Whale Moves | IWM, VIX, and SPXW See Massive Surge in Put and Call Open Interests

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight decline of 0.19% with an option volume reaching 3.81 million and open interest at 18.58 million. Notably, the $590 put expiring January 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 12.11K.

NVIDIA experienced a drop of 1.96%, with options trading volume at 2.98 million and open interest of 26.87 million.

Tesla declined by 3.36%, with 1.97 million options traded and an open interest of 8.40 million.

Apple faced a significant decline of 4.04%, with its options trading volume at 1.85 million and open interest at 6.24 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell by 0.70%, with 1.80 million options traded and open interest at 8.21 million. The $510 put expiring February 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 10.87K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose slightly by 0.20%, with an option volume of 985.13K and open interest of 11.20 million. Significant open interest increases were observed for the $213 put expiring February 21, 2025, up by 63.13K, the $200 put expiring January 24, 2025, up by 24.92K, the $210 put expiring January 24, 2025, up by 22.20K, and the $228 call expiring January 17, 2025, up by 13.67K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) had a modest gain of 0.32%, with an option volume of 888.65K and open interest at 6.47 million.

Advanced Micro Devices dropped by 1.27%, with options trading volume at 635.86K and open interest at 4.21 million.

Taiwan Semiconductor saw a positive movement of 3.86%, with options trading volume at 613.86K and open interest at 1.88 million.

Palantir increased by 1.61%, with 578.59K options traded and 3.66 million open interests.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) rose slightly by 0.11%, with options volume at 509.40K and open interest at 6.67 million. Notable open interest increases were seen in the $75 put expiring April 17, 2025, up by 15.38K, and the $78 put expiring January 17, 2025, up by 15.30K.

MicroStrategy gained 1.77%, with options trading volume at 477.82K and open interest at 2.86 million.

SoFi Technologies saw a strong rise of 5.09%, with trading volume at 429.28K and open interest at 3.29 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) gained 0.29%, with 411.02K options traded and an open interest of 6.56 million.

Amazon dropped by 1.20%, with 393.88K options traded and open interest at 4.25 million.

MARA Holdings increased by 0.83%, with options trading volume at 370.55K and open interest at 1.93 million.

Alibaba saw a minor decline of 0.01%, trading 358.13K options with an open interest of 2.91 million.

Bank of America decreased by 0.98%, with options trading volume at 357.99K and open interest at 3.41 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) gained 0.79%, with 344.94K options traded and open interest at 2.48 million.

Uber Technologies rose by 2.33%, with 307.33K options traded and open interest at 2.07 million.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw significant open interest increases: the $24 call expiring March 18, 2025, rose by 49.66K, the $18 call expiring February 19, 2025, increased by 37.17K, the $30 call expiring February 19, 2025, rose by 28.44K, and the $23 call expiring February 19, 2025, saw an increase of 13.82K.

SPXW had notable open interest growth: the $4925 put expiring February 28, 2025, increased by 32.23K, the $4975 put for the same expiration rose by 31.89K, and the $4900 put expiring January 22, 2025, increased by 22.93K.

BNED1's $0.50 call expiring January 17, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 30.70K.

KRE's $61 put expiring February 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 14.87K.