Whale Moves | NVDA $130 Put and PDD $138 Call Open Interest Soar; VIX Calls Show Significant Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a +0.54% change, with options trading volume reaching 8.36M and open interest at 18.27M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a +0.53% change, with options volume at 7.46M and open interest totaling 26.66M. Notably, the $130 put expiring November 22, 2024, saw an increase in open interest by 33.52K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) recorded a +0.36% change, with options volume at 4.99M and open interest at 9.51M.

Tesla (TSLA) dropped by -0.70%, with 1.60M options traded and open interest standing at 7.65M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) gained +1.52%, with an options trading volume of 1.52M and open interest at 11.55M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) faced a significant decline of -16.16%, with 1.22M options traded and open interest at 2.34M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) surged by +15.12%, with options volume hitting 996.14K and open interest at 4.51M.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by -2.22%, with options trading volume of 913.19K and open interest at 4.17M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) increased by +6.85%, with 820.44K options traded and open interest at 1.82M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) dropped by -4.74%, with options volume at 734.25K and open interest of 2.51M.

Apple (AAPL) saw a slight decline of -0.21%, with options volume at 679.46K and open interest at 5.80M.

Snowflake (SNOW) experienced a substantial jump of +32.71%, with options volume at 677.52K and open interest at 690.75K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) increased by +2.32%, with options trading volume of 601.44K and open interest at 2.95M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a minor change of -0.08%, with options volume at 499.28K and open interest of 3.25M.

Palantir (PLTR) declined by -1.22%, with options volume at 495.10K and open interest at 3.49M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) had a small decline of -0.08%, with trading volume of 467.45K and open interest of 5.85M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) gained +1.27%, with options trading volume of 466.81K and open interest at 7.73M.

PDD Holdings (PDD) saw a significant drop of -10.64%, with options volume at 360.19K and open interest at 1.59M. The $138 call expiring November 22, 2024, saw an open interest increase by 31.29K.

Alphabet-C (GOOG) decreased by -4.56%, with options volume at 356.65K and open interest of 1.30M.

Meta Platforms (META) fell by -0.43%, with options trading volume reaching 351.77K and open interest at 2.23M.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM Holdings saw multiple open interest increases: $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K, $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, rose by 86.45K, $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 71.78K, and $5.00 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 31.15K.

VIX saw significant increases in open interest: $50 call expiring January 22, 2025, rose by 89.11K, and $30 call expiring January 22, 2025, increased by 84.28K.

Spirit Airlines (SAVE) experienced notable open interest increases: $5.00 put expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 80.22K, $2.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, rose by 72.21K, and $2.00 put expiring December 20, 2024, increased by 34.09K.