Whale Moves | Walgreens Boots Alliance Soars 17.74% with Option Volume Surge; VIX Calls Attract Huge Interest

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a decrease of 0.31% with an impressive option volume of 6.15 million and open interest at 18.35 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined by 0.34%, recording an option volume of 4.09 million and open interest of 9.99 million.

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a significant drop of 2.69%, accompanied by an option volume of 3.77 million and open interest of 26.87 million.

Tesla (TSLA) surged by 2.87% with an option volume of 2.66 million and open interest of 7.83 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) fell by 0.43%, with option volume reaching 1.48 million and open interest standing at 12.25 million.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) jumped 5.59%, reporting an option volume of 1.07 million and open interest of 2.72 million.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped by 2.17%, with a recorded option volume of 757.74K and open interest of 3.82 million.

Apple (AAPL) increased by 0.41%, with an option volume of 696.78K and open interest of 6.13 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) declined by 2.39%, with an option volume of 687.13K and open interest of 3.59 million.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) experienced a significant decline of 8.20%, with an option volume of 533.22K and open interest of 4.51 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) had a minor increase of 0.03%, with an option volume of 498.17K and open interest of 5.48 million.

Intel (INTC) dropped by 3.12%, with an option volume of 475.80K and open interest of 5.34 million.

Amazon (AMZN) saw a decrease of 0.46%, with an option volume of 472.81K and open interest of 4.39 million.

Alphabet-C (GOOG) rose by 5.32%, with an option volume of 436.35K and open interest of 1.41 million.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) fell by 4.56%, with an option volume of 427.77K and open interest of 5.39 million.

C3.ai (AI) marginally increased by 0.12%, with an option volume of 395.18K and open interest of 558.38K.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.47%, with an option volume of 392.95K and open interest of 6.05 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a slight increase of 0.05%, with an option volume of 365.26K and open interest of 5.75 million.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) rose significantly by 3.28%, with an option volume of 339.85K and open interest of 2.63 million.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) surged by 17.74%, with an option volume of 311.68K and open interest of 981.04K.

Other Notable Moves

Sirius XM (SIRI) saw substantial increases in open interest: the $3.50 call expiring January 16, 2026, and the $3.50 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 91.73K and 86.45K, respectively. Additionally, the $4.00 call expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 32.63K.

VIX observed notable open interest increases in several options, including the $22.00 call expiring January 22, 2025, which rose by 132.15K, and the $42.50 call expiring June 18, 2025, which increased by 99.50K.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) saw open interest increases in multiple puts: the $127.00 put expiring January 17, 2025, increased by 80.01K, and the $135.00 put expiring the same day increased by 70.01K.