Whale Moves | MARA Call Open Interest Surges 53.13K; VIX Call Increase of 185.98K Highlights Market Activity

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a slight decline of 0.12% with an impressive option volume of 10.62 million. Notably, the $655 put expiring October 24, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 30.80K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down 0.67%, trading 5.38 million options. The $592 and $582 puts expiring October 24, 2025, showed significant open interest increases of 34.97K and 31.78K, respectively.

NVIDIA (NVDA) had a sharp drop of 4.40% with a volume of 2.49 million options traded. No major open interest changes were noted in the current data.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by 1.43%, with 2.34 million options traded. The $230 put expiring November 21, 2025, recorded an open interest increase of 39.54K.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 1.53%, trading 1.46 million options. No significant open interest changes were reported.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) decreased by 0.97% with 1.32 million options traded. The $50 put expiring December 19, 2025, had an open interest increase of 31.06K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) witnessed a rise of 0.71% with a trading volume of 1.18 million options. Both the $375 put and call options expiring November 21, 2025, recorded open interest increases of 43.13K and 42.31K, respectively.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw an increase of 0.77%, trading 875.79K options. No prominent open interest changes were observed.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 2.89%, with 859.05K options traded. There were no notable open interest changes.

Intel (INTC) dropped by 4.27%, with a trading volume of 792.21K options. No significant open interest changes were noted.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased by 1.67%, with 722.99K options traded. No major open interest changes were reported.

MARA Holdings (MARA) surged by 9.88%, with 708.07K options traded. The $19 call expiring December 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 53.13K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased by 0.11%, trading 634.35K options. The $76 put expiring December 19, 2025, recorded an open interest rise of 83.86K.

TeraWulf (WULF) climbed by 10.43%, with 577.99K options traded. No significant open interest changes were observed.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) rose by 8.99%, with an option volume of 568.55K. The $25 call expiring November 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 33.98K.

Apple (AAPL) had a minor increase of 0.04%, with 537.16K options traded. No major open interest changes were reported.

Palantir (PLTR) increased by 1.43%, with 530.94K options traded. No significant open interest changes were noted.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose by 0.32%, trading 493.92K options. The $92 put and call expiring November 21, 2025, saw open interest increases of 44.40K and 41.54K, respectively.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) increased by 5.09%, with 488.64K options traded. No notable open interest changes were observed.

IREN Ltd (IREN) climbed by 8.45%, trading 454.95K options. There were no significant open interest changes.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw notable open interest increases in its $35 call expiring November 19, 2025, by 185.98K, and the $24 call expiring December 17, 2025, by 71.78K.

XLI had significant open interest increases in several puts and calls expiring November 21, 2025, including the $131 put by 78.00K, $144 put by 65.01K, $162 call by 47.53K, and $157 call by 47.48K.

BYND saw its $1 call and put expiring October 17, 2025, increase by 59.25K and 40.94K, respectively, while the $2 put increased by 28.78K.

LQD had its $104 and $109 puts expiring November 21, 2025, increase by 45.01K and 29.85K, respectively.

PINS gained an open interest increase of 32.33K for its $40 call expiring November 21, 2025.

ZIM's $11 put expiring November 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 32.20K.

EEM experienced open interest increases for its $55 and $57 calls expiring October 31, 2025, by 31.35K and 31.10K, respectively.