NVDACOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA calls expiring Oct 19 (2 weeks out) rose 19,889 at the Oct 8 settlement
4,507 to 24,396 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 441% of the prior figure.
NVDA · PUTS · OCT 12Settled
Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Oct 12 rose 21,630 at the Oct 8 settlement
As of . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
33,268 to 54,898 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 65% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 33,268 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 54,898 |
| Change (contracts) | +21,630 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 65% |
| 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) (absolute: baseline n 2 < 5); prior OI >= 1000
- Values that cleared it
- Change: 21,630; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.6502
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 34
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week: 0.1595
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 2, so the fixed threshold applied
- 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.
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