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Whale Moves | SPY, QQQ, SLV, VIX, SPXW & KRE See Major Put and Call Open Interest Surges

Market BriefThursday, May 1, 2025 8:00 pm ET

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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a rise of 0.71%, with an impressive option volume of 4.25M and an open interest of 16.42M. Notably, there was an increase in open interest of 15.94K for the $525 put expiring May 2, 2025.

NVIDIA (NVDA) surged by 2.47%, with an option volume of 3.84M and open interest totaling 22.16M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) went up by 1.31%, with an option volume of 2.44M and open interest of 9.02M. There were multiple significant open interest increases: $450 put expiring May 2, 2025 increased by 9.79K, $454 put expiring May 2, 2025 increased by 9.67K, and $461 put expiring May 2, 2025 increased by 7.92K.

Tesla (TSLA) saw a decline of 0.58%, with an option volume of 2.14M and open interest at 9.01M.

Amazon (AMZN) jumped by 3.13%, with an option volume of 1.26M and open interest reaching 4.16M.

Microsoft (MSFT) made impressive gains of 7.63%, with an option volume of 1.10M and open interest at 2.13M.

Apple (AAPL) experienced a moderate increase of 0.39%, with an option volume of 1.07M and open interest of 4.87M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by 0.62%, with an option volume of 1.04M and open interest amounting to 11.56M. A notable change in open interest was seen with a $180 put expiring December 19, 2025 increasing by 10.90K.

Meta Platforms (META) jumped by 4.23%, with an option volume of 933.53K and open interest of 2.24M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) dropped by 2.08%, with an option volume of 787.28K and open interest at 4.47M.

Strategy (MSTR) saw a rise of 0.39%, with an option volume of 760.04K and open interest amounting to 2.29M.

Palantir (PLTR) decreased by 1.89%, with an option volume of 732.36K and open interest totaling 3.42M.

Robinhood (HOOD) dropped sharply by 5.07%, with an option volume of 640.29K and open interest of 2.14M.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) increased by 0.75%, with an option volume of 563.29K and open interest at 774.49K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) rose by 2.69%, with an option volume of 529.44K and open interest amounting to 2.87M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.51%, with an option volume of 455.09K and open interest totaling 5.68M. There was a notable increase in open interest of 6.34K for the $86 put expiring June 6, 2025.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) surged by 3.44%, with an option volume of 449.22K and open interest at 1.18M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) increased slightly by 0.13%, with an option volume of 439.46K and open interest of 7.70M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) went up by 2.73%, with an option volume of 396.57K and open interest amounting to 2.61M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a slight decline of 0.72%, with an option volume of 395.38K and open interest totaling 3.68M.

Other Notable Moves

SLV saw an increase in open interest of 53.41K for the $29 put expiring July 18, 2025.

VIX experienced several changes: $55 call expiring November 19, 2025 increased by 40.01K, $25 call expiring July 16, 2025 increased by 10.34K, $25 call expiring November 19, 2025 increased by 10.00K, $18.5 put expiring June 18, 2025 increased by 8.94K, $33 call expiring June 18, 2025 increased by 8.25K, $39 call expiring July 16, 2025 increased by 7.51K, and $60 call expiring June 18, 2025 increased by 7.29K.

KRE saw an increase in open interest of 10.26K for the $47 put expiring May 16, 2025.

SPXW experienced multiple increases: $5880 call expiring July 31, 2025 increased by 9.70K, $4440 put expiring July 31, 2025 increased by 9.30K, $5270 put expiring July 31, 2025 increased by 9.27K, and $4400 put expiring July 31, 2025 increased by 5.99K.

SPX saw several changes: $6000 call expiring June 20, 2025 increased by 7.19K, $6000 put expiring June 20, 2025 increased by 6.67K, and $5000 call expiring June 20, 2025 increased by 5.71K.

SPXW 250931 5835.00C sees OI increases by 5.62K. SPXW 250931 5230.00P sees OI increases by 5.50K.

QQQ saw additional changes: $500 call expiring June 20, 2025 increased by 9.37K and $470 call expiring May 16, 2025 increased by 7.00K.

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