XLY · PUTS · MAR 19 '27Settled

Open interest in XLY puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 rose 20,398 at the Oct 22 settlement

As of Oct 22, 2026 settlement. Source: Cboe settlement open interest archive.

19,717 to 40,115 contracts between the Oct 21 and Oct 22 settlements, 103% of the prior figure.

Evidence

The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 22, 2026 settlement. Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.
Measure	Value
Open interest, earlier settlement	19,717
Open interest, later settlement	40,115
Change (contracts)	+20,398
Change as a share of the earlier figure	103%
Earlier settlement	Oct 21, 2026
Later settlement	Oct 22, 2026
Days to expiry	148

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: 20,398; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 1.0345
Contracts traded behind each figure: Open interest changed: 9
Baseline: median absolute open interest change share, contracts more than 3 months out: 0.0018
Baseline window: last 20 sessions
Baseline n: 20
Claim level: 0, a reported fact

This snapshot is itself a settlement figure, so it has no follow-up of its own.