Latest OI changes Previous session: 2026-09-11 Next session: 2026-09-15 Biggest options open interest changes OI settled 2026-09-14 vs 2026-09-11
Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.
Source: SquawkFlow's own nightly archive of Cboe settled open interest. Updates once per session. Figures are contracts, not dollars: the archive holds no option prices.
120 of 212 archived US symbols compared. The other 92 lacked a consecutive settlement pair in the archive for these two sessions. 9 of those compared reported an identical book in both sessions.
Across the compared symbols, 61,506 contracts changed open interest: +5,293,280 added, -1,029,135 removed, net +4,264,145 contracts.
Largest open interest increases (contracts) Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change TLT 2026-12-18 90 call 264,051 311,278 +47,227 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 727 put 343 29,180 +28,837 max pain SPX 2026-12-18 8,000 put 205,685 234,377 +28,692 max pain INTC 2026-11-20 130 call 17,570 45,180 +27,610 max pain SPX 2026-12-18 8,000 call 225,253 250,866 +25,613 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 274 put 30,882 53,615 +22,733 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 721 put 229 22,309 +22,080 max pain XLF 2026-10-16 57 call 8,189 30,214 +22,025 max pain SPX 2026-09-18 8,000 put 277,677 299,130 +21,453 max pain SPX 2026-09-18 8,000 call 290,865 311,381 +20,516 max pain QQQ 2026-09-18 615 put 22,413 42,415 +20,002 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 720 put 188 19,970 +19,782 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 730 put 584 19,303 +18,719 max pain TLT 2026-09-30 83 call 25,146 43,757 +18,611 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 731 put 150 18,305 +18,155 max pain SPX 2026-09-18 7,000 call 367,511 385,484 +17,973 max pain GLD 2026-11-20 430 call 6,469 23,011 +16,542 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 726 put 38 16,496 +16,458 max pain IWM 2026-12-18 290 put 43,543 59,352 +15,809 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 273 put 1,923 17,295 +15,372 max pain
Largest open interest decreases (contracts) Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change DVN 2026-09-18 47.5 call 51,119 1,195 -49,924 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 240 call 19,362 11 -19,351 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 260 call 17,386 21 -17,365 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 230 call 16,228 0 -16,228 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 270 call 14,781 808 -13,973 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 275 put 77,206 64,550 -12,656 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 265 call 11,816 17 -11,799 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 275 call 11,685 3 -11,682 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 255 call 12,278 752 -11,526 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 250 call 10,506 253 -10,253 max pain INTC 2026-09-18 115 call 35,787 25,771 -10,016 max pain KO 2026-09-18 85 call 9,787 486 -9,301 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 235 call 8,571 4 -8,567 max pain GOOGL 2026-10-02 355 call 13,396 4,969 -8,427 max pain IWM 2026-10-09 281 put 9,831 2,151 -7,680 max pain KO 2026-09-18 87.5 call 7,368 209 -7,159 max pain IWM 2026-11-20 310 call 29,996 22,838 -7,158 max pain INTC 2027-03-19 100 call 24,123 17,223 -6,900 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 280 put 90,189 83,298 -6,891 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 245 call 6,983 1,254 -5,729 max pain
