Whale Moves | SPXW $5300/$5350 Puts Surge; QQQ, NIO, IBIT, AAL, KWEB, ETHA, GME Option Interest Spikes

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rose by 0.23% today, with an option volume of 4.98 million and an open interest of 18.00 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a slight decline of 0.09%, with an option volume of 3.10 million and an open interest of 19.12 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 0.15%, with an option volume of 2.88 million and an open interest of 9.25 million. A notable open interest increase was observed for the $547 put expiring September 5, 2025, which rose by 30.18K.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) was up by 0.50%, with an option volume of 1.70 million and an open interest of 788.97K.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 0.59%, with an option volume of 1.55 million and an open interest of 7.77 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) gained 0.71%, with an option volume of 1.16 million and an open interest of 11.98 million.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) dropped significantly by 14.47%, with an option volume of 877.86K and an open interest of 2.87 million. Significant open interest increase was observed for the $3 put expiring October 17, 2025, which rose by 19.15K.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 2.58%, with an option volume of 761.68K and an open interest of 3.74 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a slight increase of 0.12%, with an option volume of 555.50K and an open interest of 8.03 million.

NIO Inc (NIO) fell by 5.37%, with an option volume of 527.86K and an open interest of 4.33 million. A significant open interest increase was noted for the $9 call expiring September 19, 2025, which grew by 29.75K.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 0.51%, with an option volume of 493.00K and an open interest of 5.61 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased by 0.87%, with an option volume of 448.79K and an open interest of 5.01 million. The $35 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 22.27K.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) declined by 2.55%, with an option volume of 435.47K and an open interest of 4.57 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) dropped by 5.40%, with an option volume of 434.16K and an open interest of 2.27 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 0.31%, with an option volume of 401.29K and an open interest of 3.86 million.

Intel (INTC) saw a gain of 2.05%, with an option volume of 395.02K and an open interest of 6.46 million.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) rose by 1.43%, with an option volume of 390.44K and an open interest of 3.51 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.12%, with an option volume of 354.08K and an open interest of 5.66 million.

Strategy (MSTR) declined by 2.65%, with an option volume of 351.77K and an open interest of 2.84 million.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) fell by 2.58%, with an option volume of 330.92K and an open interest of 3.77 million.

【Other Notable Moves】

SPXW saw notable open interest increases for the $5300 and $5350 puts expiring October 10, 2025, with increases of 72.51K and 72.50K, respectively.

IQ observed a significant open interest rise for the $2.50 call expiring March 20, 2026, with an increase of 51.00K.

KWEB had notable open interest increases for the $50 call and $40 call, both expiring February 20, 2026, with increases of 40.99K and 40.98K, respectively, as well as a $32 put with an increase of 20.15K.

AAL saw an open interest increase for the $14 call expiring November 21, 2025, which grew by 35.05K.

ETHA experienced a significant open interest rise for the $35 call expiring September 19, 2025, with an increase of 32.40K.

GME observed a notable open interest increase for the $5 put expiring December 17, 2027, which rose by 31.70K.

GTLB had significant open interest increases for the $100 call and $75 call, both expiring June 18, 2026, with increases of 30.47K and 30.26K, respectively.

VIX saw notable changes with an open interest increase for the $60 call expiring October 22, 2025, by 26.26K, and the $18 put expiring October 22, 2025, by 25.49K.

GLD noted open interest increases for the $330 call and $315 call, both expiring September 19, 2025, with increases of 26.09K and 22.55K, respectively.