Whale Moves | NVDA $660 Call and VIX $32 Call Open Interest Surge Amid Market Uptrends

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a rise of 1.48%, with an option volume reaching 4.08M and open interest of 15.93M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a notable stock increase of 2.59%, with an option volume of 2.03M and open interest of 20.90M. Significant open interest changes were observed in its options: the $660 call expiring May 23, 2025, increased by 25.78K, and the $500 call expiring May 30, 2025, increased by 14.18K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 1.48%, with an option volume of 1.97M and open interest of 8.48M. There were multiple notable moves in its options open interest: the $660 call expiring May 23, 2025, increased by 25.78K, the $500 call expiring May 5, 2025, increased by 7.70K, and the $540 call expiring May 23, 2025, increased by 5.05K, among others.

Tesla (TSLA) surged 2.38%, with an option volume of 1.69M and open interest of 7.95M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) went up 2.25%, with an option volume of 1.22M and open interest of 11.54M.

Apple (AAPL) dropped by 3.74%, with an option volume of 1.05M and open interest of 4.60M.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased slightly by 0.12%, with an option volume of 1M and open interest of 3.97M.

Palantir (PLTR) saw a significant rise of 6.95%, with an option volume of 689.92K and open interest of 3.04M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased by 0.31%, with an option volume of 685.96K and open interest of 7.43M.

Meta Platforms (META) jumped 4.34%, with an option volume of 475.12K and open interest of 2M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a decline of 1.08%, with an option volume of 469.63K and open interest of 5.46M.

Strategy (MSTR) rose by 3.35%, with an option volume of 441.74K and open interest of 1.86M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased by 0.44%, with an option volume of 376.30K and open interest of 2.73M.

Microsoft (MSFT) climbed 2.32%, with an option volume of 370.03K and open interest of 2.08M.

Robinhood (HOOD) saw a significant rally of 4.23%, with an option volume of 324.02K and open interest of 1.87M.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) soared 9.83%, with an option volume of 319.86K and open interest of 1.58M.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) rose by 3.31%, with an option volume of 283.12K and open interest of 4.22M.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) increased by 4.69%, with an option volume of 268.63K and open interest of 1M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) was up by 3.06%, with an option volume of 259.79K and open interest of 1.66M.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) increased 2.86%, with an option volume of 256.27K and open interest of 5.74M.

Other Notable Moves

The volatility index (VIX) experienced multiple significant open interest changes: the $32 call expiring June 18, 2025, increased by 25.01K, the $17 put expiring June 18, 2025, increased by 19.95K, and the $20 put expiring June 18, 2025, increased by 12.70K.

XLI showed a notable open interest change with the $142 call expiring May 30, 2025, seeing an increase of 60.00K.

SLV also saw significant moves with the $29 call expiring June 20, 2025, increasing by 9.39K and the $27.50 put expiring July 18, 2025, increasing by 8.57K.