Whale Moves | Surge in SPY $500 Puts and NVDA Calls; Notable Moves in OPEN $10 Calls and QQQ $545 Puts

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Tuesday, Sep 23, 2025 8:01 pm ET2min read
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Aime RobotAime Summary

- SPY, QQQ, and NVDA led options trading with volumes exceeding 1.5M, showing heightened market activity.

- SPY's $500 puts (200K increase) and NVDA's $187.50 calls (46K increase) highlighted major open interest shifts.

- OPEN (-15.39%) and BBAI (+12.85%) saw extreme price swings with significant call/put volume spikes.

- High-activity stocks included IWM, TSLA, and AMZN, reflecting broad market volatility and speculative positioning.

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) declined by 0.54% with an impressive option volume of 8.84M. Open interest changes were significant for SPY with $500 puts expiring November 21, 2025 seeing an increase by 200.06K, $550 puts expiring November 21, 2025 seeing an increase by 100.50K, and $450 puts expiring November 21, 2025 seeing an increase by 100.13K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) dropped by 0.66% with an option volume of 4.87M. Notable open interest changes occurred for $545 puts expiring March 20, 2026, which increased by 116.15K, and $540 puts expiring October 17, 2025, which increased by 35.41K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) decreased by 2.82% with an option volume of 2.52M. Open interest increased for $187.50 calls expiring September 26, 2025 by 46.34K, $190 calls expiring September 26, 2025 by 38.58K, and $182.50 calls expiring September 26, 2025 by 31.29K.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell by 0.23% with an option volume of 1.94M. Open interest for $232 puts expiring October 17, 2025 rose by 53.80K and $250 calls expiring October 17, 2025 increased by 28.05K.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 1.93% with an option volume of 1.66M.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) experienced a significant drop of 15.39% with an option volume of 1.65M. Open interest for $10 calls expiring September 26, 2025 increased by 98.33K and $8 puts expiring October 17, 2025 increased by 27.77K.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by 3.04% with an option volume of 1.26M.

Apple (AAPL) dropped by 0.64% with an option volume of 1.11M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) rose by 0.41% with an option volume of 1.03M.

Palantir (PLTR) increased by 1.80% with an option volume of 870.77K.

Intel (INTC) rose by 2.02% with an option volume of 732.27K. Open interest for $23 puts expiring October 24, 2025 increased by 35.71K.

Plug Power (PLUG) dropped by 4.53% with an option volume of 698.90K. Open interest for $5 calls expiring December 19, 2025 increased by 49.97K.

Micron Technology (MU) gained 1.09% with an option volume of 630.72K.

iShares BitcoinBTC-- Trust (IBIT) decreased by 0.38% with an option volume of 529.55K. Open interest for $60 puts expiring November 21, 2025 increased by 28.25K and $60 calls expiring November 21, 2025 increased by 28.02K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 0.69% with an option volume of 528.56K.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) fell by 0.20% with an option volume of 505.26K. Open interest for $43 calls expiring March 20, 2026 increased by 28.75K.

BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) surged by 12.85% with an option volume of 497.08K.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) rose by 4.27% with an option volume of 490.83K. Open interest for $16 puts expiring September 26, 2025 increased by 32.33K and $18.50 calls expiring September 26, 2025 increased by 30.87K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) ticked down by 0.07% with an option volume of 455.95K. Open interest for $79 puts expiring November 21, 2025 increased by 32.96K and for $75 puts expiring October 17, 2025 increased by 29.68K.

Oracle (ORCL) fell by 4.36% with an option volume of 415.73K.

Other Notable Moves

NIO saw a significant open interest increase for $7 puts expiring October 17, 2025 by 60.27K.

Grab Holdings (GRAB) had a notable open interest increase for $8 calls expiring February 20, 2026 by 58.08K.

Nokia (NOK) saw an open interest increase for $5 calls expiring September 26, 2025 by 54.54K.

Google (GOOGL) experienced an open interest increase for $280 calls expiring November 21, 2025 by 36.22K.

Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) saw an open interest increase for $21 calls expiring October 17, 2025 by 34.13K.

UiPath (PATH) had an increase in open interest for $15 calls expiring January 16, 2026 by 29.19K.

Upstart Holdings (UPST) saw an open interest increase for $68 calls expiring September 26, 2025 by 26.98K.

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