Whale Moves | Palantir Call Option Surge Amid 23.99% Stock Jump, VIX Put Positions Spike

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Today's most traded option is NVIDIA (NVDA), with a stock price increase of 1.71%, option volume at 3.09M, and open interest at 24.47M.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a rise of 0.67%, with option volume at 2.84M, and open interest at 16.11M. Notably, the $562 put expiring March 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 9.44K.

Palantir (PLTR) experienced a significant jump of 23.99%, with option volume of 2.14M, and open interest of 3.13M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) advanced by 1.23%, with option volume at 1.50M, and open interest at 6.89M.

Tesla (TSLA) rose by 2.22%, with an option volume of 1.36M, and open interest of 6.44M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 4.58%, with option volume of 957.46K, and open interest of 3.56M.

Apple (AAPL) gained 2.10%, with option volume at 778.79K, and open interest at 4.56M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 1.92%, with option volume of 756.30K, and open interest of 5.52M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw an increase of 1.38%, with option volume at 716.66K, and open interest at 9.58M. Significant open interest changes include the $211 put expiring March 21, 2025, with an increase of 18.83K and the $210 put expiring February 21, 2025, with an increase of 13.42K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose by 2.56%, with option volume of 671.12K, and open interest of 2.14M.

PayPal (PYPL) dropped significantly by 13.17%, with option volume at 563.71K, and open interest at 989.31K.

Uber Technologies (UBER) rose by 3.66%, with an option volume of 503.22K, and open interest of 1.69M.

Snap Inc (SNAP) increased by 3.85%, with option volume of 402.15K, and open interest of 1.13M.

Alibaba (BABA) gained 3.79%, with option volume at 399.76K, and open interest at 2.52M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a slight increase of 0.31%, with option volume at 395.69K, and open interest at 5.43M.

Meta Platforms (META) rose by 0.96%, with option volume of 376.62K, and open interest of 1.89M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 2.52%, with option volume at 372.36K, and open interest at 2.40M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw an increase of 0.98%, with option volume of 344.57K, and open interest of 2.64M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by 1.95%, with option volume at 342.85K, and open interest at 3.31M.

Pfizer (PFE) declined by 1.26%, with option volume at 335.18K, and open interest at 2.88M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw several significant changes, with the $15 put expiring March 18, 2025, increasing by 60.66K, the $17 put expiring March 18, 2025, increasing by 37.04K, and the $15.50 put expiring February 19, 2025, increasing by 20.95K. The $24 call expiring March 18, 2025, saw an increase of 5.11K.

HYG showed activity with the $79.50 call expiring February 21, 2025, increasing by 25.03K in open interest.