XLUCOCT 30Open interest change
Open interest in XLU calls expiring Oct 30 (1 week out) rose 21,880 at the Oct 22 settlement
83,848 to 105,728 contracts between the Oct 21 and Oct 22 settlements, 26% of the prior figure.
XLU · CALLS · NOV 6Settled
Open interest in XLU calls expiring Nov 6 (2 weeks out) rose 5,575 at the Oct 22 settlement
As of . Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-22/xlu-calls-nov-6-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other XLU snapshots from Oct 22, 2026.
7,472 to 13,047 contracts between the Oct 21 and Oct 22 settlements, 75% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 7,472 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 13,047 |
| Change (contracts) | +5,575 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 75% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 15 |
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: 5,575; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.7461
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 8
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.0563
- 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.