XLE · PUTS · DEC 17 '27Settled

Open interest in XLE puts expiring Dec 17, 2027 rose 41,960 at the Oct 15 settlement

As of Oct 15, 2026 settlement. The evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed are at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-15/xle-puts-dec-17-2027-open-interest-change. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.

257,504 to 299,464 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 16% of the prior figure.

Evidence

The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 15, 2026 settlement. Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.
Measure	Value
Open interest, earlier settlement	257,504
Open interest, later settlement	299,464
Change (contracts)	+41,960
Change as a share of the earlier figure	16%
Earlier settlement	Oct 14, 2026
Later settlement	Oct 15, 2026
Days to expiry	428

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: 41,960; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.1629
Contracts traded behind each figure: Open interest changed: 4
Baseline: median absolute open interest change share, contracts more than 3 months out: 0.002
Baseline window: last 20 sessions
Baseline n: 20
Claim level: 0, a reported fact

This snapshot is itself a settlement figure, so it has no follow-up of its own.