Whale Moves | NVDA & NFLX Option Volume Surges; VIX $23 Call Sees Significant Open Interest Increase

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw its stock rise by 4.43% with an impressive option volume of 4.53 million and an open interest of 19.64 million.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) increased by 0.56%, with an option volume of 3.64 million and open interest at 16.22 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 1.28%, with an option volume reaching 2.02 million and open interest at 6.24 million.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a decline of 2.11%, with its option volume at 1.46 million and open interest at 6.28 million.

Apple (AAPL) gained 0.53% with an option volume of 930.17K and open interest of 4.41 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by 0.65%, recording an option volume of 661.35K and open interest of 8.97 million.

Amazon (AMZN) recorded a 1.86% rise, with an option volume of 642.55K and open interest of 3.06 million.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 5.20%, with an option volume of 619.55K and open interest of 2.80 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 1.20%, with option volume at 578.19K and open interest of 3.29 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) saw a slight increase of 0.04%, with an option volume of 569.70K and open interest at 4.58 million.

Microsoft (MSFT) had a significant increase of 4.13%, with an option volume of 562.31K and open interest of 1.86 million.

Netflix (NFLX) soared by 9.69%, with an option volume of 549.26K and open interest amounting to 516.81K.

American Airlines (AAL) edged up by 0.11%, with an option volume of 427.14K and open interest at 2.63 million.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 1.14%, with an option volume of 384.67K and open interest of 1.59 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) decreased by 3.03%, with an option volume of 380.45K and open interest at 2.06 million.

Oracle (ORCL) saw a significant jump of 6.75%, with an option volume of 348.47K and open interest of 517.13K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) rose by 4.35%, with an option volume of 327.57K and open interest at 2.62 million.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) fell by 1.73%, with an option volume of 320.15K and open interest at 2.44 million.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) increased by 3.88%, with an option volume of 298.91K and open interest of 686.85K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.52%, with an option volume of 291.47K and open interest of 5.25 million.

Other Notable Moves

For the VIX, notable changes were observed with the $23 call expiring February 19, 2025, increasing by 142.13K, and a $35 call expiring April 16, 2025, increasing by 46.34K. Additionally, the $70 call with the same expiration saw an increase of 45.09K, while the $75 call expiring March 18, 2025, rose by 40.89K.

In the SPX options, the $5000 call and the $4000 call, both expiring December 19, 2025, saw increases in open interest by 32.38K and 32.23K, respectively. Corresponding put options also saw open interest increases, with the $5000 put increasing by 28.58K and the $4000 put by 27.45K.