Whale Moves | SPY and IWM Put Surges; NVDA, OPEN, and SOUN Call Open Interest Spikes

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decline of 0.29%, with an impressive option volume of 10.08 million and open interest at 18.46 million. Notable open interest increases were seen in the $608 put and $645 put, both expiring on September 5, 2025, with 37.16K and 35.47K increases, respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a slight increase of 0.14%, trading 4.90 million options, with open interest at 9.78 million.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 3.64%, witnessing an option volume of 4.02 million and open interest at 7.93 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by 2.70%, with options trading at 3.99 million and open interest at 20.26 million. The $175 call, expiring September 12, 2025, saw a significant open interest increase of 44.70K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) climbed 11.58%, with an option volume of 2.20 million and open interest at 2.95 million. The $3.50 call, expiring October 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 35.16K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by 0.50%, with 1.65 million options traded and open interest at 12.17 million. The $225 put, expiring October 17, 2025, saw an increase of 54.90K, while the $223 put, expiring September 19, 2025, increased by 37.43K.

Broadcom (AVGO) made significant gains of 9.41%, with an option volume of 1.43 million and open interest at 2.12 million.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 1.94%, trading 1.38 million options, with open interest at 3.87 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) faced a sharp decline of 6.58%, with an option volume of 1.30 million and open interest at 3.86 million.

Apple (AAPL) remained relatively stable, slipping slightly by 0.04%, with an option volume of 997.68K and open interest at 5.71 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) dropped by 1.61%, with options trading at 917.18K and open interest at 2.39 million.

Strategy (MSTR) advanced by 2.53%, with an option volume of 916.85K and open interest at 2.96 million. The $330 call, expiring November 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 51.44K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased by 1.52%, with options trading at 854.75K and open interest at 5.81 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) rose by 1.72%, with an option volume of 803.66K and open interest at 5.28 million.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) gained 1.16%, with options traded at 739.04K and open interest at 3.72 million.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) climbed 1.33%, trading 705.58K options with open interest at 3.97 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) experienced a minor increase of 0.05%, with an option volume of 591.96K and open interest at 9.02 million. It saw notable open interest increases across multiple puts and calls, particularly in the $80 put expiring October 17, 2025, and other positions expiring in 2026 and 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) fell by 2.55%, with options trading at 591.44K and open interest at 2.39 million.

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) saw a sharp decline of 18.58%, trading 568.55K options with open interest at 612.96K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) edged up by 0.87%, with an option volume of 530.24K and open interest at 3.97 million.

Other Notable Moves

SoundHound AI Inc (SOUN) saw the $15 call expiring October 17, 2025, with an open interest increase of 72.92K.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) had a notable increase in both the $16 call and $13.50 put, both expiring September 12, 2025, with open interest increases of 71.14K and 68.84K, respectively.

PCG saw its $16.50 call expiring September 19, 2025, with an open interest increase of 52.84K, and the $18.00 call with an increase of 49.63K.

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) witnessed an increase in open interest for the $16 and $17 calls, both expiring September 12, 2025, with increases of 42.58K and 40.73K, respectively.