Index ETFs vs single stocks Index ETFs (SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA): increases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change SPY 2026-09-15 727 put 343 29,180 +28,837 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 274 put 30,882 53,615 +22,733 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 721 put 229 22,309 +22,080 max pain QQQ 2026-09-18 615 put 22,413 42,415 +20,002 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 720 put 188 19,970 +19,782 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 730 put 584 19,303 +18,719 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 731 put 150 18,305 +18,155 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 726 put 38 16,496 +16,458 max pain IWM 2026-12-18 290 put 43,543 59,352 +15,809 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 273 put 1,923 17,295 +15,372 max pain
Index ETFs: decreases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change IWM 2026-09-18 240 call 19,362 11 -19,351 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 260 call 17,386 21 -17,365 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 230 call 16,228 0 -16,228 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 270 call 14,781 808 -13,973 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 275 put 77,206 64,550 -12,656 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 265 call 11,816 17 -11,799 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 275 call 11,685 3 -11,682 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 255 call 12,278 752 -11,526 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 250 call 10,506 253 -10,253 max pain IWM 2026-09-18 235 call 8,571 4 -8,567 max pain
Single stocks: increases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change INTC 2026-11-20 130 call 17,570 45,180 +27,610 max pain AAPL 2026-09-25 250 put 261 14,603 +14,342 max pain SOFI 2026-09-18 18 call 24,015 36,578 +12,563 max pain GME 2026-10-09 35 call 1,230 13,051 +11,821 max pain SOFI 2026-11-20 20 call 22,110 33,604 +11,494 max pain SOFI 2026-09-18 18.5 call 10,546 21,728 +11,182 max pain CVX 2026-11-20 240 call 586 10,603 +10,017 max pain TSLA 2027-06-17 290 put 3,834 13,371 +9,537 max pain INTC 2026-09-18 110 call 56,313 65,354 +9,041 max pain U 2026-10-16 40 put 312 8,367 +8,055 max pain
Single stocks: decreases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change DVN 2026-09-18 47.5 call 51,119 1,195 -49,924 max pain INTC 2026-09-18 115 call 35,787 25,771 -10,016 max pain KO 2026-09-18 85 call 9,787 486 -9,301 max pain GOOGL 2026-10-02 355 call 13,396 4,969 -8,427 max pain KO 2026-09-18 87.5 call 7,368 209 -7,159 max pain INTC 2027-03-19 100 call 24,123 17,223 -6,900 max pain DVN 2026-09-18 45 call 5,856 300 -5,556 max pain KO 2026-09-18 82.5 call 5,684 330 -5,354 max pain INTC 2026-09-25 95 put 10,549 5,459 -5,090 max pain INTC 2026-11-20 70 call 78,170 73,176 -4,994 max pain
Calls vs puts Type Added Removed Net Calls +2,518,754 -615,257 +1,903,497 Puts +2,774,526 -413,878 +2,360,648
Top call increases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change TLT 2026-12-18 90 call 264,051 311,278 +47,227 max pain INTC 2026-11-20 130 call 17,570 45,180 +27,610 max pain SPX 2026-12-18 8,000 call 225,253 250,866 +25,613 max pain XLF 2026-10-16 57 call 8,189 30,214 +22,025 max pain SPX 2026-09-18 8,000 call 290,865 311,381 +20,516 max pain
Top put increases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change SPY 2026-09-15 727 put 343 29,180 +28,837 max pain SPX 2026-12-18 8,000 put 205,685 234,377 +28,692 max pain IWM 2026-10-16 274 put 30,882 53,615 +22,733 max pain SPY 2026-09-15 721 put 229 22,309 +22,080 max pain SPX 2026-09-18 8,000 put 277,677 299,130 +21,453 max pain
Biggest percent changes Percent changes only for contracts with at least 1,000 prior open interest.
