Whale Moves | VIX Call Contracts Surge with Massive Open Interest Increases Across Multiple Strikes

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Today's most traded option is SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which saw a stock price increase of +0.25% alongside an option volume of 7.37M and open interest of 18.94M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) recorded a +0.49% stock rise, with an option volume of 3.85M and open interest at 10.09M. A notable increase in open interest was observed for the $565 put expiring September 19, 2025, with an increase of 51.14K contracts.

NVIDIA (NVDA) traded with a +0.77% stock price change, option volume of 2.04M, and open interest of 20.82M. There was a significant increase in open interest for the $170 call expiring September 12, 2025, which increased by 45.64K contracts.

Tesla (TSLA) experienced a -1.27% decline in its stock, with an option volume of 1.58M and open interest of 8.32M. The $570 call expiring September 12, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 30.82K contracts.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) saw a significant drop of -9.17%, with options trading at a volume of 1.43M and open interest totaling 3.12M.

Robinhood (HOOD) surged by +15.83%, with an option volume of 1.13M and open interest of 2.60M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) had a modest gain of +0.20%, with an option volume of 904.56K and open interest of 12.33M. Notably, the $226 put expiring October 17, 2025, saw a 53.84K increase, and the $220 put expiring October 17, 2025, increased by 34.75K contracts.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw a +1.14% increase with an option volume of 861.14K and open interest at 4.16M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded a +0.44% increase in stock price, option volume of 816.06K, and open interest of 5.48M. The $100 call expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 34.08K contracts.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose by +1.33% with an option volume of 765.31K and open interest of 5.97M. Also, the $87.50 call expiring September 12, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 33.42K contracts.

Apple (AAPL) saw a -0.76% drop in its stock price, with an option volume of 692.99K and open interest of 5.80M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had a slight increase of +0.18%, with an option volume of 561.50K and open interest of 4.08M.

Palantir (HYG) increased by +1.95%, with its option volume hitting 530.71K and an open interest of 4.07M.

Amazon (AMZN) rose by +1.51%, trading at an option volume of 529.55K and open interest of 3.96M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) recorded a +0.81% gain, with an option volume of 528.78K and open interest of 5.97M.

Broadcom (AVGO) surged by +3.21% with an option volume of 522.10K and an open interest of 2.24M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) experienced a slight decline of -0.32%, with an option volume of 402.21K and open interest of 3.80M.

Strategy (MSTR) saw a -1.78% drop with an option volume of 349.57K and open interest of 3.24M.

Alibaba (BABA) increased significantly by +4.15%, with an option volume of 346.36K and open interest of 2.87M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw substantial open interest increases in several contracts: the $35 call expiring October 22, 2025, increased by 165.86K contracts, the $60 and $110 calls expiring December 17, 2025, each increased by 125.00K contracts, and the $21 call expiring October 22, 2025, rose by 27.97K contracts.

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) saw increases in several options: the $130 put expiring October 17, 2025, increased by 78.01K contracts, while the $142 put and $156 call expiring the same date rose by 61.68K and 50.03K contracts, respectively. The $161 call also experienced an increase of 50.02K contracts.

The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SMH) saw its $205 put expiring September 12, 2025, increase by 63.67K contracts.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) observed open interest increases for its $105 put expiring October 17, 2025, and $95 put expiring the same date, with increases of 40.28K and 40.00K contracts, respectively.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) saw the $86.50 put expiring September 12, 2025, increase by 40.21K contracts.

The Brazil ETF (EWZ) saw the $40 call expiring June 18, 2026, increase in open interest by 35.33K contracts, as did the Galaxy Digital Holdings (GLXY) $23 and $21 puts expiring September 12, 2025, with increases of 34.01K and 33.72K contracts, respectively.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) experienced an increase in the $157.50 call expiring September 12, 2025, with an open interest rise of 33.91K contracts.

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) and Rigetti Computing (RGTI) saw their $16 call and $15.50 call expiring September 12, 2025, increase by 32.64K and 31.88K contracts, respectively. Meanwhile, RGTI's $13.50 put saw an increase of 30.54K contracts.

The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB) observed increases for its $88 and $80 puts expiring October 17, 2025, each increasing by 30.01K contracts.