Whale Moves | SPY $460 Put Open Interest Surges by 100K, VIX $42.50 Call Rises by 80K

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a modest increase of +0.10% with an option volume of 5.71M and open interest of 19.54M. Significant open interest changes were observed in the $460 put expiring January 17, 2025, with an increase of 100.04K, and the $455 put with an increase of 98.18K.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by +8.96% with an option volume of 4.01M and open interest of 7.33M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a slight decline of -0.06% with an option volume of 3.30M and open interest of 9.46M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a decrease of -1.61% with an option volume of 2.62M and open interest of 25.59M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by +1.50% with an option volume of 1.44M and open interest of 12.09M.

Palantir (PLTR) went up by +3.17% with an option volume of 1.06M and open interest of 3.36M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) had a significant increase of +29.92% with an option volume of 912.39K and open interest of 1.48M.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) climbed by +8.46% with an option volume of 853.56K and open interest of 3.02M.

Coinbase (COIN) experienced a jump of +19.76% with an option volume of 825.21K and open interest of 1.13M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) soared by +25.73% with an option volume of 816.86K and open interest of 1.95M.

Apple (AAPL) decreased by -1.20% with an option volume of 636.47K and open interest of 5.82M.

ProShares Bitcoin ETF (BITO) rose by +13.57% with an option volume of 548.14K and open interest of 1.48M.

Riot Platforms (RIOT) advanced by +16.86% with an option volume of 547.09K and open interest of 1.16M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) increased by +1.42% with an option volume of 503.16K and open interest of 7.46M.

GameStop (GME) gained +9.57% with an option volume of 497.89K and open interest of 838.60K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell by -5.26% with an option volume of 474.22K and open interest of 4.24M.

CleanSpark (CLSK) saw a significant rise of +29.77% with an option volume of 413.64K and open interest of 968.10K.

Amazon (AMZN) slightly decreased by -0.64% with an option volume of 385.45K and open interest of 3.94M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had a minor decline of -0.41% with an option volume of 385.13K and open interest of 3.16M.

VanEck Gold Miners Equity ETF (GDX) fell by -5.87% with an option volume of 384.89K and open interest of 2.85M.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM (SIRI) saw notable increases in open interest across the board. The $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K, the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, rose by 86.45K, and various other strikes including $4.00 call and $5.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, showed substantial increases.

VIX had a significant increase in open interest for the $42.50 call expiring June 18, 2025, up by 80.01K, and the $13.50 put expiring November 20, 2024, rose by 60.78K.

ARKK experienced a change with its $60.00 call expiring December 20, 2024, seeing an open interest rise of 78.32K.