Whale Moves | NVDA Call Options Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases Across Multiple Strikes

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight decline of 0.26% with an impressive option volume of 7.36M and open interest at 17.87M. Notably, the $625 put expiring August 15, 2025, observed an open interest increase of 33.11K, and the $610 put for the same expiration date saw an increase of 26.56K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 0.15% drop, with option volume at 4.61M and open interest at 8.56M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) declined by 0.70%, with options trading volume of 2.54M and open interest of 18.91M. Significant open interest changes were seen in several call options: $160 call expiring September 19, 2025, increased by 102.02K; $180 call expiring August 1, 2025, rose by 28.66K; $182.50 call for the same expiration date increased by 23.29K; $185 call also expiring August 1, 2025, increased by 22.14K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 2.18%, showing an option volume of 1.68M and open interest at 3.75M.

Tesla (TSLA) fell by 1.35%, with options volume at 1.46M and open interest at 7.91M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) surged by 6.57%, with an option volume of 1.41M and open interest at 3.39M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 0.64%, with an option volume of 1.15M and open interest at 11.64M. The $205 put expiring August 29, 2025, increased by 30.77K, while the $220 put for the same expiration saw an increase of 30.64K.

UnitedHealth (UNH) experienced a significant decline of 7.46%, with options volume at 736.73K and open interest at 1.51M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) dropped by 12.39%, with an option volume of 653.05K and open interest at 2.20M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) decreased by 2.36%, with option volume at 589.06K and open interest at 2.43M. Notable open interest increases were observed in several call options: $61 call expiring August 1, 2025, increased by 25.55K; $63 call for the same expiration date rose by 23.22K; $65 call also expiring August 1, 2025, increased by 21.58K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) gained 1.65%, with an option volume of 511.36K and open interest at 3.51M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a rise of 1.69%, with options volume at 458.46K and open interest at 5.47M.

Apple (AAPL) fell by 1.30%, with option volume at 458.44K and open interest at 4.71M.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 1.04%, with options volume of 417.11K and open interest at 3.16M.

PayPal (PYPL) experienced a sizable drop of 8.66%, with option volume at 348.74K and open interest at 1.30M.

Strategy (MSTR) fell by 2.26%, with options volume at 324.40K and open interest at 2.35M. The $410 call expiring October 17, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 35.20K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 0.58%, with option volume at 319.82K and open interest at 4.81M. The $66 put expiring August 8, 2025, saw an open interest increase by 25.55K.

Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO) experienced a sharp decline of 21.83%, with option volume at 318.99K and open interest at 575.13K.

CoreWeave (CRWV) fell by 1.40%, with options volume at 275.69K and open interest at 749.13K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) dropped by 3.21%, with an option volume of 259.22K and open interest at 2.43M.

Other Notable Moves

TSM saw a notable open interest increase in the $230 call expiring October 17, 2025, by 53.64K.

AMZN observed an increase in open interest for the $220 call expiring August 15, 2025, by 53.54K.

ORCL registered an open interest increase in the $230 call expiring October 17, 2025, by 51.59K.

IOT saw open interest in the $45 call expiring September 19, 2025, increase by 43.47K.

AAOI observed an open interest increase in the $27 call expiring August 1, 2025, by 23.87K.