Whale Moves | SPY, NVDA, TSLA Lead Options Volume; VIX Call Open Interest Soars with Significant Gains

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) recorded a 0.55% increase, with an option volume of 3.46M and open interest at 16.79M.

NVIDIA (NVDA) saw a slight rise of 0.10% with an option volume of 2.35M and open interest at 20.19M.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 0.66%, experiencing an option volume of 1.81M and open interest at 6.40M.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) appreciated by 0.21% with an option volume of 1.55M and open interest at 6.56M.

Apple (AAPL) registered a minor decrease of 0.08%, seeing an option volume of 1.19M and open interest of 4.55M.

iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) decreased by 0.99%, with an option volume of 744.63K and open interest at 2.22M.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) fell by 1.11%, recording an option volume of 702.10K with open interest at 2.13M.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was up by 0.46% with an option volume of 627.22K and open interest at 9.16M.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dropped by 1.00%, with option volume reaching 607.01K and open interest at 4.67M.

Palantir (PLTR) climbed 2.74%, with options trading at 532.23K volume and open interest at 2.89M.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) increased by 1.01%, experiencing an option volume of 514.31K and open interest at 572.36K.

Pfizer (PFE) saw an uptick of 1.65%, with option volume hitting 459.46K and open interest at 2.69M.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) saw a slight decrease of 0.20%, with an option volume of 406.45K and open interest at 2.09M.

MARA Holdings (MARA) rose by 1.32%, with an option volume of 398.58K and open interest at 1.56M.

Riot Platforms (RIOT) declined by 1.14%, with options trading at a volume of 364.70K and open interest at 1.40M.

Amazon (AMZN) increased slightly by 0.17%, seeing an option volume of 352.32K and an open interest of 3.18M.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) decreased by 0.78%, with an option volume of 349.94K and open interest at 5.33M.

Netflix (NFLX) surged by 3.24%, with option volume reaching 349.80K and open interest at 588.66K.

American Airlines (AAL) experienced a sharp decline of 8.74%, with an option volume of 349.61K and open interest at 2.84M.

Coinbase (COIN) posted a slight gain of 0.05%, with options trading at 347.35K volume and open interest at 1.08M.

Other Notable Moves

VIX saw significant open interest increases, including $42.50 calls expiring on August 20, 2025, up by 65K, $21.00 calls expiring on February 19, 2025, up by 61.3K, and $20.00 calls expiring on March 18, 2025, up by 61.28K. Additionally, $25.00 calls expiring on March 18, 2025, increased by 54.52K, and $18.00 calls expiring on May 21, 2025, rose by 34.07K.

SPX options also saw activity with $5125.00 puts expiring on March 7, 2025, increasing by 53.23K, and $5075.00 puts on the same date also rising by 53.23K.