Whale Moves | SPY, TSLA, NVDA, IWM, HYG Put/Call Open Interest Surge, VIX Calls Spike

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decline of 0.44%, with a notable option volume of 6.71 million. Significant open interest increases were observed in $480 put, $430 put, and $530 put each expiring October 31, 2025, with increases of 200.10K, 102.70K, and 100.04K respectively.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined by 0.29% with an option volume of 3.48 million.

Tesla (TSLA) gained 1.94% with an option volume of 2.03 million. The $350 call expiring September 12, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 57.69K, while the $120 put expiring August 29, 2025, saw an increase of 46.69K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) dropped 9.38% with an option volume of 2.03 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose 1.02%, trading with an option volume of 1.82 million. Notable open interest increases were seen in the $172.50 call expiring September 19, 2025, which increased by 50.11K, and the $187.50 call expiring August 29, 2025, which increased by 33.23K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell 1.05% with an option volume of 1.17 million. Significant open interest increases were noted in the $228 put expiring September 19, 2025, by 45.71K, and several other puts expiring the same date.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped 0.99% with an option volume of 888.44K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) saw an increase of 4.52% with an option volume of 809.39K.

Intel (INTC) experienced a decline of 1.01% with an option volume of 743.08K. The $23.50 put expiring August 29, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 33.45K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased 5.09% with an option volume of 622.49K.

Apple (AAPL) slightly fell by 0.26% with an option volume of 566.07K.

NIO Inc (NIO) dropped 3.94% with an option volume of 544.04K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) saw a slight decline of 0.20% with an option volume of 458.43K. The $79 put and $76 put expiring October 17, 2025, saw open interest increases of 65.86K and 65.83K respectively.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) gained 1.16% with an option volume of 453.41K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell 2.62% with an option volume of 447.57K.

iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) experienced a decline of 8.58% with an option volume of 417.41K.

Strategy (MSTR) dropped 4.17% with an option volume of 413.02K.

PDD Holdings (PDD) increased 0.87% with an option volume of 407.80K. Notable open interest increases were observed in the $130 call and $135 call expiring September 26, 2025, with increases of 73.58K and 44.36K respectively.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) slightly decreased by 0.49% with an option volume of 373.79K.

Robinhood (HOOD) fell 1.26% with an option volume of 307.43K.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw significant open interest increases in the $55 call and $100 call expiring November 19, 2025, with increases of 75.53K and 75.39K respectively.

XLI observed open interest increases in the $143 put, $157 call, and $162 call expiring October 3, 2025, with increases of 65K, 50K, and 50K respectively.

PBRA noticed an open interest increase in the $12.50 call expiring December 19, 2025, by 64.50K.

SMH saw an open interest increase in the $205 put expiring August 29, 2025, by 64.13K.

MARA experienced open interest increases in the $17 call and $18 call expiring August 29, 2025, with increases of 50.61K and 49.24K respectively.

BULL noted open interest increases in the $16 call and $13.50 put expiring August 29, 2025, with increases of 39.06K and 35.15K respectively.

TLT experienced open interest increases in the $88 call and $87 call expiring August 29, 2025, with increases of 34.36K and 31.17K respectively.

KWEB observed an open interest increase in the $44 call expiring September 19, 2025, by 31.02K.