Whale Moves | VIX, SPXW Options See Significant Open Interest Surge; SPY Tops Trading Volume

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

Today's most traded option is SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which saw a decline of 0.53% with an option volume of 4.49 million and open interest at 15.15 million.

NVIDIA declined by 3.67%, with an option volume of 3.90 million and open interest of 22.54 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust inched down 0.15%, with 2.26 million options traded and open interest standing at 6.52 million.

ProShares Bitcoin ETF experienced a decline of 3.42%, with 1.47 million options traded and open interest at 551.37K.

Tesla increased by 1.08%, with an option volume of 1.46 million and open interest of 5.83 million.

Apple saw a decline of 0.67%, with an option volume of 1.32 million and open interest at 4.14 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF dropped 0.90%, with 1.24 million options traded and open interest at 9.08 million.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF fell 1.13%, with 578.09K options traded and open interest at 5.28 million.

Intel decreased by 2.90%, with an option volume of 571.18K and open interest of 4.54 million.

Palantir rose by 1.56%, with 528.78K options traded and open interest at 2.70 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF declined by 0.66%, with an option volume of 476.56K and open interest at 5.42 million.

Microsoft saw a minimal increase of 0.02%, with an option volume of 455.38K and open interest at 2.09 million.

Alibaba fell sharply by 3.80%, with an option volume of 386.51K and open interest at 2.41 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust dropped by 3.37%, with 372.91K options traded and open interest at 2.09 million.

Meta Platforms increased by 0.32%, with an option volume of 364.41K and open interest at 1.69 million.

Advanced Micro Devices declined by 2.45%, with an option volume of 323.53K and open interest at 3.33 million.

SoFi Technologies saw a significant drop of 4.01%, with an option volume of 322.54K and open interest at 2.47 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF experienced a slight decline of 0.20%, with an option volume of 314.35K and open interest at 5.06 million.

Broadcom rose by 2.60%, with 309.81K options traded and open interest at 1.96 million.

SPDR Gold ETF saw a slight rise of 0.20%, with an option volume of 308.55K and open interest at 2.46 million.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw significant open interest increases across various strikes and expiration dates, including a $60 call expiring March 18, 2025, with an increase of 153.81K, and a $30 call for the same expiration date with an increase of 153.80K, among other notable increases.

SPXW options also showed notable open interest increases, including a $5,050 put expiring March 14, 2025, with an increase of 54.19K, and a $5,100 put for the same date with an increase of 54.17K.