XLPPNOV 6Open interest change
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Nov 6 (2 weeks out) rose 7,379 at the Oct 23 settlement
12,926 to 20,305 contracts between the Oct 22 and Oct 23 settlements, 57% of the prior figure.
XLP · PUTS · MAR 19 '27Settled
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 rose 75,098 at the Oct 23 settlement
As of . Source: settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-23/xlp-puts-mar-19-2027-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other XLP snapshots from Oct 23, 2026.
44,336 to 119,434 contracts between the Oct 22 and Oct 23 settlements, 169% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 44,336 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 119,434 |
| Change (contracts) | +75,098 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 169% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 147 |
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: 75,098; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 1.6938
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 9
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts more than 3 months out: 0.0044
- 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.