Whale Moves | SPY and NVDA Puts Surge, AAPL and INTC Calls Gain Significant Open Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a decline of 2.70%, with an option volume of 14.17M and open interest of 18.91M. There was notable activity across several options. Specifically, the $520 put expiring November 28, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 200.70K. Additionally, the $570 put and $470 put, both expiring on the same date, showed increases in open interest by 100.35K and 100.34K respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell by 3.47%, with an option volume of 7.43M and open interest of 10.12M. This stock did not show significant changes in open interest.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a sharp drop of 4.89%, with an option volume of 5.34M and open interest of 19.77M. The $187.50 put and $185.00 put, both expiring October 10, 2025, saw open interest increases by 38.28K and 36.23K respectively. Additionally, the $200 call expiring the same day showed an increase of 23.19K in open interest.

Tesla (TSLA) decreased by 5.06%, with an option volume of 3.85M and open interest of 8.38M. The $455 call expiring December 19, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 25.03K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by 2.99%, with an option volume of 2.49M and open interest of 11.36M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell significantly by 7.72%, with an option volume of 2.23M and open interest of 4.56M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

Wolfspeed (WOLF) had a dramatic decrease of 12.20%, with an option volume of 1.50M and open interest of 1.59M. This stock did not show significant changes in open interest.

Apple (AAPL) saw a decline of 3.45%, with an option volume of 1.41M and open interest of 5.90M. The $290 call expiring January 16, 2026, showed an increase in open interest by 60.82K.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by 4.99%, with an option volume of 1.39M and open interest of 4.74M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

Intel (INTC) decreased by 3.78%, with an option volume of 1.30M and open interest of 7.30M. The $37.50 call expiring October 10, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 29.15K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) grew by 1.61%, with an option volume of 1.27M and open interest of 7.30M. The $45 put and $45 call, both expiring November 21, 2025, saw increases in open interest by 61.17K and 53.47K respectively.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 3.70%, with an option volume of 1.22M and open interest of 7.78M. This stock did not show significant changes in open interest.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) dropped by 7.00%, with an option volume of 1.21M and open interest of 3.54M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) declined by 0.58%, with an option volume of 991.27K and open interest of 10.01M. The $79 put expiring January 16, 2026, showed an open interest increase of 51.51K. Additionally, several other options showed smaller increases in open interest.

Palantir (PLTR) fell by 5.41%, with an option volume of 986.74K and open interest of 3.65M. This stock did not show significant changes in open interest.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) declined by 7.94%, with an option volume of 862.30K and open interest of 4.37M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

MARA Holdings (MARA) fell by 7.67%, with an option volume of 842.74K and open interest of 2.87M. This stock did not show significant changes in open interest.

Alibaba (BABA) experienced a sharp drop of 8.45%, with an option volume of 839.99K and open interest of 2.83M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ ETF (SQQQ) rose by 10.55%, with an option volume of 824.83K and open interest of 1.11M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) grew by 1.61%, with an option volume of 812.65K and open interest of 5.76M. This stock did not show significant open interest changes.

Other Notable Moves

GOOGL showed notable activity with the $280 call expiring January 16, 2026, seeing an open interest increase of 40.68K.

XHB saw a significant increase in open interest for the $125 call expiring March 20, 2026, with a rise of 40.01K.

WULF experienced increases in open interest for the $8 put and $9 put, expiring January 16, 2026, by 30.08K and 24.69K respectively.

SMCI showed increases in open interest for the $66 call and $61 call, both expiring October 17, 2025, by 27.02K and 26.88K respectively.