Whale Moves | Lucid Group Soars 36% Amid Option Surge; IWM $210 Put Interest Jumps by 76K

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a price increase of 0.61% with an impressive option volume of 7.46 million and open interest standing at 18.83 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) recorded a 0.81% price rise, accompanied by an option volume of 3.61 million and 8.77 million in open interest.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a 0.95% uptick. Its option volume reached 2.92 million with an open interest of 20.23 million. Notably, the $170 call option expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 45.56K.

Tesla (TSLA) decreased by 0.70%, trading with an option volume of 1.89 million and open interest of 8.46 million.

Lucid Group (LCID) surged by 36.24% with an option volume of 1.52 million and open interest of 2.72 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) climbed by 1.31% with an option volume of 1.37 million and open interest of 12.72 million. The $210 put option expiring August 15, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 76.25K.

Palantir (PLTR) rose by 2.04% with an option volume of 1.01 million and open interest of 3.46 million.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) saw a significant 10.74% increase, with an option volume of 897.36K and open interest of 981.25K. Several options showed increases in open interest: the $1 call expiring January 15, 2027, increased by 53.92K, the $1.50 call options expiring August 15, 2025, and January 15, 2027, saw increases by 33.43K and 32.35K respectively, and the $2 call expiring November 21, 2025, increased by 27.81K.

Apple (AAPL) slightly dropped by 0.07% with an option volume of 843.68K and open interest of 5.41 million. The $215 call option expiring July 25, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 25.97K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 0.21% with an option volume of 809.13K and open interest of 4.05 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased by 0.10% with an option volume of 680.97K and open interest of 8.30 million. Several puts show open interest increases: $76.50 put expiring August 29, 2025, increased by 60.00K, $74 put expiring same date increased by 30.01K, $79 put expiring same date increased by 29.99K, and the $78 put expiring September 19, 2025, saw an increase of 23.28K.

Robinhood (HOOD) rose by 2.13% with an option volume of 599.45K and open interest of 2.38 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a slight decrease of 0.02% with an option volume of 580.33K and open interest of 5.56 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 0.27% with an option volume of 508.03K and open interest of 4.94 million.

Coinbase (COIN) climbed by 3.15% with an option volume of 490.66K and open interest of 1.38 million.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by 0.31% with an option volume of 464.23K and open interest of 4.04 million.

CoreWeave (CRWV) dropped by 7.57% with an option volume of 457.87K and open interest of 767.83K.

NIO Inc (NIO) surged by 7.06% with an option volume of 457.50K and open interest of 3.73 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose by 0.70% with an option volume of 441.44K and open interest of 7.16 million.

QuantumScape (QS) jumped by 19.82% with an option volume of 421.08K and open interest of 804.36K.

【Other Notable Moves】

VIX saw significant open interest increases across multiple call options: $80 call expiring September 17, 2025, increased by 33.90K, $35 call expiring October 22, 2025, increased by 30.30K, $75 call expiring same date increased by 28.51K, and the $60 call expiring same date increased by 27.24K.

Gold shares (GLD) saw substantial open interest increases: $345 call expiring August 15, 2025, increased by 51.35K and $325 call expiring same date increased by 50.82K.