Whale Moves | SPY, QQQ Calls and VIX Calls Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decline of 1.71% with an option volume of 5.81 million. Notably, open interest in the $578 put and $575 put, both expiring March 21, 2025, increased by 16.04K and 15.22K respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) dropped 2.08% with an option volume of 2.44 million. Open interest in the $550 call expiring March 21, 2025, increased by 32.78K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) fell 4.05% with an option volume of 2.28 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased 2.88% with an option volume of 2.01 million.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a 4.68% drop with an option volume of 1.33 million.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped 4.63% with an option volume of 828.46K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose 1.21% with an option volume of 766.81K.

Amazon (AMZN) declined 2.83% with an option volume of 735.52K.

Apple (AAPL) had a minor drop of 0.11% with an option volume of 707.79K.

Alibaba (BABA) surged 5.72% with an option volume of 620.46K.

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) climbed 2.98% with an option volume of 597.68K.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) significantly fell 5.40% with an option volume of 550.40K.

Strategy (MSTR) dropped 7.48% with an option volume of 495.62K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a 2.92% decline with an option volume of 479.66K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) had a slight drop of 0.19% with an option volume of 422.21K.

Celsius Holdings (CELH) rocketed 27.77% with an option volume of 396.54K.

Intel (INTC) decreased 4.68% with an option volume of 390.22K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) fell 2.65% with an option volume of 375.10K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dropped 3.78% with an option volume of 365.63K.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) rose 1.43% with an option volume of 348.85K.

Other Notable Moves

VIX $42.50 call expiring July 16, 2025, saw open interest increase by 80.00K.

VIX $23.00 call and $15.50 put, both expiring March 18, 2025, witnessed open interest increases of 23.09K and 18.76K respectively.

SPY $600 put expiring March 21, 2025, saw open interest grow by 13.46K.

SPX $6000 put and $6000 call, both expiring March 21, 2025, experienced increases in open interest by 9.11K and 8.47K respectively.