Whale Moves | SPY $510 Put Open Interest Surges; VIX $25 Put Sees Significant Increase

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a slight decline of 0.18% with a hefty option volume of 5.73 million. Notably, the $510 put expiring April 11, 2025 saw a significant open interest increase of 93.40K, and the $490 put expiring April 17, 2025 rose by 56.89K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by 3.53%, recording an impressive option volume of 5.11 million. Despite the high trading activity, no specific open interest changes were highlighted.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was marginally up by 0.24% with option volume reaching 2.54 million. The $485 call and $530 call, both expiring June 30, 2025, saw open interest increases of 24.89K and 24.77K, respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) fell by 2.56%, capturing an option volume of 2.38 million. However, no notable open interest movements were observed.

Apple (AAPL) saw a decline of 3.67%, with options trading at a volume of 1.57 million. There were no significant open interest dynamics reported.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 0.91%, with an option volume of 1.53 million. A notable change was the $171 put expiring May 16, 2025, with an increase in open interest by 22.26K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) dropped 0.86% with options trading at a volume of 1.46 million. There were no key open interest updates.

Amazon (AMZN) moved up by 2.49%, trading 1.05 million in options volume. No major open interest changes were observed.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) fell 3.02%, with an option volume of 1.02 million. No significant open interest adjustments were noted.

Palantir (PLTR) had a strong performance with a 5.17% increase and 695.56K in option volume, yet there were no noteworthy open interest changes.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) rose slightly by 0.39%, with 683K options traded. Open interest remained stable with no major changes.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) saw a 4.81% climb, with options traded reaching 659.32K. There were no notable open interest shifts.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped by 2.47%, with an option volume of 652.92K, without any significant open interest activity.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) experienced a sharp decline of 7.21% with options trading at 647.63K, but no major open interest changes were reported.

Alibaba (BABA) declined by 9.06%, featuring an option volume of 553.19K, yet no notable open interest changes were highlighted.

Strategy (MSTR) fell by 8.67% with an option volume of 520.46K, but open interest remained stable.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) gained slightly by 0.22%, with 460.97K options traded, and no significant open interest movements.

Intel (INTC) decreased by 1.41% with an option volume of 451.38K, without any major open interest changes.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) saw a modest gain of 0.79% with options trading at 437.85K, and no notable open interest updates.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 2.28%, trading 429.80K in options volume, with stable open interest figures.

Other Notable Moves

The VIX options saw significant open interest increases: the $25 put expiring April 16, 2025, rose by 65.98K, the $17 put expiring May 21, 2025, increased by 53.70K, and the $18 put expiring the same date saw a rise of 36.88K.

S&P 500 Index Weekly Options (SPXW) had notable open interest increases, particularly the $4600 put expiring May 30, 2025, with an increase of 56.05K, and the $4550 put expiring the same date rose by 52.73K.