Whale Moves | SPY $570 Put OI Surge, VIX Call OI Growth Across Multiple Strikes

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

NVIDIA (NVDA) gained 3.43% with an impressive option volume of 5.73 million and open interest of 24.89 million.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rose by 0.58% and saw an option volume of 4.78 million, with an open interest of 16.10 million. Notably, the $570 put expiring February 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest of 21.89K, while the $557 put expiring January 31, 2025, saw an increase of 19.36K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 1.15%, with an option volume of 2.10 million and open interest of 7.36 million.

Tesla (TSLA) had a slight increase of 0.15%, with option volume reaching 2.10 million and open interest at 7.70 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was almost flat at 0.04% increase, with an option volume of 1.01 million and open interest of 9.94 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 3.33%, with option volume at 832.38K and open interest of 3.72 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) jumped by 11.61%, with option volume of 815.61K and open interest of 2.52 million.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 4.97%, with option volume of 778.24K and open interest of 3.35 million.

Apple (AAPL) experienced a modest gain of 0.67%, with an option volume of 693.02K and open interest of 5.90 million.

FuboTV (FUBO) saw a massive increase of 251.39%, with option volume of 659.89K and open interest at 396.65K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) climbed by 9.36%, with an option volume of 571.83K and open interest of 3.55 million.

Micron Technology (MU) jumped 10.45%, with option volume of 549.68K and open interest of 1.76 million.

Amazon (AMZN) was up by 1.53%, with an option volume of 521.23K and open interest of 3.96 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) fell by 0.45%, with option volume of 516.27K and open interest of 5.09 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased by 3.95%, with option volume of 503.34K and open interest of 1.99 million.

Meta Platforms (META) showed a gain of 4.23%, with an option volume of 444.12K and open interest of 2.04 million.

Coinbase (COIN) rose by 6.32%, with an option volume of 405.05K and open interest of 1.12 million.

Intel (INTC) decreased by 3.36%, with option volume of 361.33K and open interest of 5.17 million.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN) dropped by 4.70%, with an option volume of 338.78K and open interest of 2.78 million.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) gained 2.65%, with option volume of 337.11K and open interest of 2.56 million.

Other Notable Moves

XLF saw notable open interest changes with $49 puts expiring February 21, 2025, increasing by 23.33K, and $46 puts expiring January 17, 2025, increasing by 8.68K.

SPX had significant activity with $4000 and $5000 calls expiring March 21, 2025, seeing OI increases by 18.30K and 17.90K, respectively.

VIX observed substantial open interest growth in multiple calls expiring April 16, 2025, including the $85, $60, $80, $65, $95, and $70 calls, each increasing by approximately 15.66K.