Whale Moves | Significant Surge in SPX Options Open Interest for $6000 Put and $5000/$6000 Calls

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a significant drop of 14.26% with an option volume of 7.34M and open interest of 9.00M.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decrease of 0.48% with an option volume of 3.83M and open interest of 16.78M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) declined by 1.36% with an option volume of 3.33M and open interest of 22.47M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) dropped by 0.75% with an option volume of 2.07M and open interest of 8.86M. Notably, the $550 call expiring July 11, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 10.02K.

Palantir (PLTR) fell by 7.77% with an option volume of 1.19M and open interest of 3.60M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose by 3.54% with an option volume of 1.06M and open interest of 6.31M.

Apple (AAPL) decreased by 1.08% with an option volume of 975.35K and open interest of 5.41M.

Amazon (AMZN) experienced a slight increase of 0.33% with an option volume of 839.89K and open interest of 4.20M.

Bank of America (BAC) had a marginal gain of 0.05% with an option volume of 766.49K and open interest of 3.11M.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL) dropped sharply by 28.50% with an option volume of 753.40K and open interest of 1.18M.

CoreWeave (CRWV) saw a steep decline of 17.20% with an option volume of 726.10K and open interest of 730.14K.

Robinhood (HOOD) increased by 0.33% with an option volume of 631.51K and open interest of 2.00M.

Strategy (MSTR) decreased by 2.46% with an option volume of 571.29K and open interest of 2.35M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw a slight increase of 0.04% with an option volume of 570.90K and open interest of 12.41M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) fell by 0.50% with an option volume of 556.28K and open interest of 4.16M. There was an increase in open interest for the $285 put and $297 put, both expiring June 18, 2025, by 4.14K and 4.13K respectively.

Broadcom (AVGO) decreased by 0.44% with an option volume of 506.17K and open interest of 2.22M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) dropped by 0.21% with an option volume of 470.43K and open interest of 7.85M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased by 0.07% with an option volume of 449.14K and open interest of 6.06M. The $92 call expiring July 18, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 4.25K and the $80 put expiring August 15, 2025, had an increase of 4.25K.

Applied Digital (APLD) decreased by 3.62% with an option volume of 444.89K and open interest of 736.20K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 2.97% with an option volume of 443.32K and open interest of 3.57M.

Other Notable Moves

XLF's $47 call expiring July 18, 2025, saw an open interest increase by 15.02K, while the $52 call expiring September 19, 2025, increased by 4.52K.

Significant activity was observed in the SPX options, with the $6000 put expiring September 19, 2025, seeing a notable increase in open interest by 10.31K. Additionally, the $5000 call and $6000 call, both expiring September 19, 2025, saw increases of 9.30K and 8.94K respectively.

VIX options were active, with various calls, including the $24 call expiring July 16, 2025, increasing by 9.66K, and the $25 call expiring August 20, 2025, increasing by 7.41K. The $15.50 put expiring June 18, 2025, saw an increase by 5.18K.