Whale Moves | SOXL Skyrockets 54.79%, VIX $55 Call & SPXW $4,525 Put Open Interest Surge

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) experienced a notable rise of 10.50%, with an options volume of 7.67M and open interest of 18.40M. The $472 put expiring April 17, 2025, saw an increase in open interest by 15.79K, while the $510 call for April 11, 2025, had an increment of 14.63K.

NVIDIA (NVDA) surged by 18.72%, with 6.93M options traded and an open interest of 21.96M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose by 12.00%, featuring an options volume of 3.41M and open interest at 9.21M.

Tesla (TSLA) recorded a significant increase of 22.69%, with options volume at 3.27M and open interest of 8.61M.

Apple (AAPL) climbed by 15.33%, with an options volume of 2.24M and open interest of 5.04M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) advanced by 8.50%, with 1.97M options traded and open interest at 11.77M.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) saw a modest gain of 2.68%, with options volume of 1.80M and open interest of 8.60M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) had a small increase of 0.59%, with options volume at 1.58M and open interest of 5.86M.

Palantir (PLTR) surged by 19.00%, with an options volume of 1.03M and open interest of 3.48M.

Amazon (AMZN) climbed by 11.98%, with 942.47K options traded and open interest of 4.19M.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a remarkable rise of 23.82%, with options volume of 923.93K and open interest of 3.82M.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) skyrocketed by 54.79%, with an options volume of 860.93K and open interest of 1.52M.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) increased by 35.24%, with options volume at 829.22K and open interest of 1.25M.

Intel (INTC) jumped by 18.75%, with 807.95K options traded and open interest of 5.87M.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) rose by 3.70%, with options volume of 695.90K and open interest of 3.57M.

Stratagy (MSTR) saw an impressive increase of 24.76%, with 674.28K options traded and open interest of 2.15M.

Meta Platforms (META) climbed by 14.76%, with options volume of 618.32K and open interest of 2.12M.

Alibaba (BABA) increased by 5.44%, featuring an options volume of 581.64K and open interest of 2.71M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) went up by 7.43%, with options volume at 550.75K and open interest of 2.74M.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) rose by 7.54%, with options volume of 543.59K and open interest of 5.39M. Significant changes include the $48 call expiring April 17, 2025, with a rise in open interest by 15.07K, and the $47 call expiring September 19, 2025, increasing by 14.96K.

Other Notable Moves

VIX options saw substantial activity, with the $55 call expiring May 21, 2025, increasing in open interest by 44.30K, $26 put for April 16, 2025, up by 39.83K, and the $17 put for May 21, 2025, rising by 26.45K.

SPXW options had notable increases in open interest, including the $4,525 put expiring May 30, 2025, up by 68.59K, and the $4,475 put for the same expiration increasing by 68.57K.