QQQPOCT 21Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Oct 21 (2 weeks out) rose 6,630 at the Oct 8 settlement
2,848 to 9,478 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 233% of the prior figure.
QQQ · 747 · CALLS · OCT 9Settled
QQQ 747 calls expiring Oct 9 traded 25.7x their open interest
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:14 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
QQQ calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 5.2x their open interest, by 15:59 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Volume / prior open interest, this strike | 25.7x |
| Volume / prior open interest, the expiry's tracked strikes | 5.2x |
| Days to expiry | 1 |
Why it fired
- Rule
- volume/prior OI >= 5.0 and >= 3.0 x this expiry's call volume/OI; prior OI >= 1000; volume >= 2000
- Values that cleared it
- Expiry ratio: 5.19; Ratio: 25.68
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Expiry calls: 40
- Baseline
- this expiry's call volume/open interest, same session: 5.19
- Baseline window
- same expiry, same session (n = strikes with open interest)
- Baseline n
- 40
- Claim level
- 1, arithmetic on reported figures
What happened next
- Next settlement: Open interest in QQQ 747 calls expiring Oct 9 rose 3,582 at the Oct 8 settlement.
- Expiry, Oct 9, 2026: Pending expiry.
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Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Nov 13 rose 21,900 at the Oct 8 settlement
14,795 to 36,695 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 148% of the prior figure.