# Same-day contracts accounted for 60% of tracked IWM option volume by 10:00 ET

As of Oct 22, 2026, 10:00 ET: Same-day contracts accounted for 60% of tracked IWM option volume by 10:00 ET.
On the page at https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-22/iwm-oct-22-2026-same-day-share: the follow-up at the next settlement and at the Oct 22, 2026 expiry, each added once recorded; the evidence table and the rule that fired; and up to six other IWM snapshots from Oct 22, 2026.

192,357 of 318,574 tracked contracts on Oct 22, 2026, puts 79,802 and calls 112,555. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations. Source: delayed broker chain.

- Session: 2026-10-22
- Kind: Same-day share
- Status: Session closed
- Expiry: 2026-10-22 (same day)
- Rule: same-day share >= 0.6 (absolute: baseline n 0 < 5); volume >= 10000
- Baseline: median same-day share of option volume, last 20 sessions, n = 0

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| sameDayCallVolume | 112555 |
| sameDayPutVolume | 79802 |
| sameDayShare | 0.6038 |
| sameDayVolume | 192357 |
| totalVolume | 318574 |

## What happened next

- Next settlement: pending the next settlement.
- Expiry: pending expiry.

Caveat: Session volume from delayed options chain snapshots, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Totals cover the strikes captured around the money, not every listed strike. Not individual trades. Premium is an estimate: volume times the quote midpoint.

Session page: https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-22

## Citation

Source: SquawkFlow, https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-22/iwm-oct-22-2026-same-day-share
Retrieved: 2026-10-23 03:40 ET
Attribution: cite the page URL rather than a copied number. Levels are
recomputed every session, so a number without its date is wrong within a day.

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