TSLACOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in TSLA calls expiring Oct 19 rose 67,143 at the Oct 16 settlement
73,322 to 140,465 contracts between the Oct 15 and Oct 16 settlements, 92% of the prior figure.
TSLA · PUTS · OCT 23Settled
Open interest in TSLA puts expiring Oct 23 (1 week out) rose 80,660 at the Oct 16 settlement
As of . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-16/tsla-puts-oct-23-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other TSLA snapshots from Oct 16, 2026.
67,398 to 148,058 contracts between the Oct 15 and Oct 16 settlements, 120% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 67,398 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 148,058 |
| Change (contracts) | +80,660 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 120% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 16, 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: 80,660; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 1.1968
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 69
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.2399
- 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 TSLA snapshots, Oct 16, 2026
All TSLA snapshots on the hub- TSLAC367.5OCT 16Volume vs open interest
TSLA 367.5 calls expiring Oct 16 (same day) traded 5.1x their open interest
TSLA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.2x their open interest, by 09:51 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
- TSLACOCT 30Put/call by expiry
TSLA calls outnumbered puts 4.9 to 1 expiring Oct 30 (2 weeks out), vs a 1.6 median
The median is TSLA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 2,563 call and 523 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
- TSLACOCT 16Put/call by expiry
TSLA calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (same day)
112,364 call and 37,608 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Est. premium $15.7M calls, $7.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
- TSLACOCT 23Put/call by expiry
TSLA calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 expiring Oct 23 (1 week out), vs a 1.6 median
The median is TSLA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 3,240 call and 756 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
- TSLAOCT 16Same-day share
Same-day contracts accounted for 72% of tracked TSLA option volume by 09:31 ET
61,047 of 84,680 tracked contracts on Oct 16, 2026, puts 17,468 and calls 43,579. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.