XLP · PUTS · NOV 6Settled
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Nov 6 rose 9,312 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/xlp-puts-nov-6-2026-open-interest-change. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
1,525 to 10,837 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 611% 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 |
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| Open interest, earlier settlement | 1,525 |
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| Open interest, later settlement | 10,837 |
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| Change (contracts) | +9,312 |
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| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 611% |
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| Earlier settlement | Oct 14, 2026 |
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| Later settlement | Oct 15, 2026 |
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| Days to expiry | 22 |
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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: 9,312; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 6.1062
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 12
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.0318
- 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.
XLPPJAN 19 '29Open interest change
35,715 to 95,853 contracts between the Oct 14 and Oct 15 settlements, 168% of the prior figure.