Whale Moves | Super Micro Computer Soars 11.62%, TSLA and MARA Options Surge in Volume
Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a modest increase of 0.31% with an impressive option volume of 7.66 million contracts and open interest at 18.43 million.
NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a decline of 3.22%, with an option volume of 5.35 million contracts and open interest at 27.19 million.
Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) had a slight uptick of 0.16%, trading 4.00 million option contracts, with open interest at 9.53 million.
Tesla (TSLA) surged by 3.80%, boasting an option volume of 3.40 million contracts and open interest at 7.79 million.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose by 1.85%, with an option volume of 1.63 million and open interest at 11.72 million.
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) saw a significant increase of 11.62%, trading 1.34 million option contracts, with open interest standing at 4.62 million.
MicroStrategy (MSTR) was up 6.19%, with an option volume of 889.09K contracts and open interest at 2.54 million.
Palantir (PLTR) increased by 4.87%, with an option volume of 856.69K and open interest at 3.55 million.
Apple (AAPL) climbed 0.59%, trading 821.39K option contracts, with open interest at 5.87 million.
MARA Holdings (MARA) rose 7.65%, with an option volume of 696.59K contracts and open interest at 1.86 million.
Amazon (AMZN) dipped slightly by 0.64%, with an option volume of 655.04K and open interest at 4.29 million.
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) increased by 1.12%, with an option volume of 530.76K and open interest at 8.07 million.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a marginal rise of 0.06%, trading 477.43K option contracts, with open interest at 6.06 million.
SoFi Technologies (SOFI) increased by 3.93%, with an option volume of 457.13K and open interest at 3.03 million.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) edged up by 0.63%, with an option volume of 456.07K contracts and open interest at 3.29 million.
Coinbase (COIN) rose by 3.19%, with an option volume of 449.62K and open interest at 1.30 million.
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) was up 1.39%, trading 445.73K option contracts, with open interest at 795.10K.
Snowflake (SNOW) decreased by 2.28%, with an option volume of 438.64K and open interest at 774.81K.
Pfizer (PFE) gained 2.07%, with an option volume of 411.31K and open interest at 3.36 million.
Alphabet-A (GOOGL) fell by 1.71%, with an option volume of 374.83K and open interest at 2.67 million.
Other Notable Moves
Sirius XM (SIRI) had notable open interest increases across several options: the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K, and the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 86.45K. Additionally, the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, saw an increase of 71.78K.
Spirit Airlines (SAVE) options showed significant open interest increases, such as the $5.00 put expiring January 16, 2026, which increased by 80.22K, and the $2.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, which increased by 72.21K.