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Whale Moves | SPY, IWM, HYG, and VIX Puts See Notable Open Interest Surges

Market BriefThursday, Apr 24, 2025 8:01 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a +2.10% increase, with an option volume of 4.29M and open interest at 16.85M. Notably, the $400 put expiring May 16, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 10.24K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) gained +3.62% with an option volume of 2.90M and open interest at 22.03M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a +2.81% rise. Option volume was 2.26M, with open interest at 8.90M.

Tesla (TSLA) climbed +3.50%, with an option volume of 2.25M and open interest at 8.79M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased by +2.00%, with options trading volume of 996.32K and open interest at 10.97M. Significant open interest changes were observed in the $185 put and $180 put, both expiring on May 16, 2025, with increases of 27.57K and 23.64K, respectively. Additionally, the $170 put expiring June 20, 2025, saw an increase of 12.35K.

Palantir (PLTR) had a robust increase of +6.90%, with an option volume of 938.79K and open interest at 3.33M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose by +2.53%, trading 736.88K options and maintaining an open interest of 3.10M.

Intel (INTC) experienced a +4.37% rise, with 729.28K options traded and open interest at 5.57M.

Apple (AAPL) went up by +1.84%, with an option volume of 668.16K and open interest at 4.90M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by +3.29%, with 562.35K options traded and an open interest of 4.08M.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) soared by +16.62%, with an option volume of 552.71K and open interest at 1.77M.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) saw a +8.51% increase, with options trading volume of 465.68K and open interest at 1.20M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) gained +1.46%, with an option volume of 450.77K and open interest at 4.46M.

Strategy (MSTR) rose by +1.33%, with an option volume of 439.92K and open interest at 2.20M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) saw a notable increase of +8.84%, with an option volume of 432.38K and open interest at 2.41M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experienced a +4.51% rise, trading 412.84K options, with an open interest of 3.69M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) increased by +0.90%, with an option volume of 409.84K and open interest at 7.24M. Noteworthy, the $66 put, $76 put, and $75 put expiring on September 19, 2025, and June 20, 2025, respectively, saw open interest increases of 30.01K, 28.85K, and 27.73K.

Netflix (NFLX) climbed by +4.50%, with a traded option volume of 356.57K and open interest at 634.25K.

Robinhood (HOOD) rose by +7.81%, with an option volume of 334.66K and open interest at 1.98M.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by +2.48%, with an option volume of 334.35K and open interest at 2.07M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw several significant open interest changes, notably the $32 call expiring May 21, 2025, increased by 26.46K, and the $100 call expiring June 18, 2025, rose by 25.89K. Additionally, the $40 call, $24 call, $25 call, and $20 put expiring May 21, 2025, saw increases of 15.63K, 14.98K, 14.14K, and 14.04K, respectively.

EWZ's $24 put expiring June 20, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 20.90K.

XSP's $505 put expiring August 15, 2025, had an increase in open interest by 17.54K.

EEM's $45 call expiring June 20, 2025, saw an increase of 13.36K in open interest.

EFA's $78 put expiring July 18, 2025, saw an increase of 10.00K in open interest.

VXX's $45 put expiring May 16, 2025, increased in open interest by 9.38K.

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