Whale Moves | IWM $218 Put & VIX Calls Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by 3.08%, with an option volume of 3.71M and open interest at 25.12M.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) increased by 0.35%, with an option volume of 2.78M and open interest at 16.46M.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 1.02%, with an option volume of 2.44M and open interest at 6.75M.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 9.79%, with an option volume of 1.72M and open interest at 3.54M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 0.52%, with an option volume of 1.48M and open interest at 7.06M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by 1.13%, with an option volume of 1.04M and open interest at 3.53M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped by 1.65%, with an option volume of 903.23K and open interest at 4.12M.

Energy Transfer (ET) fell by 2.02%, with an option volume of 898.41K and open interest at 1.13M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 0.33%, with an option volume of 737.44K and open interest at 9.82M. Notably, open interest for the $218 put expiring March 21, 2025, increased by 72.61K, and the $250 call expiring March 21, 2025, saw an increase of 20.52K.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 0.32%, with an option volume of 690.81K and open interest at 4.70M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) climbed by 7.46%, with an option volume of 619.58K and open interest at 3.05M.

Strategy (MSTR) declined by 3.34%, with an option volume of 571.61K and open interest at 2.23M.

Uber Technologies (UBER) jumped by 8.55%, with an option volume of 549.97K and open interest at 1.97M.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 1.01%, with an option volume of 547.33K and open interest at 2.02M.

Ford Motor (F) dropped significantly by 7.49%, with an option volume of 482.69K and open interest at 2.97M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) inched up by 0.14%, with an option volume of 472.51K and open interest at 2.61M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) decreased by 4.45%, with an option volume of 431.95K and open interest at 2.77M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) slipped by 0.04%, with an option volume of 380.78K and open interest at 5.56M.

Microsoft (MSFT) rose by 0.61%, with an option volume of 348.89K and open interest at 2.33M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 0.38%, with an option volume of 285.55K and open interest at 2.55M.

Other Notable Moves

The VIX saw several significant changes. The $14 put expiring March 18, 2025, increased by 51.93K in open interest, while the $45 call for the same expiration rose by 46.65K. Additionally, the $40 call expiring February 19, 2025, increased by 37.86K. Other notable increases include the $27 call, $37 call, and $50 call, all expiring March 18, 2025, with open interest increases of 19.88K, 14.38K, and 11.03K, respectively.