Whale Moves | VIX Call Open Interest Surges with Notable Increases in SPX and EEM Call Contracts

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a rise of 0.49% with an impressive option volume of 4.43M and open interest at 18.28M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw its share price decline by 0.38%, while options trading activity reached 3.47M in volume and open interest stood at 23.34M.

Tesla (TSLA) shares decreased by 1.40%, accompanied by an option volume of 2.46M and open interest totaling 9.08M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose slightly by 0.11%, with options trading at a volume of 1.85M and open interest at 10.20M. Notably, the $535 call expiring May 30, 2025 saw an open interest increase of 13.88K.

UnitedHealth (UNH) witnessed a significant decline of 10.93%, while options trading volume reached 1.50M and open interest was 839.42K.

Apple (AAPL) shares dropped by 0.41%, with an option volume of 1.01M and open interest at 5.41M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose by 0.88%, with options trading volume of 887.90K and open interest totaling 6.14M.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by 2.42%, while option volume reached 840.98K and open interest was 4.48M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased by 0.65%, displaying an option volume of 803.15K and an open interest of 12.90M. The $190 put expiring July 18, 2025 saw an open interest increase of 19.93K.

Strategy (MSTR) declined by 4.73%, with options trading volume of 802.66K and open interest at 2.51M.

Palantir (PLTR) shares fell by 1.58%, with option trading volume reaching 749.21K and open interest at 3.93M.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) saw a decline of 2.31%, with option volume at 662.65K and open interest totaling 2.98M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experienced a drop of 2.32%, with options trading volume of 640.16K and open interest at 4.24M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) rose by 1.60%, with options trading volume reaching 609.51K and open interest of 4.73M.

Coinbase (COIN) fell sharply by 7.20%, with options trading volume of 517.07K and open interest at 1.36M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) decreased by 0.85%, displaying an option volume of 481.28K and open interest at 3.64M.

Alibaba (BABA) saw a significant drop of 7.57%, with options trading volume at 469.95K and open interest of 2.70M.

Meta Platforms (META) fell by 2.35%, with options trading volume of 407.20K and open interest totaling 2.27M.

Walmart (WMT) experienced a slight decline of 0.50%, with options trading volume of 401.38K and open interest at 1.84M.

Microsoft (MSFT) increased by 0.23%, with options trading volume of 396.50K and open interest totaling 2.36M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw several notable increases in open interest: the $47.50 call expiring November 19, 2025 increased by 80.00K, the $23.00 call expiring November 19, 2025 increased by 20.00K, and the $18.00 call expiring May 21, 2025 increased by 11.78K.

EEM experienced an open interest increase for the $52.00 call expiring December 19, 2025 by 47.25K.

SPX options also saw notable movements, with the $5900 call expiring June 20, 2025 increasing by 10.56K and the $5900 put expiring June 20, 2025 increasing by 8.45K.