XLPPMAR 19 '27Open interest change
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 rose 75,098 at the Oct 23 settlement
44,336 to 119,434 contracts between the Oct 22 and Oct 23 settlements, 169% of the prior figure.
XLP · PUTS · NOV 6Settled
Open interest in XLP puts expiring Nov 6 (2 weeks out) rose 7,379 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-nov-6-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other XLP snapshots from Oct 23, 2026.
12,926 to 20,305 contracts between the Oct 22 and Oct 23 settlements, 57% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 12,926 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 20,305 |
| Change (contracts) | +7,379 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 57% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 14 |
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: 7,379; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 0.5709
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 15
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.0421
- 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.