SPYPOCT 8Open interest change
Open interest in SPY puts expiring Oct 8 rose 224,380 at the Oct 7 settlement
113,198 to 337,578 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 198% of the prior figure.
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Unusual options activity on Oct 7, 2026
On Oct 7, 2026, SquawkFlow published 40 snapshots of unusual options activity, 40 from the settlement open interest archive, the newest captured Oct 8, 2026, 08:37 ET: 40 open interest change. Figures are session totals and settlement counts, not individual trades, and no snapshot infers a buyer, seller or direction.
- 40Snapshots published
- 1Kinds that fired
- 26Tickers with a snapshot
Boards for Oct 7, 2026
Ticker x expiry x call or put totals from the session's last public capture.
Open interest rose at the settlement
Open interest rose at the latest settlement, by ticker, expiry and type, Oct 8, 2026.
| Ticker, expiry | Change | Now open |
|---|---|---|
| XLF puts expiring November 20, 2026 | +132,494 | 574,375 |
| SPX calls expiring October 9, 2026 | +87,205 | 256,248 |
| EWZ calls expiring January 15, 2027 | +58,045 | 584,724 |
| XLF calls expiring October 16, 2026 | +51,274 | 418,310 |
| MDT calls expiring October 16, 2026 | +33,994 | 118,001 |
| BAC puts expiring November 20, 2026 | +30,345 | 126,189 |
| MDT puts expiring October 16, 2026 | +26,783 | 61,820 |
| XLE calls expiring November 20, 2026 | +26,265 | 144,813 |
| QQQ puts expiring November 13, 2026 | +21,900 | 36,695 |
| NVDA puts expiring October 12, 2026 | +21,630 | 54,898 |
Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed. Every symbol, every strike: biggest open interest changes.
Open interest change
40 snapshots, most notable first
- IWMPOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in IWM puts expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 31,460 at the Oct 7 settlement
3,820 to 35,280 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 824% of the prior figure.
- IWMPOCT 15Open interest change
Open interest in IWM puts expiring Oct 15 (1 week out) rose 22,457 at the Oct 7 settlement
4,956 to 27,413 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 453% of the prior figure.
- QQQCOCT 8Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Oct 8 rose 59,649 at the Oct 7 settlement
37,520 to 97,169 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 159% of the prior figure.
- SPYCOCT 8Open interest change
Open interest in SPY calls expiring Oct 8 rose 102,869 at the Oct 7 settlement
82,267 to 185,136 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 125% of the prior figure.
- AMZNCOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in AMZN calls expiring Oct 19 (2 weeks out) rose 5,264 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,243 to 6,507 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 423% of the prior figure.
- LCIDPOCT 23Open interest change
Open interest in LCID puts expiring Oct 23 (2 weeks out) rose 5,121 at the Oct 7 settlement
2,219 to 7,340 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 231% of the prior figure.
- BMYPOCT 23Open interest change
Open interest in BMY puts expiring Oct 23 (2 weeks out) rose 5,107 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,672 to 6,779 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 305% of the prior figure.
- METAPNOV 13Open interest change
Open interest in META puts expiring Nov 13 rose 3,223 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,075 to 4,298 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 300% of the prior figure.
- LCIDPJUN 17 '27Open interest change
Open interest in LCID puts expiring Jun 17, 2027 rose 2,899 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,592 to 4,491 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 182% of the prior figure.
- TLTCOCT 21Open interest change
Open interest in TLT calls expiring Oct 21 (2 weeks out) rose 7,593 at the Oct 7 settlement
5,343 to 12,936 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 142% of the prior figure.
- TLTPOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in TLT puts expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 12,643 at the Oct 7 settlement
9,929 to 22,572 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 127% of the prior figure.
- SPXCOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in SPX calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 25,498 at the Oct 7 settlement
25,099 to 50,597 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 102% of the prior figure.
