Whale Moves | VIX $40 and $30 Calls Surge in Open Interest by 49.67K and 44.09K, Respectively

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a slight gain of +0.16% with an option volume of 3.82M and an open interest of 17.72M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped by -1.97%, with an options volume of 3.23M and open interest at 25.36M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) decreased by -0.32%, with options trading at 1.98M and an open interest of 7.70M.

Tesla (TSLA) rose +2.17%, recording an option volume of 1.47M and open interest standing at 7.73M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased +0.19%, with an option volume of 1.45M and open interest at 10.57M. Notably, the $205 put expiring February 21, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 17.44K, while the $217 put expiring January 17, 2025, saw an increase by 12.20K.

Apple (AAPL) declined by -1.03%, with an options volume of 908.74K and an open interest of 5.93M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) had a marginal decline of -0.04%, with an options volume of 786.83K and open interest at 5.79M.

Palantir (PLTR) fell by -3.39%, with an option volume of 539.73K and open interest at 3.46M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw an increase of +1.10%, with options traded at 532.56K and an open interest of 3.91M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dropped by -2.35%, with options trading at 471.13K and open interest at 5.86M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) declined by -1.15%, with an options volume of 407.67K and open interest at 2.17M.

Trump Media & Technology (DJT) surged by +21.52%, with options volume at 400.79K and open interest of 674.95K.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) saw a slight increase of +0.15%, with options trading at 388.92K and open interest at 2.56M.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) sharply declined by -32.25%, with an options volume of 370.84K and open interest at 715.60K.

Amazon (AMZN) experienced a slight drop of -0.22%, with options traded at 363.06K and an open interest of 4.08M.

Meta Platforms (META) decreased by -1.22%, with an option volume of 300.30K and open interest at 2.12M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) had a minimal decline of -0.03%, with options volume at 299.11K and an open interest of 6.30M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell sharply by -4.66%, with options trading at 271.63K and open interest at 3.55M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) rose by +0.72%, with an options volume of 271.47K and open interest at 6.90M.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) decreased by -0.68%, with options traded at 259.06K and open interest at 6.85M. Notably, both the $40 put and call expiring March 21, 2025, saw significant increases in open interest by 23.53K and 23.50K, respectively.

Other Notable Moves

Significant open interest changes were observed in several VIX options, including the $40 call expiring February 19, 2025, which saw an increase of 49.67K, and the $30 call expiring January 22, 2025, with an increase of 44.09K. Various puts expiring on different dates also saw notable changes, such as the $15 put expiring February 19, 2025, with an open interest increase of 23.01K.

XSP saw a notable increase in open interest for the $555 put expiring March 7, 2025, by 14.23K.