Whale Moves | Notable SPY, NVDA, and QQQ Call Interest Surge; IWM and HYG Puts Gain Attention

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a notable increase of 1.55% with an impressive option volume of 5.54 million and open interest of 16.30 million.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 5.37% with an option volume of 3.23 million and open interest of 8.37 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a rise of 3.86%, with its option volume reaching 3.09 million and open interest at 21.65 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) climbed 2.27%, with option volume at 2.33 million and open interest at 8.67 million. Notably, the $461 call expiring May 2, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 10.11K, while the $435 call expiring May 16, 2025, increased by 9.53K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) moved up by 1.48%, with an option volume of 1.61 million and open interest of 10.80 million. The $178 put expiring May 16, 2025, saw a significant open interest increase of 43.30K.

Palantir (PLTR) jumped 7.27%, showing an option volume of 929.21K and open interest of 3.20 million.

Amazon (AMZN) advanced by 4.28%, with options trading volume at 807.34K and open interest at 3.97 million.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 2.43%, with its option volume at 797.84K and open interest at 4.82 million.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) declined by 2.40%, with an option volume of 618.62K and open interest of 4.36 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 3.59%, holding an option volume of 558.31K and open interest of 5.74 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose by 0.97%, with an option volume of 541.77K and open interest of 5.92 million.

Strategy (MSTR) saw a modest increase of 0.79%, with an option volume of 540.68K and open interest at 2.11 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) advanced 2.15%, with option volume at 503.51K and open interest of 2.83 million.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) had a significant rise of 12.09%, with an option volume of 496.13K and open interest of 1.73 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased slightly by 0.50%, with an option volume of 491.76K and open interest of 7.07 million. The $72 put expiring May 16, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 17.17K.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) climbed 6.64%, with options volume at 469.49K and open interest of 1.15 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 4.79%, with an option volume of 403.15K and open interest of 3.62 million.

Meta Platforms (META) rose by 4.00%, with option volume at 401.94K and open interest of 2.03 million.

Intel (INTC) surged by 5.54%, with an option volume of 384.60K and open interest of 5.49 million.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL) saw a notable jump of 10.96%, with option volume at 356.79K and open interest of 924.27K.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw notable open interest increases in various options, including the $21 put expiring May 21, 2025, by 30.69K, the $32 call expiring May 21, 2025, by 28.99K, and the $18.50 put expiring May 21, 2025, by 25.07K.

XLP’s $81 put expiring May 9, 2025, witnessed an increase in open interest by 13.40K.

EEM saw a rise in the $44.50 call expiring May 16, 2025, open interest by 12.94K.

SPX showed notable activity with the $5000 put expiring June 20, 2025, increasing by 11.12K in open interest.