Whale Moves | SPY $585 Put, $625 Call Surge; VIX $30, $25 Call Open Interest Spikes

Market BriefTuesday, Dec 31, 2024 7:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight decline of 0.36%, with an option volume of 3.50M and open interest of 15.21M. Notably, the $585 put expiring January 10, 2025, and the $625 call expiring June 20, 2025, experienced open interest increases of 6.88K and 6.02K, respectively.

NVIDIA experienced a 2.33% decline, with option volume reaching 2.53M and open interest at 24.88M.

Tesla dropped by 3.25%, with an option volume of 1.65M and open interest at 7.85M.

Invesco QQQ Trust decreased by 0.85%, with option volume of 1.63M and open interest of 7.24M. A notable increase in open interest was seen in the $535 call expiring February 7, 2025, with a rise of 25.02K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF saw a small increase of 0.13%, with option volume of 658.01K and open interest of 9.79M.

MicroStrategy declined by 4.40%, with option volume of 619.12K and open interest at 2.49M.

Apple experienced a decline of 0.71%, with option volume of 542.29K and open interest at 5.87M.

Palantir dropped by 2.01%, with option volume of 522.96K and open interest at 3.42M.

Advanced Micro Devices fell by 1.35%, with option volume of 499.23K and open interest at 3.74M.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF decreased by 0.33%, with option volume of 494.52K and open interest of 6.40M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF experienced a decline of 0.54%, with option volume of 476.12K and open interest at 5.01M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust saw a decrease of 0.93%, with option volume of 317.26K and open interest at 2.02M.

Rivian Automotive dropped by 2.06%, with option volume of 266.56K and open interest at 2.68M.

MARA Holdings fell by 3.01%, with option volume of 248.08K and open interest of 1.75M.

Amazon experienced a 0.86% decline, with option volume of 242.47K and open interest at 3.99M.

Rigetti Computing plummeted by 10.24%, with option volume of 214.13K and open interest at 571.02K.

Broadcom decreased by 1.59%, with option volume of 211.89K and open interest at 2.41M.

SoundHound AI dropped significantly by 12.52%, with option volume of 210.68K and open interest at 863.24K.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF fell by 2.62%, with option volume of 204.60K and open interest at 830.74K.

Intel gained 1.16%, with option volume of 198.39K and open interest at 5.17M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw notable open interest increases across several options, including the $30 call expiring January 22, 2025, with an increase of 11.38K, and the $25 call expiring February 19, 2025, with an increase of 11.23K.

SPX options experienced significant open interest changes, with the $5950 put and call expiring January 17, 2025, seeing increases of 7.94K and 7.87K, respectively.

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