, 2025, by 15.30K, and $20 call expiring March 18, 2025, by 8.17K.