Source: Cboe settlement open interest archiveDetails - AMDPOCT 21Open interest change
Open interest in AMD puts expiring Oct 21 (2 weeks out) rose 2,635 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,700 to 4,335 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 155% of the prior figure.
- SPXPOCT 8Open interest change
Open interest in SPX puts expiring Oct 8 rose 87,589 at the Oct 7 settlement
120,582 to 208,171 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 73% of the prior figure.
Source: Cboe settlement open interest archiveDetails - QQQPOCT 20Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Oct 20 (2 weeks out) rose 2,432 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,832 to 4,264 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 133% of the prior figure.
- UPNOV 6Open interest change
Open interest in U puts expiring Nov 6 rose 4,006 at the Oct 7 settlement
3,498 to 7,504 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 115% of the prior figure.
- SOFIPNOV 20Open interest change
Open interest in SOFI puts expiring Nov 20 rose 63,916 at the Oct 7 settlement
105,605 to 169,521 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 61% of the prior figure.
- GOOGLCOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in GOOGL calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 2,914 at the Oct 7 settlement
2,415 to 5,329 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 121% of the prior figure.
Source: Cboe settlement open interest archiveGOOGL pageDetails - GLDCOCT 8Open interest change
Open interest in GLD calls expiring Oct 8 rose 6,150 at the Oct 7 settlement
6,441 to 12,591 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 95% of the prior figure.
- METACOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 2,162 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,773 to 3,935 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 122% of the prior figure.
- AMZNPOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in AMZN puts expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 2,043 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,680 to 3,723 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 122% of the prior figure.
- XLFCNOV 20Open interest change
Open interest in XLF calls expiring Nov 20 rose 119,147 at the Oct 7 settlement
272,320 to 391,467 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 44% of the prior figure.
- AMDPOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in AMD puts expiring Oct 19 (2 weeks out) rose 2,804 at the Oct 7 settlement
2,544 to 5,348 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 110% of the prior figure.
- TSLACOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in TSLA calls expiring Oct 19 (2 weeks out) rose 2,510 at the Oct 7 settlement
2,274 to 4,784 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 110% of the prior figure.
- XLUCOCT 23Open interest change
Open interest in XLU calls expiring Oct 23 (2 weeks out) rose 13,982 at the Oct 7 settlement
23,406 to 37,388 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 60% of the prior figure.
Source: Cboe settlement open interest archiveDetails - CLPDEC 18Open interest change
Open interest in CL puts expiring Dec 18 rose 2,852 at the Oct 7 settlement
3,681 to 6,533 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 77% of the prior figure.
- WFCPOCT 30Open interest change
Open interest in WFC puts expiring Oct 30 rose 8,430 at the Oct 7 settlement
15,104 to 23,534 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 56% of the prior figure.
- AAPLCOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in AAPL calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 4,002 at the Oct 7 settlement
5,973 to 9,975 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 67% of the prior figure.
- INTCCOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in INTC calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 3,688 at the Oct 7 settlement
5,451 to 9,139 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 68% of the prior figure.
- BMYPNOV 20Open interest change
Open interest in BMY puts expiring Nov 20 rose 8,297 at the Oct 7 settlement
15,873 to 24,170 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 52% of the prior figure.
- GLDCOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in GLD calls expiring Oct 14 (1 week out) rose 2,302 at the Oct 7 settlement
3,074 to 5,376 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 75% of the prior figure.
- XLFPNOV 20Open interest change
Open interest in XLF puts expiring Nov 20 rose 67,399 at the Oct 7 settlement
374,482 to 441,881 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 18% of the prior figure.
- AMCPJAN 15 '27Open interest change
Open interest in AMC puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 fell 26,350 at the Oct 7 settlement
97,716 to 71,366 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 27% of the prior figure.
- EWZCMAR 19 '27Open interest change
Open interest in EWZ calls expiring Mar 19, 2027 rose 43,831 at the Oct 7 settlement
269,689 to 313,520 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 16% of the prior figure.
