Whale Moves | SPY, QQQ, and VIX See Major Put and Call Open Interest Surges

【Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options】

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a decline of 1.64%, with an option volume of 10.63 million and open interest at 19.04 million. Notably, SPY saw significant open interest increases in various puts, including $485 put expiring September 30, 2025, with an increase of 100.02K, and $490 put expiring on the same date with an increase of 99.96K among others.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) decreased by 1.97%, with an option volume of 5.63 million and open interest at 9.12 million. A notable move was the increase in open interest for the $544.78 put expiring January 16, 2026, with an increment of 119.96K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) fell by 2.33%, with an option volume of 3.89 million and open interest standing at 19.96 million. Significant open interest increases were observed for the $187.50 call expiring August 8, 2025, and the $197.50 call on the same date, with increases of 42.64K and 28.15K, respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) saw a decrease of 1.83%, with an option volume of 3.47 million and open interest at 8.26 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by 2.04%, with an option volume of 2.44 million and open interest at 12.24 million. It saw an increase in open interest for the $209 put expiring September 19, 2025, with a rise of 68.40K.

Apple (AAPL) declined by 2.50%, with an option volume of 2.10 million and open interest at 5.12 million.

Amazon (AMZN) dropped sharply by 8.27%, with an option volume of 1.88 million and open interest standing at 4.21 million.

Strategy (MSTR) fell significantly by 8.77%, with an option volume of 1.28 million and open interest at 2.65 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) decreased by 2.61%, with an option volume of 1.19 million and open interest at 4.04 million.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw a positive movement of +2.03%, with an option volume of 1.09 million and open interest at 3.65 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) declined by 3.06%, with an option volume of 920.19K and open interest at 2.31 million.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped by 2.58%, with an option volume of 887.01K and open interest at 3.33 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 3.17%, with an option volume of 861.47K and open interest at 5.14 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) moved slightly up by 0.01%, with an option volume of 822.45K and open interest at 7.22 million.

Meta Platforms (META) saw a decline of 3.03%, with an option volume of 805.77K and open interest at 2.21 million.

UnitedHealth (UNH) dropped by 4.72%, with an option volume of 727.14K and open interest at 1.83 million.

Coinbase (COIN) fell sharply by 16.70%, with an option volume of 708.04K and open interest at 1.26 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw an increase of 1.42%, with an option volume of 676.36K and open interest at 5.59 million.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) decreased by 5.98%, with an option volume of 641.23K and open interest at 3.69 million. The $20 put expiring December 17, 2027, saw an increase in open interest of 36.63K.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) fell by 6.00%, with an option volume of 593.70K and open interest at 1.03 million.

【Other Notable Moves】

VIX saw significant open interest increases for the $60 call expiring October 22, 2025, with an increase of 100.46K, and the $110 call on the same date with an increase of 100.01K.

EWZ experienced a rise in open interest for the $36 call expiring March 20, 2026, with an increase of 64.30K.

XLF saw open interest increases for the $54 put expiring January 16, 2026, and the $56 call expiring October 17, 2025, with increases of 37.01K and 34.60K, respectively.

SMCI noted an increase in open interest for the $68 call expiring August 8, 2025, with a rise of 34.15K.

MARA saw open interest increases for the $17.50 call expiring August 8, 2025, with an increase of 33.03K.

MSFT experienced an open interest increase for the $515 call expiring November 21, 2025, with an increase of 29.29K.

RKT observed open interest increases for the $15.50 call expiring August 1, 2025, and the $17.50 call on the same date, with increases of 35.00K and 31.50K, respectively.

EWC noted an increase in open interest for the $46 put expiring January 16, 2026, with an increase of 26.68K.

GDX saw an increase in open interest for the $50 put expiring October 17, 2025, with an increase of 25.06K.

BAX noted an increase in open interest for the $20 put expiring September 19, 2025, with an increase of 24.08K.

EEM experienced an increase in open interest for the $45 put expiring March 20, 2026, with an increase of 22.50K.