Whale Moves | SPY & NVDA Put Interest Surge Amid Tesla & Chipotle Decline

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) showed a slight increase of 0.03% with an option volume of 7.74M and open interest of 17.79M. Notable open interest changes include increases in puts: $480 put expiring September 19, 2025 by 100.01K, $430 put expiring September 19, 2025 by 50.00K, and $530 put expiring September 19, 2025 by 49.96K.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a significant drop of 8.20%, with an option volume of 3.84M and open interest of 7.95M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) increased by 0.21%, with an option volume of 3.29M and open interest of 8.41M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a rise of 1.73%, with an option volume of 2.19M and open interest of 19.23M. Significant open interest increases were observed in puts: $165 put expiring July 25, 2025 by 51.41K and $167.50 put expiring July 25, 2025 by 42.03K, as well as calls: $162.50 call expiring July 25, 2025 by 36.16K and $165 call expiring July 25, 2025 by 33.69K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell by 1.38%, with an option volume of 1.38M and open interest of 11.39M. Open interest for the $215 put expiring August 15, 2025 increased by 33.15K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose by 1.02%, with an option volume of 1.19M and open interest of 3.60M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) surged by 5.68%, with an option volume of 975.09K and open interest of 2.56M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) climbed by 2.19%, with an option volume of 826.11K and open interest of 3.78M.

Intel (INTC) dropped by 3.66%, with an option volume of 806.59K and open interest of 5.02M.

Amazon (AMZN) experienced a 1.73% rise, with an option volume of 794.73K and open interest of 3.79M.

Apple (AAPL) saw a minor decrease of 0.18%, with an option volume of 737.34K and open interest of 4.94M.

Pfizer (PFE) slightly decreased by 0.04%, with an option volume of 660.52K and open interest of 2.84M.

Alphabet-C (GOOG) increased by 0.88%, with an option volume of 660.43K and open interest of 1.52M.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL) had a sharp decline of 16.75%, with an option volume of 529.89K and open interest of 1.28M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a slight decrease of 0.12%, with an option volume of 519.70K and open interest of 7.07M. Open interest changes include increases for puts: $79 put expiring September 19, 2025 by 86.36K and $75 put expiring September 19, 2025 by 38.11K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increased by 0.55%, with an option volume of 498.62K and open interest of 4.86M.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) dropped significantly by 13.34%, with an option volume of 457.03K and open interest of 880.88K.

Palantir (PLTR) saw a modest increase of 0.15%, with an option volume of 433.70K and open interest of 3.19M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) decreased by 1.76%, with an option volume of 424.19K and open interest of 2.46M.

UnitedHealth (UNH) fell by 4.76%, with an option volume of 414.03K and open interest of 1.40M.

Other Notable Moves

EWZ's $29 call expiring August 15, 2025 saw open interest increase by 125.59K.

American Airlines (AAL)'s options showed significant open interest increases: $13 call expiring July 25, 2025 by 89.31K, $14 call expiring August 22, 2025 by 40.53K, and $12 put expiring July 25, 2025 by 28.58K.

Plug Power (PLUG)'s $2 call expiring August 15, 2025 saw open interest increase by 85.00K.

EEM saw open interest increases in calls: $51.50 call expiring September 19, 2025 by 83.51K and $54 call expiring September 19, 2025 by 77.90K.

iQIYI (IQ)'s $2.50 call expiring August 1, 2025 saw open interest increase by 60.36K.

XLF's $63 call expiring January 16, 2026 experienced an open interest increase by 55.00K.

Citigroup (C)'s $95 call expiring August 15, 2025 saw open interest increase by 48.48K.

VIX's $40 call expiring August 20, 2025 saw open interest increase by 43.65K.

FuboTV (FUBO)'s $4.50 call expiring August 15, 2025 saw open interest increase by 39.46K.

Cemex (CX)'s $9 call expiring January 16, 2026 saw open interest increase by 33.40K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI)'s $19 put expiring August 15, 2025 saw open interest increase by 32.97K.

Oklo (OKLO)'s $80 call expiring September 19, 2025 saw open interest increase by 31.40K.

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS)'s options showed open interest increases on puts: $40 put expiring August 15, 2025 by 29.33K and $30 put expiring August 15, 2025 by 28.14K.

Kinder Morgan (KMI)'s $26 put expiring September 19, 2025 saw open interest increase by 28.17K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) also showed increased open interest in calls: $19 call expiring August 1, 2025 by 27.51K and $18.50 call expiring July 25, 2025 by 26.89K.