Whale Moves | Tesla $100 Put and Nvidia $180 Call Surge in Open Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a volume of 7.72 million options traded as the stock increased by 1.52%.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) recorded an option volume of 3.83 million with the stock rising by 1.85%.

NVIDIA (NVDA) was up by 3.62% with an option volume of 1.88 million. The $180 call expiring August 8, 2025, saw a notable open interest increase of 37.94K contracts.

Tesla (TSLA) saw a 2.19% rise with an option volume of 1.46 million. The $100 put expiring August 8, 2025, had an open interest increase of 76.76K, and the $550 call for the same expiration grew by 41.33K in open interest.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) witnessed a 2.24% gain with 1.39 million options traded. The $210 put expiring August 29, 2025, experienced an open interest increase of 46.36K contracts.

Apple (AAPL) was up by 0.48%, with an option volume of 1.07 million.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 4.14% with 1.04 million options changing hands.

Amazon (AMZN) decreased by 1.44% with an option volume of 926.78K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) experienced a significant increase of 17.14%, with options traded totaling 606.63K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 2.96% with 476.66K options traded.

Robinhood (HOOD) saw a 6.48% rise with an option volume of 467.36K.

Meta Platforms (META) increased by 3.51% with an option volume of 420.50K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) rose by 1.53%, with 373.15K options traded.

Microsoft (MSFT) gained 2.20% with 366.10K options traded.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) saw a 3.12% rise with 355.58K options traded.

Strategy (MSTR) recorded a 6.17% increase with 353.79K options traded. The $420 call and $390 call, both expiring August 8, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 45.60K and 44.47K contracts respectively.

UnitedHealth (UNH) was up by 1.35% with an option volume of 347.90K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) rose by 3.48% with 341.98K options traded.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) saw a minimal increase of 0.27% with 339.92K options traded.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) was up by 0.34% with an option volume of 323.91K. The $78 put expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 95.38K contracts, and other puts with varying expirations and strike prices also experienced increased open interest.

Other Notable Moves

VIX $35 call expiring both August 20, 2025, and September 17, 2025, saw increases in open interest by 91.53K and 134.48K respectively.

GLD $320 call and $335 call, both expiring August 29, 2025, saw open interest increases of 105.16K and 105.01K respectively.

PCG $16 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an increase of 55.72K in open interest.

AAL $10.50 put expiring September 12, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 52.44K contracts.

XLI saw increases in open interest for the $141 put, $159 call, and $154 call expiring September 12, 2025, with increases of 65.00K, 50.00K, and 50.00K respectively.

MRNA $28.50 call and $30.50 call, both expiring August 8, 2025, saw increases in open interest by 36.82K and 36.72K respectively.

KWEB $36 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 35.17K contracts.