QQQPOCT 27Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Oct 27 (2 weeks out) rose 7,572 at the Oct 15 settlement
13,200 to 20,772 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 57% of the prior figure.
QQQ · CALLS · OCT 22Settled
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Oct 22 (1 week out) rose 7,919 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/qqq-calls-oct-22-2026-open-interest-change. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
12,708 to 20,627 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 62% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 12,708 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 20,627 |
| Change (contracts) | +7,919 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 62% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 7 |
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: 7,919; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.6232
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 74
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.2736
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 20
- 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.
More QQQ snapshots, Oct 15, 2026
All QQQ snapshots on the hub- QQQCOCT 19Put/call by expiry
QQQ calls outnumbered puts 1.6 to 1 expiring Oct 19, vs a 0.9 median
The median is QQQ's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 5 sessions. 112,062 call and 71,889 put contracts by 13:44 ET on Oct 15, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
- QQQP716OCT 15Volume vs open interest
QQQ 716 puts expiring Oct 15 (same day) traded 5.6x their open interest
QQQ puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.1x their open interest, by 09:39 ET on Oct 15, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
- QQQPNOV 20Put/call by expiry
QQQ puts expiring Nov 20 traded 2.4x the calls, vs a 1.2x median
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 5 sessions. 7,078 put and 2,965 call contracts by 09:39 ET on Oct 15, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
- QQQNear vs far dates
QQQ put/call volume ratio held at 1.14 within 3 weeks, against 2.41 1 to 3 months out
Within 3 weeks: 229,615 put and 201,234 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 16,943 put and 7,040 call contracts. By 09:39 ET on Oct 15, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
- QQQPOCT 30Put/call by expiry
QQQ puts expiring Oct 30 (2 weeks out) traded 3.5x the calls, vs a 0.9x median
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 5 sessions. 2,808 put and 794 call contracts by 09:34 ET on Oct 15, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.