Whale Moves | IWM Puts Surge, HYG and VIX Options Show Significant Open Interest Growth

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decline of 0.50% with an option volume of 4.61M and open interest of 16.34M.

Tesla experienced a significant drop of 8.39%, with options activity reaching 3.57M in volume and open interest at 6.80M.

NVIDIA fell by 2.80%, trading options with a volume of 2.84M and open interest of 21.30M.

Invesco QQQ Trust decreased by 1.26% with options volume hitting 2.73M and open interest at 7.05M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF rose by 1.72%, recording an options volume of 1.33M and open interest of 5.57M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw a slight decrease of 0.38% with options trading at 1.29M volume and open interest of 9.72M. Notably, the $206 put expiring April 17, 2025 increased open interest by 32.10K, the $212 put expiring March 21, 2025 saw a rise of 25.75K, and the $150 put also expiring April 17, 2025 increased by 20.00K. Calls and puts across various strike prices and expirations showed active interest.

Palantir dropped by 3.13%, with an options volume of 1.18M and open interest of 3.48M.

Super Micro Computer experienced a steep decline of 11.76%, with options trading at a volume of 1.04M and open interest of 3.33M.

Apple remained mostly flat with a slight decrease of 0.02%, trading options at 978.67K volume and open interest of 4.45M.

Amazon saw a marginal increase of 0.04%, with options volume reaching 872.52K and open interest at 3.46M.

Strategy dropped significantly by 11.41%, recording options volume of 787.17K and open interest of 2.04M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust fell by 6.33% with options activity at 720.81K volume and open interest of 2.27M.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund rose by 0.51%, with options volume of 556.50K and open interest at 687.46K. The $141 call expiring March 14, 2025 saw an open interest increase of 8.24K.

Advanced Micro Devices dropped by 3.84%, trading options with a volume of 536.19K and open interest of 3.55M.

Meta Platforms fell by 1.59%, with options activity recorded at 514.34K volume and open interest of 1.93M.

Alphabet-A decreased by 2.14%, trading options with a volume of 469.19K and open interest at 2.58M.

Intel saw a decrease of 5.27%, with options volume hitting 433.46K and open interest of 5.78M.

Hims & Hers Health experienced a sharp decline of 22.32%, with options trading at a volume of 428.02K and open interest of 794.26K.

Robinhood saw a decline of 8.03%, recording options volume of 388.96K and open interest of 1.38M.

Microsoft fell by 1.51%, with options volume standing at 373.84K and open interest of 2.20M.

Other Notable Moves

HYG's $78 put expiring May 16, 2025 increased in open interest by 15.63K, and the $79 put expiring April 17, 2025 saw a rise of 10.76K.

VIX options showed considerable open interest increases across various strikes and expirations, notably at the $18 call expiring March 18, 2025 with an increase of 14.22K.

SPX options saw significant open interest changes, with the $5000 put and call expiring June 20, 2025 increasing by 13.36K and 12.07K, respectively.