- EWZPNOV 20Open interest change
Open interest in EWZ puts expiring Nov 20 rose 58,180 at the Oct 7 settlement
746,412 to 804,592 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 8% of the prior figure.
- NVDAPOCT 9Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Oct 9 rose 45,169 at the Oct 7 settlement
442,253 to 487,422 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 10% of the prior figure.
- XLPPDEC 18Open interest change
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Dec 18 fell 19,987 at the Oct 7 settlement
148,291 to 128,304 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 13% of the prior figure.
Source: Cboe settlement open interest archiveDetails - NVDAPJAN 15 '27Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 fell 47,149 at the Oct 7 settlement
1,444,363 to 1,397,214 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 3% of the prior figure.
- FXIPJAN 15 '27Open interest change
Open interest in FXI puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 fell 10,295 at the Oct 7 settlement
352,981 to 342,686 contracts between the Oct 6 and Oct 7 settlements, 3% of the prior figure.
How to read this, and what it cannot tell you
Each snapshot is one templated sentence computed from options chain snapshots aggregated to ticker, expiry and call or put totals, each over at least 3 traded contracts. The sentence is generated by fixed rules, never written by a model, and it never changes once published: a template fix applies only to new snapshots.
- Delayed at least 15 minutesEvery figure is published at least 15 minutes after the chain capture it describes, and stamped with that capture time in Eastern time.
- 21 symbols intraday, about 200 end of dayIntraday snapshots cover a fixed list of 21 symbols (major stocks, ETFs and the SPX index), not every optionable symbol. Open interest changes cover about 200 symbols from the nightly Cboe settlement archive.
- The strikes we track, not the full bookA chain capture is a window: up to 40 strikes around the money in each expiration from the Schwab chain, or every strike in the nearest expirations from the Cboe delayed chain. Totals, shares and ratios describe the strikes captured, and each snapshot states its own coverage.
- Thin cells are withheldEvery published total, ratio and share rests on at least 3 traded contracts (volume above zero; for open interest change, contracts whose open interest changed). A call or put side of one expiry below that is left out of every figure, shown as withheld, and counted in a footnote, so no difference between published numbers recovers it.
- Session totals, not tradesVolume is the session total read from chain snapshots, aggregated to ticker, expiry and call or put. There is no trade-by-trade record behind it, and no single trade is shown.
- No buyer, seller or directionA chain cannot say who bought or sold, whether a contract was opened or closed, or whether it was one leg of a spread. Calls can be sold and puts can hedge stock, so no snapshot carries a direction.
- Premium is an estimateEstimated premium is volume times the quote midpoint times 100 shares. It is labelled "est." wherever it appears.
- Open interest arrives the next dayOpen interest is the prior settlement figure. Whether contracts stayed open is only known after the next settlement, which is when each snapshot gets its follow-up.
The six kinds of snapshot
- Put/call by expiry. Put or call volume in one expiry at least 2.5 times the other side (once a ticker has history, 1.75 times its own usual ratio for that range of expiries), with at least 2,000 contracts on the heavy side.
- Volume vs open interest. One strike trading at least 5 times its prior open interest, and at least 3 times the ratio of its expiry's tracked strikes, with at least 1,000 contracts open.
- Premium concentration. One expiry holding an outsized share of a ticker's tracked estimated premium for the session.
- Same-day share. Contracts expiring the same day taking at least 60% of a ticker's tracked option volume (once it has history, 10 points above its own usual share).
- Near vs far dates. The put/call ratio within three weeks at least twice, or at most half, the ratio one to three months out.
- Open interest change. Open interest in one expiry and type changing sharply between two settlements, against that symbol's own typical change.
Until a ticker has five sessions of its own history, a snapshot is judged against a fixed threshold and says so; after that it is also compared with the ticker's own 20-session median, and the snapshot page shows how many sessions that median rests on.
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