# Open interest in IWM calls expiring Oct 21 rose 17,973 at the Oct 19 settlement

As of the Oct 19, 2026 settlement: Open interest in IWM calls expiring Oct 21 rose 17,973 at the Oct 19 settlement.
On the page at https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-19/iwm-calls-oct-21-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other IWM snapshots from Oct 19, 2026.

22,428 to 40,401 contracts between the Oct 16 and Oct 19 settlements, 80% of the prior figure. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.

- Session: 2026-10-19
- Kind: Open interest change
- Status: Settled
- Expiry: 2026-10-21 (within a week)
- Rule: |change| >= 10000 or (>= 2000 and >= 50% of prior), and |change share| >= 2.0 x bucket median; prior OI >= 1000
- Baseline: median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week, last 20 sessions, n = 20, value 0.2045

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| changeShare | 0.8014 |
| daysToExpiry | 2 |
| openInterest | 40401 |
| openInterestChange | 17973 |
| priorOpenInterest | 22428 |
| priorSettlement | 2026-10-16 |
| settlement | 2026-10-19 |

## What happened next

This snapshot is itself a settlement figure.

Caveat: Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.

Session page: https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-19

## Citation

Source: SquawkFlow, https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-19/iwm-calls-oct-21-2026-open-interest-change
Retrieved: 2026-10-21 04:20 ET
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