Whale Moves | VIX $20 Call and Sirius XM $3.50 Call Surge in Open Interest
Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decline of 0.51%, with an option volume of 6.80M and open interest at 17.88M.
Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a drop of 0.78%, trading options at a volume of 4.03M, while open interest stood at 9.86M.
NVIDIA (NVDA) fell by 2.55%, with an option volume of 3.02M and open interest at 26.25M.
Tesla (TSLA) edged up by 0.15%, trading 2.33M options, and its open interest is 7.46M.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) decreased by 0.50%, with options traded at 1.38M and open interest at 12.14M.
Palantir (PLTR) declined significantly by 5.08%, with an options volume of 1.25M and open interest at 3.58M.
Apple (AAPL) increased by 1.61%, trading options at a volume of 956.74K, with an open interest of 5.96M.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped by 5.57%, with 915.62K options traded and open interest at 3.32M.
Amazon (AMZN) saw a slight decline of 0.41%, with an option volume of 881.97K and open interest at 4.21M.
iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) surged by 8.22%, trading 724.39K options, with an open interest of 5.21M.
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) rose by 0.52%, with options traded at 645.69K, and its open interest is 4.40M.
Alibaba (BABA) increased by 7.44%, with an options volume of 638.99K and open interest at 2.86M.
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) recorded a significant rise of 10.04%, trading 574.38K options, with an open interest of 3.10M.
NIO Inc (NIO) saw a substantial increase of 12.36%, with options trading at 572.12K, and open interest at 3.41M.
iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 2.58%, with options volume at 542.58K and open interest at 5.26M.
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) fell by 0.87%, trading 514.69K options, and its open interest is 851.06K.
Rivian Automotive (RIVN) rose by 11.15%, with an options volume of 494.97K and open interest at 2.74M.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) declined by 0.92%, with 494.57K options traded and open interest at 6.02M. $94 put expiring January 17, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 71.59K, and $94.50 call expiring December 13, 2024, increased by 33.54K.
MicroStrategy (MSTR) dropped by 7.51%, with an option volume of 454.88K and open interest at 2.50M.
MARA Holdings (MARA) saw a significant drop of 9.74%, with options traded at 368.66K and open interest at 1.84M.
Other Notable Moves
Sirius XM (SIRI) saw several significant increases in open interest. The $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, increased by 91.73K, while the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, saw an increase of 86.45K. Additionally, the $4.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, rose by 71.78K.
VIX saw notable increases in open interest with the $20 call expiring January 22, 2025, up by 137.20K, and the $14.50 call expiring December 18, 2024, increasing by 36.71K.
LAZR (Luminar Technologies) saw open interest for the $1.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, increase by 71.28K, and the $1.00 call expiring January 16, 2026, rose by 69.29K.