Whale Moves | VIX Options Surge with Major Increases in $16, $23 Puts and $40 Call Open Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a slight decline of 0.28% with an impressive option volume of 3.94 million and open interest at 19.15 million. Notably, open interest for the $480 put expiring August 29, 2025, increased by 7.83K contracts, and the $513 put expiring May 16, 2025, saw an increase of 7.56K contracts.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a positive move of 1.35% with an option volume of 2.50 million and open interest at 22.39 million. There were no significant open interest changes reported.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) had a modest gain of 0.11% with an option volume of 1.57 million and open interest at 9.85 million. The $320 put expiring May 30, 2025, experienced an increase in open interest by 25.04K contracts.

Tesla (TSLA) rose by 0.70% with an option volume of 1.47 million and open interest at 8.60 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 6.24% with an option volume of 990.67K and open interest at 3.49 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Apple (AAPL) slightly dipped by 0.19% with an option volume of 841.93K and open interest at 5.52 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) experienced a small gain of 0.12% with an option volume of 799.01K and open interest at 12.38 million. Notably, the $176 put expiring August 15, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 8K contracts.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) increased by 0.27% with an option volume of 762.45K and open interest at 9.03 million. The $69 put expiring June 20, 2025, added 10.01K contracts to open interest, and the $65 put expiring July 18, 2025, saw an increase of 8.36K contracts.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose by 0.10% with an option volume of 535.73K and open interest at 6.75 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Amazon (AMZN) fell by 1.39% with an option volume of 516.67K and open interest at 4.29 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) increased by 0.35% with an option volume of 472.50K and open interest at 6.47 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Meta Platforms (META) declined by 1.87% with an option volume of 410.95K and open interest at 2.13 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Bank of America (BAC) saw a strong rise of 3.60% with an option volume of 394.72K and open interest at 3.06 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) increased by 0.52% with an option volume of 333.95K and open interest at 4.25 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) gained 0.25% with an option volume of 329.84K and open interest at 5.71 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Intel (INTC) fell by 2.26% with an option volume of 312.47K and open interest at 5.89 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose by 0.84% with an option volume of 306.31K and open interest at 3.92 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) increased by 0.38% with an option volume of 280.25K and open interest at 1.24 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Strategy (MSTR) fell by 0.23% with an option volume of 278.89K and open interest at 2.21 million. There were no notable changes in open interest.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) declined by 1.74% with an option volume of 244.33K and open interest at 3.15 million. There were no significant open interest changes.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw several notable open interest increases. The $16 put expiring June 18, 2025, increased by 53.93K contracts, while the $23 put expiring July 16, 2025, saw an increase of 26.92K contracts. Additionally, the $40 call expiring July 16, 2025, increased by 22.71K contracts.