Unusual options activity / Oct 8, 2026 V · PUTS · OCT 9
Open interest in V puts expiring Oct 9 rose 3,397 at the Oct 8 settlement As of Oct 8, 2026 settlement . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
5,969 to 9,366 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 57% of the prior figure.
Evidence The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 8, 2026 settlement. Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed. Measure Value Open interest, earlier settlement 5,969 Open interest, later settlement 9,366 Change (contracts) +3,397 Change as a share of the earlier figure 57% Earlier settlement Oct 7, 2026 Later settlement Oct 8, 2026 Days to expiry 1
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: 3,397; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.5691
Contracts traded behind each figure Open interest changed: 23
Baseline median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week: 0.0668
Baseline window last 20 sessions
Baseline n 15
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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V Near vs far dates
15:59 ET Within 3 weeks: 13,154 put and 8,678 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,534 put and 2,456 call contracts. By 15:59 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
< 3 wks 8,678 C / 13,154 P
1-3 mo 2,456 C / 1,534 P
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