Whale Moves | SPXW and SPY Put Open Interest Surge Amid Alphabet Decline

Market BriefWednesday, May 7, 2025 8:01 pm ET
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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) topped the list with a stock increase of 0.42% and an option volume of 3.57M, alongside an open interest of 16.86M. Notably, open interest for the $550 put expiring May 16, 2025 saw an increase of 13.13K, and the $532 put expiring on the same date increased by 12.71K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a stock rise of 3.10% with an option volume of 2.37M and 22.07M in open interest.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a stock increase of 0.39%, with 1.77M in option volume and an open interest of 8.91M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) encountered a stock decline of 7.26%, with an option volume of 1.60M and an open interest of 3.17M.

Tesla (TSLA) rose by 0.32%, with 1.23M in option volume and an open interest of 8.65M.

Apple (AAPL) saw a decrease of 1.14%, with an option volume of 1.02M and open interest at 5.20M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 1.76%, with an option volume of 896.33K and an open interest of 3.91M.

Palantir (PLTR) had a stock rise of 1.49%, with 812.98K in option volume and an open interest of 3.83M.

Alphabet-C (GOOG) saw a decline of 7.51%, with an option volume of 759.71K and an open interest of 1.39M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased by 0.33%, with an option volume of 661.72K and an open interest of 12.07M.

Amazon (AMZN) rose by 2.00%, with an option volume of 565.84K and open interest at 4.31M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) declined 1.40%, with 479.77K in option volume and an open interest of 2.66M.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) decreased by 2.27%, with an option volume of 407.76K and an open interest of 4.44M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) rose by 0.09%, with an option volume of 341.60K and open interest at 8.20M.

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) increased significantly by 5.82%, with an option volume of 329.78K and open interest of 840.58K.

Uber Technologies (UBER) experienced a decline of 2.54%, with an option volume of 322.53K and an open interest of 1.61M.

Disney (DIS) saw a notable stock rise of 10.76%, with an option volume of 319.79K and open interest at 980.37K.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 1.62%, with an option volume of 305.55K and an open interest of 2.20M.

Strategy (MSTR) rose by 1.78%, with an option volume of 291.62K and open interest at 2.22M.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) experienced a stock rise of 1.16%, with an option volume of 286.63K and open interest at 1.15M.

Other Notable Moves

SPXW saw significant open interest increases with the $4375 put expiring June 20, 2025 rising by 46.59K, and the $4325 put on the same date increasing by 46.57K.

XLF had notable changes with a $45 put expiring September 19, 2025, seeing an increase of 15.01K, and a $49 put expiring June 20, 2025, up by 10.85K.

GLD experienced open interest growth with a $325 call expiring June 13, 2025, increasing by 14.43K.

VIX saw several changes with the $25 call expiring August 20, 2025, up by 12.26K, and the $25 call expiring June 18, 2025, increasing by 11.06K.