Whale Moves | SPY $542 Put and XLF $47 Put Open Interest Surge Amidst Market Fluctuations

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) saw a 0.56% increase in the stock price with an option volume of 5.69 million and open interest of 17.20 million. Notable changes in open interest included the $542 put expiring March 21, 2025, which saw an increase of 23.49K, and the $575 call expiring March 10, 2025, with an increase of 10.54K.

NVIDIA rose by 1.92% with an option volume of 2.77 million and open interest of 22.04 million.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) experienced a 0.74% gain in stock price with an option volume of 2.60 million and open interest of 7.68 million.

Tesla (TSLA) decreased 0.30%, having an option volume of 1.77 million and open interest of 7.26 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was up by 0.33%, with an option volume of 1.67 million and open interest of 11.28 million.

Amazon (AMZN) saw a decline of 0.72% with an option volume of 714.07K and open interest of 3.59 million.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) increased by 1.17%, with an option volume of 664.58K and open interest of 802.10K. Additionally, the $123 put expiring April 17, 2025, saw an open interest increase of 12.50K.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (HYG) rose by 0.16% with an option volume of 606.64K and open interest of 5.97 million.

Strategy (MSTR) dropped by 5.57% with an option volume of 568.43K and open interest of 1.85 million.

Broadcom (AVGO) surged by 8.64%, with an option volume of 565.83K and open interest of 2.11 million.

Apple (AAPL) increased by 1.59%, having an option volume of 564.53K and open interest of 4.46 million.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fell by 2.39%, with an option volume of 500.21K and open interest of 2.45 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.32%, with an option volume of 487.61K and open interest of 5.78 million.

Palantir (PLTR) saw a rise of 5.53%, with an option volume of 451.97K and open interest of 3.31 million.

Meta Platforms (META) dropped by 0.36%, with an option volume of 355.23K and open interest of 1.89 million.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) decreased by 0.53%, with an option volume of 323.18K and open interest of 5.29 million. Significant changes included the $47 put expiring March 21, 2025, with an increase of 32.00K, and the $49 put expiring March 21, 2025, with an increase of 16.93K.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) saw a slight increase of 0.05%, with an option volume of 309.55K and open interest of 3.08 million.

Intel (INTC) fell by 0.53%, having an option volume of 292.89K and open interest of 5.75 million.

Robinhood (HOOD) declined by 0.94%, with an option volume of 284.55K and open interest of 1.52 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increased by 1.48%, with an option volume of 284.20K and open interest of 3.68 million.

Other Notable Moves

The Volatility Index (VIX) saw significant open interest increases with the $19 put expiring March 18, 2025, increasing by 73.66K, and the $20 put expiring April 16, 2025, increasing by 49.78K.

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) experienced an increase in open interest for the $80 put expiring May 16, 2025, which rose by 12.62K.