Whale Moves | NVIDIA and Tesla Options Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a stock increase of 0.28% today, with an option volume of 8.17M and open interest at 17.69M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose 0.46%, experiencing an option volume of 4.33M and open interest at 9.63M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) gained 2.05% with an option volume of 2.40M and open interest of 19.46M. Notably, open interest increased for the $182.50, $187.50, and $180.00 calls expiring October 3, 2025, by 48.37K, 43.78K, and 43.02K, respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) rose 0.64%, with an option volume of 1.42M and open interest of 8.59M. There was a significant increase in open interest for the $215.00 and $140.00 puts expiring October 3, 2025, by 50.33K and 40.02K, respectively.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) climbed 1.53%, with an option volume of 1.01M and open interest of 6.73M.

Intel (INTC) dropped 2.87%, with an option volume of 947.52K and open interest of 7.08M. Open interest for the $40.00 call expiring October 17, 2025, increased by 64.28K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was up 0.12%, with an option volume of 847.39K and open interest reaching 11.40M. The $230.00 put expiring October 17, 2025, saw open interest increase by 50.44K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) rose 1.65%, with an option volume of 847.07K and open interest of 4.45M.

Robinhood (HOOD) surged 12.27%, with an option volume of 821.34K and open interest totaling 2.26M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased 4.89%, with an option volume of 763.43K and open interest at 6.41M. The $95.00 call expiring October 3, 2025, experienced an open interest rise of 49.80K.

Tilray Brands (TLRY) soared 60.87%, with an option volume of 672.61K and open interest reaching 1.16M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) fell 6.92%, with an option volume of 567.19K and open interest at 4.01M. Open interest increased for the $9.00 call and $8.00 put, both expiring October 3, 2025, by 75.56K and 61.23K, respectively.

MARA Holdings (MARA) jumped 15.69%, with an option volume of 566.98K and open interest of 2.92M. The $17.00 and $19.00 calls expiring October 3, 2025, saw open interest increases by 42.68K and 40.76K, respectively.

Apple (AAPL) decreased 0.40%, with an option volume of 542.74K and open interest at 5.96M.

Amazon (AMZN) rose 1.09%, with an option volume of 530.89K and open interest of 4.52M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) gained 1.19%, with an option volume of 520.97K and open interest totaling 3.82M.

PayPal (PYPL) climbed 3.54%, with an option volume of 475.98K and open interest at 1.46M.

Strategy (MSTR) increased 5.62%, with an option volume of 458.92K and open interest of 3.05M.

Palantir (PLTR) rose 0.73%, with an option volume of 398.48K and open interest totaling 3.74M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) decreased 1.54%, with an option volume of 396.68K and open interest at 3.82M.

Other Notable Moves

HYG saw significant open interest changes with the $77.00 put expiring October 17, 2025, increasing by 88.91K, and the $75.00 put expiring October 3, 2025, rising by 75.05K. Additionally, the $82.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 51.30K.

LQD experienced an increase in open interest for the $103.00 put expiring October 3, 2025, by 51.65K.

SMCI saw increases in open interest for several calls expiring October 3, 2025, including $47.00 by 43.65K, $51.00 by 42.46K, $46.00 by 32.67K, and $49.00 by 30.23K.

GLXY experienced OI increases for the $29.00 and $31.00 puts expiring October 3, 2025, by 40.13K and 40.10K, respectively.

TLT saw an increase in open interest for the $89.00 call expiring October 1, 2025, by 35.28K, and the $89.00 call expiring October 3, 2025, by 34.38K.

EEM experienced OI increases for the $55.00 and $58.00 calls expiring November 21, 2025, by 35.02K each.

RKT saw an increase in open interest for the $21.00 call expiring November 21, 2025, by 33.77K.

Ford (F) experienced an increase in open interest for the $12.00 call expiring October 3, 2025, by 32.53K.

RR saw an increase in open interest for the $6.00 call expiring October 24, 2025, by 30.19K.

SMH experienced an increase in open interest for the $220.00 put expiring October 3, 2025, by 29.88K.