XLE · CALLS · NOV 20Settled
Open interest in XLE calls expiring Nov 20 rose 26,265 at the Oct 8 settlement
As of . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
118,548 to 144,813 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 22% of the prior figure.
Before118,548
After144,813
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 |
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| Open interest, earlier settlement | 118,548 |
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| Open interest, later settlement | 144,813 |
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| Change (contracts) | +26,265 |
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| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 22% |
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| Earlier settlement | Oct 7, 2026 |
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| Later settlement | Oct 8, 2026 |
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| Days to expiry | 43 |
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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: 26,265; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.2216
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 30
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.0234
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 18
- 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.
XLECOCT 30Open interest change
7,934 to 18,431 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 132% of the prior figure.