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Whale Moves | SPY and VIX Puts See Major Open Interest Surge, SPXW Puts Also Show Significant Increases

Market BriefThursday, Feb 20, 2025 7:01 pm ET

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decrease of 0.42%, with an option volume of 3.81 million and open interest at 17.54 million. Notably, the $595 put expiring February 28, 2025, experienced an open interest increase of 57.11K, and the $605 put expiring March 21, 2025, saw an increase of 24.44K, while the $600 put with the same expiration also noted an increase of 21.96K.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped by 5.17%, with an option volume of 2.89 million and an open interest of 3.80 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) rose by 0.63%, with an option volume of 2.40 million and an open interest of 24.32 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined by 0.42%, with an option volume of 1.83 million and open interest at 7.55 million. The $525 put expiring March 21, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 11.67K.

Tesla (TSLA) fell by 1.71%, with an option volume of 1.72 million and open interest of 7.50 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) decreased by 1.63%, with an option volume of 1.51 million and an open interest of 3.94 million.

Alibaba (BABA) surged by 8.09%, with an option volume of 1.49 million and open interest of 2.95 million.

BP PLC (BP) experienced a slight increase of 0.32%, with an option volume of 1.11 million and open interest at 862.40K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) went down by 0.96%, with an option volume of 996.31K and open interest at 10.53 million.

Apple (AAPL) saw a modest rise of 0.39%, with an option volume of 795.90K and open interest at 4.72 million.

Intel (INTC) increased by 1.44%, with an option volume of 758.64K and open interest of 6.14 million.

Microsoft (MSFT) rose by 0.53%, with an option volume of 683.84K and open interest of 2.47 million.

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) gained 1.74%, with an option volume of 586.47K and open interest at 3.58 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a minor decline of 0.45%, with an option volume of 583.51K and open interest of 3.97 million.

Amazon (AMZN) dropped by 1.65%, with an option volume of 543.10K and open interest at 3.68 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) went up by 0.37%, with an option volume of 523.19K and open interest of 5.95 million.

Walmart (WMT) experienced a significant fall of 6.53%, with an option volume of 487.28K and open interest at 1.73 million.

Meta Platforms (META) declined by 1.27%, with an option volume of 457.77K and open interest of 2.17 million.

Strategy (MSTR) increased by 1.65%, with an option volume of 455.75K and open interest at 2.39 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) rose by 2.54%, with an option volume of 425.51K and open interest of 2.60 million.

Other Notable Moves

The VIX saw significant open interest changes with the $17 call expiring March 18, 2025, increasing by 36.68K. Additionally, the $15 put and $20 call, both expiring on the same date, saw increases of 22.72K and 19.59K, respectively, among other varied call options.

The SPXW $5,050 put expiring April 4, 2025, and the $5,100 put with the same expiration each saw substantial open interest increases of 56.82K and 56.75K, respectively.

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