Whale Moves | SPY and NVDA Call Open Interest Surge; GLD and RGTI Significant Option Activity

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw the highest option volume today at 7.92 million, with the stock down 0.60%. Notably, open interest increased for the $665 call expiring October 31, 2025, by 27.79K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a 3.32% drop in its stock price, with an option volume of 4.82 million. Significant open interest increases were observed in the $185 call and $195 call, both expiring September 5, 2025, with increases of 35.62K and 31.91K, respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a stock decrease of 1.16% alongside an option volume of 4.48 million. The open interest for the $475 put and $480 put expiring October 17, 2025, increased by 27.32K and 27.28K, respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) dropped 3.50% with an option volume of 3.29 million.

Alibaba (BABA) rose significantly by 12.90% and attracted an option volume of 1.27 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) saw a slight decline of 0.44%, with an option volume of 1.04 million.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) increased by 4.22%, with an option volume of 1.02 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) experienced a 3.37% drop, with an option volume of 990.63K.

Apple (AAPL) had a minor decline of 0.18% and an option volume of 951.69K.

Palantir (PLTR) fell by 0.89%, with an option volume of 820.21K.

Strategy (MSTR) dropped by 1.31%, with an option volume of 779.53K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) increased by 0.96%, with an option volume of 748.34K. The $330 call and $350 call expiring October 17, 2025, saw open interest increases of 75.73K and 75.72K, respectively.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell by 3.53%, with an option volume of 705.97K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose by 0.60%, with an option volume of 702.86K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) experienced a 5.53% drop, with an option volume of 658.58K.

Marvell Technology (MRVL) declined sharply by 18.60%, with an option volume of 609.82K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 1.89%, with an option volume of 608.68K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) fell by 0.71%, with an option volume of 559.69K.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased by 1.12%, with an option volume of 473.90K.

Webull (BULL) saw a significant drop of 7.36%, with an option volume of 472.29K.

Other Notable Moves

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) saw open interest increases in the $17.50 call and $15 put expiring September 5, 2025, by 70.22K and 69.54K, respectively.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) saw substantial open interest increases for the $45 call expiring December 18, 2026, by 61.94K, and various calls and puts expiring in March and December 2026.

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) saw an increase in open interest for the $120 call expiring December 19, 2025, by 50.49K.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) experienced notable open interest changes across several puts expiring in October 2025, including the $74 put with an increase of 50.00K.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) saw an increase in open interest for the $25 call expiring November 21, 2025, by 34.19K.

Wendy's (WEN) experienced an increase in open interest for the $9 put expiring October 17, 2025, by 32.65K.

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) saw increased open interest across multiple calls expiring September 5, 2025.

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) saw increases in open interest for the $25 and $16 calls expiring October 22, 2025.

Nubank (NU) saw an increase in open interest for the $16.50 call expiring September 19, 2025, by 30.09K.