METACOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 14 rose 4,186 at the Oct 8 settlement
3,935 to 8,121 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 106% of the prior figure.
META · CALLS · OCT 12Settled
Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 12 rose 10,100 at the Oct 8 settlement
As of . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
10,183 to 20,283 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 99% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 10,183 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 20,283 |
| Change (contracts) | +10,100 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 99% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 4 |
Why it fired
- Rule
- |change| >= 10000 or (>= 2000 and >= 50% of prior), and |change share| >= 2.0 x bucket median; prior OI >= 1000
- Values that cleared it
- Change: 10,100; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.9918
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 86
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week: 0.3755
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 16
- Claim level
- 0, a reported fact
What happened next
This snapshot is itself a settlement figure, so it has no follow-up of its own.
More META snapshots, Oct 8, 2026
All META snapshots on the hub- METACOCT 12Put/call by expiry
META calls outnumbered puts 3.5 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 12
21,736 call and 6,223 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $9.5M calls, $3.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
- METACOCT 16Put/call by expiry
META calls outnumbered puts 3.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
28,733 call and 8,683 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $23.5M calls, $9.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
- METANear vs far dates
META put/call volume ratio held at 0.46 within 3 weeks, against 1.03 1 to 3 months out
Within 3 weeks: 91,298 put and 199,476 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 10,422 put and 10,093 call contracts. By 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.