Whale Moves | TSLA, AAL, SOUN Call Surges Amid Market Volatility; SIRI, LAZR Notable Open Interest Gains

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight decrease of 0.16%, with an impressive option volume of 6.01M and open interest standing at 18.26M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 0.28% decline, having an option volume of 3.37M and an open interest of 9.87M.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 3.23%, trading with an option volume of 2.97M and open interest reaching 7.64M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) showed a minor drop of 0.05%, with an option volume of 2.90M and open interest of 27.12M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell by 1.17%, with option volume and open interest recorded at 1.41M and 12.13M, respectively.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) declined by 4.83%, trading with an option volume of 809.27K and open interest of 2.65M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased by 1.10%, with its option volume reaching 786.25K and open interest at 4.31M.

Intel (INTC) saw a significant drop of 5.28%, trading with an option volume of 777.63K and open interest of 5.09M.

Bank of America (BAC) rose by 1.36%, with option volume standing at 749.24K and an open interest of 3.44M.

Palantir (PLTR) increased by 2.89%, recorded with an option volume of 674.58K and an open interest of 3.57M.

Apple (AAPL) noted a slight increase of 0.01%, with an option volume of 614.30K and open interest of 6.16M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) saw a slight decrease of 0.04%, with option volume and open interest recorded at 596.11K and 1.37M, respectively.

GameStop (GME) rose significantly by 5.92%, trading with an option volume of 586.71K and an open interest of 981.66K.

Microsoft (MSFT) increased by 1.19%, with option volume reaching 545.61K and open interest at 2.59M.

American Airlines (AAL) experienced a strong surge of 16.80%, with option volume of 544.93K and open interest of 3.31M.

Uber Technologies (UBER) saw a steep decline of 9.60%, trading with an option volume of 522.89K and open interest of 1.33M.

SoundHound AI (SOUN) surged by 31.33%, with option volume of 506.77K and open interest at 755.52K.

MARA Holdings (MARA) decreased by 4.51%, with an option volume of 498.72K and an open interest of 1.99M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experienced a decline of 1.83%, trading with an option volume of 497.23K and an open interest of 3.38M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased slightly by 0.20%, with an option volume of 483.36K and open interest at 5.96M.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM (SIRI) saw notable open interest increases in several options: the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026 increased by 91.73K, the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025 increased by 86.45K, and the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026 increased by 71.78K.

LAZR Technologies (LAZR) experienced significant open interest growth in its $1.00 call options, with the one expiring January 17, 2025, increasing by 71.28K and the one expiring January 16, 2026, increasing by 69.29K.

EEM saw open interest increases in its $40.00 call and put options, both expiring December 13, 2024, with an increase of 55.00K each.