Whale Moves | VIX Calls Surge with 160K Open Interest Increase; FXI and IWM Puts See Significant Activity

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a stock increase of 0.35% with an impressive option volume of 7.21M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a decline of 0.79%, with an option volume of 5.22M. Notably, the $200 call option expiring August 29, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 42.72K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) climbed 0.63%, with 4.13M in option volume. Significant open interest increases were observed in the $547 put and $550 put options, both expiring September 12, 2025, by 35.39K and 32.90K, respectively.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 1.04%, with an option volume of 2.10M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) increased by 0.12%, with an option volume of 1.04M. The $225 put option expiring September 19, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 72.48K.

Apple (AAPL) rose by 0.90%, with an option volume of 801.53K.

Palantir (PLTR) saw a gain of 0.89%, with an option volume of 798.97K.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) soared 6.22%, with an option volume of 723.16K. The $4.50 call option expiring September 19, 2025, increased in open interest by 29.33K.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) climbed 0.87%, with an option volume of 683.06K.

Snowflake (SNOW) surged 20.27%, with an option volume of 610.75K.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) rose 2.01%, with an option volume of 545.96K.

Strategy (MSTR) declined 0.94%, with an option volume of 515.99K.

Amazon (AMZN) increased 1.08%, with an option volume of 513.91K.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) jumped 7.73%, with an option volume of 503.35K.

CoreWeave (CRWV) rose by 6.05%, with an option volume of 468.42K.

Barrick Mining (B) saw a decrease of 0.57%, with an option volume of 467.69K.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 0.11%, with an option volume of 457.69K. The $66 put option expiring September 5, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 24.96K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) increased by 0.74%, with an option volume of 455.79K.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) gained 4.33%, with an option volume of 455.27K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) experienced a slight increase of 0.05%, with an option volume of 451.84K. Notable open interest increases were seen in the $79 put, $80.50 put, and $79.50 put options, expiring October 17, 2025, September 5, 2025, and September 5, 2025, by 47.43K, 31.09K, and 24.49K, respectively.

Other Notable Moves

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) saw substantial open interest increases in the $47.50 call and $23 call options, expiring February 18, 2026, by 160.02K and 40.80K, respectively. Additionally, the $25 call option expiring September 17, 2025, increased by 30.91K.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) had significant open interest increases in the $45 call and $41 call options, expiring November 21, 2025, by 101.98K and 99.00K, respectively.

Enovix Corporation (ENVX) saw its $12 call option expiring September 5, 2025, increase in open interest by 42.71K.

Brazilian ETF (EWZ) experienced notable open interest increases across various options, including the $27 put expiring October 17, 2025, by 40.01K, and the $30 call and $33 call options, both expiring December 19, 2025, by 37.93K and 37.88K, respectively.