Whale Moves | SPY $561 Put Open Interest Surges by 27K; VIX $18 Put and $35 Call See Significant Gains

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a -1.53% change, with an impressive option volume of 4.90M and an open interest of 17.08M. Notably, there was a significant increase in open interest for the $561 put expiring February 21, 2025, up by 27.03K, and the $550 put expiring February 21, 2025, up by 20.85K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a decline of -3.00%, with an option volume of 2.40M and an open interest of 24.76M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) dropped -1.57%, with option trading volume reaching 2.09M and an open interest of 7.44M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell by -2.20%, with an option volume of 1.71M and an open interest of 10.20M.

Tesla (TSLA) remained relatively stable with a minor drop of -0.05%, option volume reached 1.05M, and the open interest is at 7.40M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) declined by -0.66%, with option volumes registering at 909.80K and an open interest of 5.54M.

Apple (AAPL) decreased by -2.41%, with an option volume of 812.52K and open interest standing at 5.82M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a substantial decline of -4.76%, with an option volume of 779.58K and an open interest of 3.72M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) gained +0.77%, with an option volume of 689.71K and open interest at 5.45M.

Palantir (PLTR) experienced a decrease of -1.42%, with option volume recorded at 462.16K and open interest of 3.37M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) rose by +0.94%, with option volume at 423.58K and open interest of 2.05M.

Amazon (AMZN) experienced a decrease of -1.44%, with an option volume of 376.82K and open interest of 4.01M.

Meta Platforms (META) gained +0.84%, with an option volume of 375.16K and open interest of 2.05M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) faced a decrease of -1.14%, with an option volume of 365.19K and open interest of 2.40M.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) saw a significant increase of +27.55%, with option volume at 306.55K and open interest of 979.24K.

Intel (INTC) dropped by -3.67%, with option volume at 297.10K and open interest of 5.20M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a slight decline of -0.52%, with option volume reaching 269.11K and open interest of 6.21M.

Alibaba (BABA) experienced a drop of -3.78%, with option volume at 254.42K and open interest of 2.70M.

Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2X Shares (CHAU) decreased by -4.44%, with option volume at 254.19K and open interest of 300.60K.

Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X Shares ETF (YINN) fell sharply by -8.69%, with option volume reaching 249.44K and open interest of 446.82K.

Other Notable Moves

SPXW $5000 put expiring February 21, 2025, saw a significant increase in open interest by 50.84K.

EEM $42 call expiring January 24, 2025, and $50 call expiring June 20, 2025, both experienced notable increases in open interest by 20.07K and 20.00K, respectively.

VIX options saw several changes: the $18 put expiring February 19, 2025, increased by 27.62K, $35 call expiring February 19, 2025, increased by 20.85K, and $19 call expiring February 19, 2025, rose by 13.73K.