Whale Moves | SPY, QQQ, IWM Puts and GLD Calls See Significant Open Interest Surges

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) dropped by 0.37% with an option volume of 9.98M and open interest of 17.40M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell by 0.53% with option volume reaching 5.07M and open interest at 9.51M. Notably, a $540 put expiring November 21, 2025 saw an open interest increase of 56.25K.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a significant decline of 4.45%, with option volume of 2.30M and open interest of 7.96M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a minor drop of 0.27%, accompanied by an option volume of 1.85M and open interest of 18.94M. The $230 call expiring December 19, 2025, observed an open interest increase of 24.94K, and another $230 call expiring November 21, 2025, increased by 24.66K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 1.07% with an option volume of 1.39M and open interest of 11.05M. There was a notable open interest increase with a $235 put expiring November 21, 2025, up by 45.76K, and a $240 put expiring November 21, 2025, up by 36.23K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 3.83% with an option volume of 1.28M and open interest of 3.92M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 3.03% with an option volume of 1.05M and open interest standing at 7.28M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) increased by 0.52%, with an option volume of 1.00M and open interest of 5.01M. The $370 call expiring October 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 82.90K, whereas the $420 call expiring June 18, 2026, rose by 35.75K, and the $425 call expiring June 18, 2026, increased by 23.11K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) surged by 6.75% with an option volume of 817.72K and open interest of 4.21M. A $30 call expiring November 21, 2025, recorded an open interest increase of 34.50K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) decreased by 1.52% with an option volume of 766.57K and open interest of 7.17M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) edged up by 0.11%, with an option volume of 709.99K and open interest of 3.17M.

Palantir (PLTR) rose by 1.47% with option volume of 665.40K and open interest totaling 3.51M.

Intel (INTC) gained 1.59%, with an option volume of 654.55K and open interest of 6.97M.

POET Technologies (POET) saw a remarkable increase of 23.51%, with an option volume of 609.76K and open interest at 397.10K.

PayPal (PYPL) increased by 4.66% with an option volume of 604.72K and open interest at 1.72M.

Strategy (MSTR) plunged by 8.70%, with option volume of 564.12K and open interest at 2.72M.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) fell by 2.08% with an option volume of 541.96K and open interest of 4.50M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) edged down by 0.11%, with option volume of 534.79K and open interest of 9.39M. Notable open interest increases were observed with a $77 put expiring April 17, 2026, up by 33.00K, a $77 put expiring November 21, 2025, up by 30.29K, and an $80 put expiring November 21, 2025, up by 26.95K.

Amazon (AMZN) moved up by 0.40%, with an option volume of 522.60K and open interest of 4.43M.

IREN Ltd (IREN) saw a significant rise of 6.81% with an option volume of 507.69K and open interest at 2.39M. A $60 put expiring October 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 40.14K.

Other Notable Moves

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) saw notable open interest increases with a $25 put expiring November 21, 2025, up by 126.01K, and a $27 call expiring November 21, 2025, up by 123.22K.

KWEB saw increases in open interest for a $50 call expiring December 19, 2025, up by 40.00K, and a $47 call expiring December 19, 2025, up by 38.32K.

BlackBerry (BB) experienced an open interest increase with a $5 call expiring October 10, 2025, up by 35.59K.

Archer Aviation (ACHR) saw a $12 put expiring October 10, 2025, increase in open interest by 35.02K.

Peabody Energy (BTU) recorded an increase with a $37 call expiring April 17, 2026, up by 33.32K.

Pfizer (PFE) saw an open interest increase with a $24 put expiring November 7, 2025, rising by 32.93K.

CORZ noted an open interest increase with a $17.50 put expiring October 17, 2025, up by 26.86K.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) experienced an increase with a $43 call expiring October 10, 2025, up by 25.09K.

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) saw an increase in open interest with a $75 put expiring December 19, 2025, up by 25.01K.

VALE S.A. (VALE) saw open interest increase with an $11.50 call expiring October 10, 2025, by 24.33K.

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) recorded an increase with a $12 call expiring January 16, 2026, up by 23.05K.