Whale Moves | Tesla and MicroStrategy Options Surge; Significant Increases in Sirius XM Open Interest

Market BriefWednesday, Dec 25, 2024 7:00 pm ET
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Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw an increase of 1.11%, with an option volume of 6.38 million and an open interest of 16.27 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 1.36%, with an option volume of 2.66 million and an open interest of 8.12 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a gain of 0.39%, trading 2.19 million options with an open interest of 25.03 million.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 7.36%, with an option volume of 1.67 million and an open interest of 8.09 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased by 0.89%, with options traded amounting to 910.44K and an open interest of 10.23 million.

Palantir (PLTR) climbed 2.09%, with an option volume of 761.03K and an open interest of 3.50 million.

Altria (MO) saw a slight decline of 0.21%, trading 610.38K options with an open interest of 375.15K.

Apple (AAPL) increased by 1.15%, with options trading at 571.02K and an open interest of 5.83 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 1.36%, with an option volume of 374.20K and an open interest of 3.85 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) jumped 5.96%, trading 347.86K options with an open interest of 3.86 million.

Broadcom (AVGO) gained 3.15%, with an option volume of 326.93K and an open interest of 2.45 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased by 0.42%, with an option volume of 317.47K and an open interest of 5.13 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) surged 7.81%, with options trading at 291.32K and an open interest of 2.57 million.

Amazon (AMZN) rose by 1.77%, trading 252.69K options with an open interest of 4.02 million.

MARA Holdings (MARA) saw an increase of 4.68%, with an option volume of 201.56K and an open interest of 1.74 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) climbed 6.36%, with options traded amounting to 192.88K and an open interest of 2.03 million.

NIO Inc (NIO) increased by 3.13%, with an option volume of 171.37K and an open interest of 3.36 million.

GameStop (GME) rose by 0.78%, with options trading at 165.63K and an open interest of 1.09 million.

Lucid Group (LCID) climbed 3.23%, trading 161.64K options with an open interest of 1.93 million.

Tilray Brands (TLRY) fell by 1.40%, with options trading at 155.40K and an open interest of 1.11 million.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) saw significant increases in open interest for several options, including the $3.50 and $4.00 calls expiring January 16, 2026, and the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025. The $5.00 call and $7.00 call, both expiring January 17, 2025, also saw notable increases.

LAZR showed increased open interest for the $1.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, and January 16, 2026, as well as for the $0.50 put expiring January 15, 2027.

Bluebird Bio (BLUE) experienced an increase in open interest for the $0.50 call expiring May 16, 2025.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares (TSLL) saw an increase in open interest for the $12.73 call expiring January 17, 2025.

Fresh Vine Wine (VLD1) had an increase in open interest for the $0.50 call expiring January 17, 2025.

The S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) showed an increase in open interest for the $20.00 call expiring March 18, 2025.