Whale Moves | Significant Put Activity in IWM and HYG; Intel and Apple Call Interest Surge

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) declined by 0.23% with an option volume of 7.36M. The open interest stands at 19.94M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a decrease of 0.44%, with 3.99M options traded and an open interest of 9.46M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped 0.86% with 3.32M options traded and an open interest of 20.35M.

Tesla (TSLA) fell 1.50%, with an option volume of 3.12M and an open interest of 8.37M.

Intel (INTC) rose 2.93%, trading 2.05M options with an open interest of 6.51M. Notably, the $25 call expiring August 22, 2025, saw its open interest increase by 37.58K.

UnitedHealth (UNH) surged 11.98%, with 1.49M options traded and an open interest of 2.02M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) slid 0.49%, with 1.46M options traded and an open interest of 13.45M. Significant open interest increases were observed in the $217 put and $218 put, both expiring September 19, 2025, by 62.28K and 36.41K respectively.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) gained 4.28%, with 1.25M options traded and an open interest of 2.37M. The $1.50 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 32.67K.

Apple (AAPL) declined 0.51%, with an option volume of 1.12M and an open interest of 6.11M. The $265 call expiring November 21, 2025, saw a rise in open interest by 37.92K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped 1.90%, with 1.01M options traded and an open interest of 4.36M.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 2.13%, with 1.01M options traded and an open interest of 3.73M.

Strategy (MSTR) fell 1.78%, with 926.67K options traded and an open interest of 2.81M.

Amazon (AMZN) rose slightly by 0.02%, trading 906.35K options with an open interest of 4.40M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) declined 0.88%, with 737.03K options traded and an open interest of 5.40M. The $67 call expiring September 19, 2025, increased in open interest by 26.79K.

Nu Holdings (NU) jumped 9.08%, with option volume at 716.76K and an open interest of 2.04M.

CoreWeave (CRWV) saw a rise of 0.47%, trading 674.99K options with an open interest of 1.42M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) increased by 0.47%, with 666.67K options traded and an open interest of 3.74M.

Meta Platforms (META) was up 0.40%, with an option volume of 627.07K and an open interest of 2.17M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased 0.71%, with 567.38K options traded and an open interest of 5.93M.

Robinhood (HOOD) gained 3.13%, with an option volume of 519.89K and an open interest of 2.50M.

Other Notable Moves

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) saw significant open interest increases across multiple options: the $16 call, $14 put, $16.50 call, and $17 call, all expiring August 22, 2025, with increases of 77.69K, 51.04K, 47.86K, and 29.56K respectively.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) witnessed an increase in open interest for the $72 put, $81 call, and $76 put, all expiring October 17, 2025, with increases of 80.01K, 42.50K, and 42.49K respectively.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) saw a rise in open interest for the $21 put expiring September 19, 2025, and $20 put expiring October 17, 2025, by 53.83K and 25.38K respectively.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) had an increase in open interest for the $47 call and $50 call, both expiring August 22, 2025, by 37.93K and 30.92K respectively.