XLUCNOV 6Open interest change
Open interest in XLU calls expiring Nov 6 (2 weeks out) rose 5,575 at the Oct 22 settlement
7,472 to 13,047 contracts between the Oct 21 and Oct 22 settlements, 75% of the prior figure.
XLU · CALLS · OCT 30Settled
Open interest in XLU calls expiring Oct 30 (1 week out) rose 21,880 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-oct-30-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other XLU snapshots from Oct 22, 2026.
83,848 to 105,728 contracts between the Oct 21 and Oct 22 settlements, 26% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 83,848 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 105,728 |
| Change (contracts) | +21,880 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 26% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 8 |
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: 21,880; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.2609
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 11
- 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.