Increases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change Change % GME 2026-10-09 35 call 1,230 13,051 +11,821 +961.1% max pain SPY 2026-10-16 724 put 1,313 13,349 +12,036 +916.7% max pain IWM 2026-10-16 273 put 1,923 17,295 +15,372 +799.4% max pain SPY 2026-09-30 737 put 1,236 9,663 +8,427 +681.8% max pain XLE 2026-09-25 62 put 1,906 14,081 +12,175 +638.8% max pain GOOGL 2026-10-02 365 call 1,146 8,065 +6,919 +603.8% max pain SPX 2026-09-15 7,725 call 1,258 7,849 +6,591 +523.9% max pain TLT 2026-09-25 80 put 1,607 9,435 +7,828 +487.1% max pain SPY 2026-09-15 762 put 1,506 8,736 +7,230 +480.1% max pain INTC 2026-09-18 108 call 1,394 7,531 +6,137 +440.2% max pain QQQ 2027-09-17 1,100 call 1,136 6,136 +5,000 +440.1% max pain QQQ 2026-09-15 702 put 1,230 6,528 +5,298 +430.7% max pain SPY 2026-09-15 759 put 1,106 5,789 +4,683 +423.4% max pain QQQ 2026-09-16 725 call 1,117 5,590 +4,473 +400.4% max pain QQQ 2026-09-15 695 put 1,082 5,181 +4,099 +378.8% max pain SPY 2026-09-15 760 call 1,004 4,763 +3,759 +374.4% max pain SPY 2026-09-15 768 call 1,328 6,194 +4,866 +366.4% max pain IWM 2026-11-20 285 call 1,430 6,445 +5,015 +350.7% max pain META 2026-09-18 715 call 1,366 6,097 +4,731 +346.3% max pain XLF 2026-09-30 55 put 3,986 17,601 +13,615 +341.6% max pain
Decreases Symbol Expiry Strike Type Prior OI Current OI Change Change % IWM 2026-09-18 230 call 16,228 0 -16,228 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 275 call 11,685 3 -11,682 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 235 call 8,571 4 -8,567 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 210 call 3,453 1 -3,452 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 205 call 3,070 0 -3,070 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-30 247 call 1,202 0 -1,202 -100% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 240 call 19,362 11 -19,351 -99.9% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 260 call 17,386 21 -17,365 -99.9% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 265 call 11,816 17 -11,799 -99.9% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 200 call 3,014 9 -3,005 -99.7% max pain DVN 2026-09-18 37.5 call 1,253 7 -1,246 -99.4% max pain KO 2026-10-16 77.5 call 1,775 19 -1,756 -98.9% max pain DVN 2026-09-18 32.5 call 1,379 16 -1,363 -98.8% max pain DVN 2026-09-18 42.5 call 3,496 58 -3,438 -98.3% max pain KO 2026-09-18 72.5 call 1,112 21 -1,091 -98.1% max pain DVN 2026-09-18 47.5 call 51,119 1,195 -49,924 -97.7% max pain IWM 2026-09-18 250 call 10,506 253 -10,253 -97.6% max pain KO 2026-09-18 87.5 call 7,368 209 -7,159 -97.2% max pain CAT 2026-09-18 900 put 1,743 74 -1,669 -95.8% max pain KO 2026-09-18 85 call 9,787 486 -9,301 -95% max pain
Top strikes, summed across expirations Symbol Strike Type Change Expirations summed TLT 90 call +66,869 20 SPX 8,000 put +64,229 21 SPX 8,000 call +60,599 49 DVN 47.5 call -49,761 9 SPX 7,000 put +40,102 45 TLT 85 call +39,719 26 SPX 7,000 call +39,449 19 SPY 721 put +36,334 17 SPY 731 put +35,359 15 TLT 83 call +34,657 25 TLT 79 put +31,140 23 SPY 727 put +30,330 15 TLT 82 call +29,502 26 XLF 57 call +28,044 18 SPY 726 put +27,136 15 INTC 130 call +27,122 20 SPY 720 put +25,464 26 TLT 80 put +25,243 26 IWM 274 put +24,180 13 SPY 745 put +22,181 25
Symbols by net change Largest net increases Symbol Kind Net change Calls Puts SPX Index +762,247 +284,886 +477,361 SPY Index ETF +724,041 +255,900 +468,141 QQQ Index ETF +608,194 +212,624 +395,570 TLT ETF +390,255 +295,743 +94,512 TSLA Stock +181,851 +103,825 +78,026 AAPL Stock +149,612 +50,300 +99,312 INTC Stock +140,277 +82,560 +57,717 SOFI Stock +111,890 +85,034 +26,856 XLE ETF +105,521 +32,324 +73,197 GLD ETF +100,204 +67,066 +33,138
Largest net decreases Symbol Kind Net change Calls Puts DVN Stock -69,064 -68,245 -819 KO Stock -28,834 -33,463 +4,629 CROX Stock -856 +89 -945 SPCE Stock -37 -217 +180 XLRE ETF -37 -34 -3 MQ Stock -6 +2 -8
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