NVDAPOCT 26Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Oct 26 (2 weeks out) rose 3,846 at the Oct 15 settlement
2,057 to 5,903 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 187% of the prior figure.
NVDA · CALLS · NOV 20Settled
Open interest in NVDA calls expiring Nov 20 rose 144,224 at the Oct 15 settlement
As of . The evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed are at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-15/nvda-calls-nov-20-2026-open-interest-change. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
768,281 to 912,505 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 19% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 768,281 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 912,505 |
| Change (contracts) | +144,224 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 19% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 36 |
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: 144,224; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.1877
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 46
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.0546
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 7
- 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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