Whale Moves | SPY, QQQ, IWM, OPEN, and IBIT Puts and Calls Surge with Significant Open Interest Increases

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a slight decline of 0.54%, with an impressive option volume of 8.19 million and open interest standing at 16.82 million. Notably, $635 put expiring September 12, 2025, and $610 put expiring the same date showed open interest increases by 26.32K and 23.18K, respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell by 1.36%, featuring an option volume of 5.25 million and open interest at 8.53 million. A notable $520 put expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 19.72K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by 3.50%, with an option volume of 2.59 million and open interest at 18.30 million. There were no significant changes in open interest to report.

Palantir (PLTR) witnessed a sharp decline of 9.35%, with an option volume of 1.74 million and open interest at 3.27 million. No significant open interest changes were noted.

Tesla (TSLA) went down by 1.75%, registering an option volume of 1.73 million and an open interest of 7.36 million. No notable open interest changes were observed.

Intel (INTC) surged by 6.97%, with an option volume of 1.56 million and open interest at 6.08 million. There were no significant changes in open interest.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) declined by 0.77%, recorded an option volume of 1.18 million and open interest at 11.15 million. A significant open interest increase was observed for the $217 put expiring September 19, 2025, rising by 34.36K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell by 5.44%, with an option volume of 989.11K and open interest at 3.69 million. No significant changes in open interest were noted.

Strategy (MSTR) dropped by 7.43%, with an option volume of 902.55K and open interest at 2.65 million. There were no notable open interest changes.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) decreased by 4.23%, with an option volume of 839.49K and open interest at 2.41 million. Significant open interest increases were seen across various options, including $3.50 call and put expiring December 17, 2027, with increases of 44.69K and 44.28K respectively, as well as $4.00 call expiring August 29, 2025, with a rise of 34.99K.

Apple (AAPL) dipped slightly by 0.14%, featuring an option volume of 664.26K and open interest at 5.48 million. There were no notable open interest changes.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) fell sharply by 8.84%, with an option volume of 581.08K and open interest at 870.00K. No significant open interest changes were observed.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) declined by 2.82%, with an option volume of 575.74K and open interest at 4.70 million. Noteworthy increases were seen in $61 put and call expiring October 17, 2025, with rises of 40.52K and 39.02K respectively.

Robinhood (HOOD) went down by 6.54%, featuring an option volume of 510.88K and open interest at 2.09 million. No notable changes in open interest were observed.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw a slight decline of 0.55%, with an option volume of 489.20K and open interest at 3.38 million. There were no significant changes in open interest.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) had a marginal decline of 0.02%, with an option volume of 394.65K and open interest at 6.84 million. A notable increase was observed in $77 put expiring October 17, 2025, with open interest rising by 33.72K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) fell by 6.11%, with an option volume of 394.11K and open interest at 3.42 million. No significant changes in open interest were reported.

CoreWeave (CRWV) declined by 4.04%, with an option volume of 381.60K and open interest at 1.11 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Meta Platforms (META) dropped by 2.07%, with an option volume of 377.46K and open interest at 1.97 million. No significant open interest changes were observed.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by 1.50%, recording an option volume of 372.31K and open interest at 3.70 million. A notable increase was seen in $260 call expiring September 19, 2025, with open interest rising by 21.83K.

【Other Notable Moves】

Altria Group (MO) saw a notable increase in open interest for the $68 call expiring August 22, 2025, with a rise of 30.75K.

American Airlines (AAL) observed a significant increase in open interest for the $14 call expiring September 26, 2025, with a rise of 34.61K.

Riot Platforms (RIOT) experienced an open interest increase for the $14 call expiring December 19, 2025, with a rise of 36.48K.

Google (GOOGL) saw open interest increases in the $220 call and $210 call expiring August 29, 2025, rising by 26.01K and 24.15K respectively.

VIX options showed increases in open interest for the $55 call expiring September 17, 2025, and the $16 call expiring August 20, 2025, rising by 23.08K and 21.49K respectively.