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Whale Moves | SIRI Call/Put Open Interest Surges, TSLA & MSTR Options Volume Soars Amid Market Decline

Market BriefWednesday, Dec 18, 2024 7:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decrease of 2.98%, with an option volume of 10.42M and open interest at 18.87M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 3.61% drop, trading 4.83M options with open interest at 10.83M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) declined by 1.14%, with option volume reaching 4.75M and open interest at 28.48M.

Tesla (TSLA) fell sharply by 8.28%, with 3.63M options traded and open interest at 8.89M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped 4.43%, with option volume at 2.94M and open interest of 12.51M.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 3.87%, with option volume at 987.15K and open interest at 4.00M.

Apple (AAPL) fell by 2.14%, trading 938.62K options with an open interest of 6.58M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a 1.25% decline, with 783.40K options traded and an open interest of 6.53M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) decreased by 2.89%, with 748.47K options traded and open interest at 4.09M.

Micron Technology (MU) saw a decline of 4.33%, with option trading volume at 673.88K and open interest of 1.97M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) fell significantly by 9.52%, with an option volume of 658.31K and open interest at 2.80M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) decreased by 1.03%, with 655.85K options traded and open interest at 6.48M.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) saw a 7.50% increase, with option volume at 588.27K and open interest at 927.21K.

Amazon (AMZN) dropped by 4.60%, trading 587.49K options with open interest at 4.51M.

Broadcom (AVGO) experienced a 6.91% decline, with 578.06K options traded and open interest at 2.75M.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) fell by 2.82%, with 558.55K options traded and an open interest of 873.01K.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) decreased by 6.67%, with option volume at 510.41K and open interest at 3.37M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) saw a sharp decline of 8.52%, with 485.77K options traded and open interest at 3.35M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) dropped by 2.99%, with an option volume of 469.53K and open interest at 8.61M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 5.85%, with option volume at 451.83K and open interest at 1.94M.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) saw significant open interest increases in multiple options: the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026 increased by 91.73K, the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025 increased by 86.45K, and the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026 increased by 71.78K. Additionally, the $5.00 call expiring January 17, 2025 saw an increase of 64.69K, and the $4.00 call expiring December 20, 2024 increased by 40.68K.

LAZR had notable open interest increases with the $1.00 call expiring January 17, 2025 rising by 71.28K, and the $1.00 call expiring January 16, 2026 increasing by 69.29K.

BLUE's $0.50 call expiring May 16, 2025 witnessed an increase in open interest by 45.34K.

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

The VIX $14.50 put expiring January 22, 2025 saw open interest increase by 43.07K.

VLD1's $0.50 call expiring January 17, 2025 increased by 42.61K in open interest.

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