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Whale Moves | PLTR Option Volume Surges as Stock Rises 8.54%; SIRI Open Interest Swells Across Multiple Calls

Market BriefFriday, Dec 20, 2024 7:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) advanced by 1.20%, with an impressive option volume of 10.11M and open interest of 19.34M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 0.87%, witnessing an option volume of 5.59M and open interest of 11.15M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a significant increase of 3.08%, with an option volume of 4.80M and open interest of 29.02M.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a decrease of 3.46%, trading a volume of 3.96M options with open interest at 9.32M.

ProShares Bitcoin ETF (BITO) gained 0.94%, with options trading at 2.11M and open interest at 12.84M.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 8.54%, with an option volume of 1.36M and open interest of 4.13M.

Apple (AAPL) was up by 1.88%, with options trading at 1.33M and open interest at 6.70M.

Broadcom (AVGO) increased by 1.13%, with 852.10K options traded and open interest at 2.89M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) climbed 11.56%, accompanied by an option volume of 794.86K and open interest of 3.02M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had a slight rise of 0.28%, with an option volume of 745.69K and open interest of 4.26M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) improved by 0.57%, with options trading at 617.19K and open interest of 6.23M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by 0.73%, recording an option volume of 615.51K and open interest of 4.60M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) rose by 0.63%, with 596.15K options traded and open interest at 6.56M.

Microsoft (MSFT) slightly declined by 0.10%, with options trading at 497.09K and open interest of 2.72M.

Micron Technology (MU) saw a rise of 3.48%, with an option volume of 496.63K and open interest at 2.28M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) increased by 1.54%, with 480.06K options traded and open interest at 3.02M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) had a minor gain of 0.16%, with options trading at 469.00K and open interest of 2.13M.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) surged by 2.59%, with an option volume of 407.17K and open interest at 1.03M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) fell by 2.01%, with 391.76K options traded and open interest at 2.08M.

Other Notable Moves

SIRI experienced substantial open interest changes: $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K; $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, rose by 86.45K; $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, up by 71.78K; $5.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 64.69K; $7.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, up by 42.18K; $4.00 call expiring December 20, 2024, increased by 40.68K.

LAZR saw an increase in open interest for $1.00 call options expiring January 17, 2025, by 71.28K, and $1.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, by 69.29K.

VIX experienced notable increases in open interest with $18.00 put expiring January 22, 2025, up by 51.56K, and $17.50 put expiring January 22, 2025, increased by 38.50K.

BLUE's $0.50 call expiring May 16, 2025, saw its open interest rise by 45.34K.

TSLL saw an increase in open interest for $12.73 call expiring January 17, 2025, by 44.65K.

VLD's $0.50 call expiring January 17, 2025, increased in open interest by 42.61K.

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