Whale Moves | IWM $208 Put and HYG $79.5 Put Open Interest Surge with Significant Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a +0.33% change, with option volume reaching 9.63M and open interest at 18.64M. Notably, $575 put options expiring August 15, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 24.06K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a +0.10% move, with 4.61M in option volume and 8.64M in open interest.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by +0.39%, recording 2.18M in option volume with an open interest of 19.99M. Significant open interest increases were observed in $170 put options expiring July 18, 2025, by 45.72K, and $180 call options expiring on the same date by 41.97K. Additionally, the $175 call options expiring July 18, 2025, saw an increase of 30.85K, and $172.5 put options expiring the same day increased by 25.09K.

Tesla (TSLA) had a notable rise of +3.50%, with an option volume of 2.04M and open interest at 8.33M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) recorded a +1.01% change, with 1.58M option volume and 12.54M open interest. Open interest for $208 put options expiring August 15, 2025, increased by 70.07K, and for $210 put options on the same date, an increase of 36.55K was noted. Furthermore, the $235 call options expiring September 19, 2025, saw a rise of 22.84K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a +2.87% increase, with 919.01K in option volume and 3.93M in open interest.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) soared +30.19%, with option volume at 854.80K and open interest at 934.98K.

Apple (AAPL) increased by +0.50%, with an option volume of 833.64K and open interest of 5.33M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) noted a +0.14% increase, with 794.26K option volume and 5.36M open interest.

Robinhood (HOOD) experienced a +3.73% gain, with 730.63K in option volume and 2.30M open interest.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) surged +43.27%, with 677.81K option volume and 690.10K open interest.

Palantir (PLTR) had a +1.57% increase, with 584.14K in option volume and 3.39M open interest.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) moved up +2.52%, with 570.42K option volume and 4.84M open interest. Open interest for $75 put options expiring September 19, 2025, increased by 24.99K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by +0.44%, with 556.72K option volume and 7.06M open interest. The $34 put options expiring August 15, 2025, saw an increase of 39.43K, and $34 call options on the same date increased by 29.49K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) gained +0.50%, with 540.59K in option volume and 3.84M open interest.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased by -1.40%, with option volume at 521.91K and open interest at 3.98M.

Circle (CRCL) rose by +19.39%, with 466.67K in option volume and 445.59K open interest.

Strategy (MSTR) experienced a +3.07% increase, with 444.34K option volume and 2.46M open interest.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) moved up +0.26%, with an option volume of 410.83K and 8.03M open interest. Notable increases in open interest were observed in $79.5 put options expiring July 25, 2025, by 62.93K, and $78 put options on the same date by 62.49K. Other increases include $75 put options expiring December 19, 2025, by 35.58K, and $79 put options expiring August 15, 2025, by 34.48K. Additionally, $76 put options expiring October 17, 2025, saw an increase of 25.00K, and $78 put options expiring the same day increased by 24.00K.

iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) surged +11.19%, with 402.20K in option volume and 757.46K open interest.

Other Notable Moves

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) saw open interest increases of 41.61K for $57 call options expiring July 18, 2025, and 38.91K for $54 call options on the same date.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) observed a significant rise in open interest by 53.41K for $18 put options expiring September 19, 2025.

Bank of America (BAC) had an increase in open interest by 43.80K for $44 put options expiring July 18, 2025.

Vale (VALE) experienced an increase in open interest by 33.91K for $11 call options expiring September 19, 2025.

Pfizer (PFE) saw an increase in open interest of 32.78K for $22 put options expiring August 29, 2025.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) had increases in open interest by 34.00K for $35 put options expiring December 19, 2025, and 30.50K for $35 call options on the same date.

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) noted an increase in open interest by 27.84K for $38 call options expiring August 15, 2025.

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) saw open interest increases of 25.00K for both $76 put options and $81 put options expiring August 15, 2025.