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Whale Moves | SPY $435 Put and VIX $16 Put See Massive Open Interest Surge

Market BriefMonday, Apr 21, 2025 8:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Today's most traded option is SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), experiencing a stock decline of 2.38% with an option volume of 4.49 million and open interest of 15.61 million. Notably, the $435 put expiring May 2, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 25.25K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) ranked second, with its stock dropping by 4.51%. The option volume was 3.12 million, and open interest stood at 20.90 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw its stock decrease by 2.47%, with an option volume of 2.05 million and open interest of 8.20 million.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a significant stock drop of 5.75%, an option volume of 1.46 million, and open interest of 7.65 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 2.01%, with an option volume of 969.81K and open interest at 10.45 million.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw a stock increase of 3.09%, with an option volume of 647.64K and open interest of 3.85 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) witnessed a stock decline of 1.75%, an option volume of 629.31K, and open interest of 5.70 million.

Apple (AAPL) decreased by 1.94%, with an option volume of 584.31K and open interest of 4.63 million.

Amazon (AMZN) saw its stock decline by 3.06%, with an option volume of 561.85K and open interest of 3.74 million.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) decreased by 2.24%, with an option volume of 557.17K and open interest of 734.43K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) saw a stock increase of 3.03%, with an option volume of 529.07K and open interest of 2.42 million.

Palantir (PLTR) experienced a stock decline of 3.18%, an option volume of 470.81K, and open interest of 3.01 million.

Strategy (MSTR) saw a slight stock increase of 0.18%, with an option volume of 438.93K and open interest of 1.86 million.

iShares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) decreased by 0.59%, with an option volume of 436.70K and open interest of 6.85 million. Notably, the $75 put expiring May 16, 2025, increased in open interest by 16.65K, and the $76 put expiring the same date increased by 15.23K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) saw a stock increase of 0.81%, with an option volume of 383.49K and open interest of 5.53 million.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) experienced a significant stock decline of 7.31%, an option volume of 377.13K, and open interest of 1.03 million.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) saw its stock drop by 5.33%, with an option volume of 342.04K and open interest of 1.58 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) decreased by 2.22%, with an option volume of 294.44K and open interest of 3.48 million.

Netflix (NFLX) experienced a stock increase of 1.53%, an option volume of 282.14K, and open interest of 519.40K.

Meta Platforms (META) saw its stock decline by 3.35%, with an option volume of 279.53K and open interest of 1.92 million.

Other Notable Moves

The $16 put expiring June 18, 2025, in VIX saw an open interest increase by 60.03K, while the $40 call expiring May 21, 2025, increased by 21.46K.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) saw notable open interest changes with the $28 put expiring January 16, 2026, increasing by 18.60K, and the $33 put expiring the same date increasing by 18.43K.

VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (EWZ) saw significant open interest increases across various options, including the $22 put, $24 put, and $26 call expiring May 16, 2025, with changes of 32.25K, 32.14K, and 23.04K, respectively.

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