Whale Moves | SPY $750 Call Surge, IWM Puts Gain Interest, Intel and Opendoor Option Volume Spike

Generated by AI AgentAinvest Market Brief
Thursday, Aug 14, 2025 8:00 pm ET2min read
Aime RobotAime Summary

- SPY led with 7.65M options traded, including a $750 call open interest surge of 32.26K.

- Major movers included OPEN (+25.62%), INTC (+7.38%), and IWM (-1.29%) with notable put/call activity.

- TeraWulf (WULF) soared +59.52% while CoreWeave (CRVW) dropped -15.50% with high option volumes.

- HYG and Rigetti (RGTI) showed significant put/call interest increases in key expiration dates.

- The list highlights market volatility through extreme price swings and concentrated options activity.

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a minimal price increase of +0.01% with a significant option volume of 7.65M. Notably, the $750 call expiring on September 18, 2026, saw an increase in open interest by 32.26K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a slight decline of -0.08%, with a robust option volume of 4.04M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by -1.29% with an option volume of 2.11M. The fund saw increased open interest for two puts: the $220 put and $218 put, both expiring on September 19, 2025, increasing by 76.04K and 64.95K, respectively.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by +0.24%, with an option volume of 2.10M.

Tesla (TSLA) decreased by -1.12% with option volume reaching 1.90M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased significantly by +2.86%, with an option volume of 1.48M.

Intel (INTC) surged by +7.38%, with an option volume of 1.21M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) had a substantial increase of +25.62% with an option volume of 1.17M.

Apple (AAPL) slightly dropped by -0.24%, with an option volume of 1.15M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell by -1.88%, with an option volume of 1.11M.

CoreWeave (CRVW) saw a significant drop of -15.50%, with an option volume of 845.16K.

TeraWulf (WULF) soared by +59.52%, with an option volume of 746.80K.

Palantir (PLTR) declined by -1.82%, with an option volume of 732.36K.

iShares

Trust (IBIT) dropped by -4.02%, with an option volume of 714.02K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) slightly declined by -0.69%, with an option volume of 689.50K.

Strategy (MSTR) fell by -4.35%, with an option volume of 645.36K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a minor decline of -0.26%, with an option volume of 600.09K. Noticeable open interest increases were observed in the $78 put and $73 put, both expiring on November 21, 2025, up by 71.93K and 70.49K, respectively. Additionally, the $76 put expiring on September 19, 2025, saw an increase by 30.54K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) declined by -2.18%, with an option volume of 508.83K.

Robinhood (HOOD) rose by +1.92%, with an option volume of 496.87K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a slight decrease of -0.74%, with an option volume of 467.63K.

Other Notable Moves

Rigetti Computing Inc (RGTI) saw noticeable open interest increases in the $16 put and $18.50 call, both expiring on August 22, 2025, with increases of 69.62K and 68.88K, respectively.

American Airlines (AAL) observed an increase in open interest for the $12 put expiring on November 21, 2025, by 49.19K, and for the $14 call expiring on September 26, 2025, by 35.58K.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) saw a significant increase in open interest for the $72.50 call expiring on December 19, 2025, by 44.01K.

Ethereum Trust (ETHA) saw increased open interest for the $30 put expiring on September 19, 2025, by 40.26K.

Bulldog Investors (BULL) observed open interest increases in the $16.50 call and $13.50 put, both expiring on August 22, 2025, by 38.42K and 38.40K, respectively.

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