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Unusual options activity on Oct 28, 2026

On Oct 28, 2026, SquawkFlow published 111 snapshots of unusual options activity, 111 from delayed options chain data, the newest captured Oct 28, 2026, 16:14 ET: 74 put/call by expiry, 12 volume vs open interest, 3 premium concentration, 8 same-day share, 14 near vs far dates. Figures are session totals and settlement counts, not individual trades, and no snapshot infers a buyer, seller or direction.

On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-28: all 111 snapshots grouped by kind, each with its own permalink; the boards by ticker, expiry and call or put; and a link to the Oct 27, 2026 session. The next session's snapshots post no earlier than 9:45 ET and are linked from this page.

  • 111
    Snapshots published
  • 5
    Kinds that fired
  • TSLA
    Ticker with the largest est. premium
  • 20
    Tickers with a snapshot
Machine-readable versionHow snapshots are made

Boards for Oct 28, 2026

Ticker x expiry x call or put totals from the session's last public capture.

Biggest estimated premium

Biggest est. premium by ticker, expiry and type, in the strikes we track. Estimated as volume times the quote midpoint.

Biggest estimated premium. As of Oct 28, 2026, 16:14 ET. Premium in US dollars, estimated; volume and open interest in contracts, in the strikes captured around the money. Session totals from delayed chain snapshots, not individual trades.
#Ticker, expiryEst. premiumVolumePrior OI
1TSLA calls expiring October 28, 2026$114.9M832,48885,182
2SPY calls expiring October 29, 2026$113.7M553,63157,912
3TSLA calls expiring October 30, 2026$88.8M198,397170,453
4QQQ calls expiring October 29, 2026$79.2M308,88253,741
5AMD calls expiring October 28, 2026$78.8M148,02626,326
6SPY puts expiring October 29, 2026$72.1M534,267130,911
7GOOGL calls expiring October 30, 2026$70.5M145,956110,620
8NVDA calls expiring October 30, 2026$69.6M312,396453,096
9QQQ puts expiring October 29, 2026$67.3M331,926118,470
10META puts expiring November 20, 2026$65.3M28,005109,960

14 cells withheld: fewer than 3 traded contracts

Volume against prior open interest

Volume vs prior open interest by ticker, expiry and type (open interest >= 5,000). Session volume in the strikes we track divided by their open interest from the prior settlement.

Volume against prior open interest. As of Oct 28, 2026, 16:14 ET. Premium in US dollars, estimated; volume and open interest in contracts, in the strikes captured around the money. Session totals from delayed chain snapshots, not individual trades.
#Ticker, expiryVolume / OIVolumePrior OI
1TSLA calls expiring October 28, 20269.8x832,48885,182
2SPY calls expiring October 29, 20269.6x553,63157,912
3AMD puts expiring October 28, 20269.1x89,1879,848
4TSLA puts expiring October 28, 20267.8x747,16495,246
5META puts expiring October 28, 20266.8x169,96524,863
6META calls expiring October 28, 20266.6x206,82931,179
7QQQ calls expiring October 29, 20265.8x308,88253,741
8AMD calls expiring October 28, 20265.6x148,02626,326
9NVDA calls expiring October 28, 20264.6x613,210132,253
10AAPL puts expiring October 28, 20264.6x202,70643,878

14 cells withheld: fewer than 3 traded contracts

Put/call extremes by expiry

Put/call volume ratio by ticker and expiry (volume >= 5,000), in the strikes we track. Above 1, more puts than calls traded in that expiry.

Most puts per call

Highest put/call ratios. As of Oct 28, 2026, 16:14 ET. Ratio of put to call contracts traded in one expiry, in the strikes we track.
Ticker, expiryPut/callP / C contracts
NFLX options expiring January 21, 2028, Over 3 months6.207,336 / 1,184
NVDA options expiring January 15, 2027, 1 to 3 months3.6782,587 / 22,523
PLTR options expiring June 17, 2027, Over 3 months3.053,950 / 1,296
AAPL options expiring March 19, 2027, Over 3 months2.615,865 / 2,251
MSFT options expiring March 19, 2027, Over 3 months2.546,595 / 2,600

Most calls per put

Lowest put/call ratios. As of Oct 28, 2026, 16:14 ET. Ratio of put to call contracts traded in one expiry, in the strikes we track.
Ticker, expiryPut/callP / C contracts
SOFI options expiring December 18, 2026, 1 to 3 months0.1110,704 / 101,865
NVDA options expiring May 21, 2027, Over 3 months0.13679 / 5,391
MSFT options expiring November 13, 2026, 1 to 3 weeks0.221,396 / 6,428
SOFI options expiring January 21, 2028, Over 3 months0.231,344 / 5,785
BAC options expiring November 20, 2026, 1 to 3 months0.252,680 / 10,731

14 cells withheld: fewer than 3 traded contracts

Open interest rose at the settlement

Open interest rose at the latest settlement, by ticker, expiry and type, Oct 27, 2026.

Open interest rose at the latest settlement, by ticker, expiry and type. Change and open interest in contracts. Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.
Ticker, expiryChangeNow open
SPX puts expiring December 11, 2026+124,790138,607
EWY calls expiring December 18, 2026+120,240295,878
QQQ puts expiring October 28, 2026+114,062213,008
SPX calls expiring October 28, 2026+89,191154,713
TSLA puts expiring October 28, 2026+74,339131,938
CMG puts expiring December 18, 2026+55,860160,640
EWY calls expiring November 13, 2026+51,01961,185
CMG puts expiring January 15, 2027+50,015111,373
HOOD calls expiring October 30, 2026+46,126166,229
NFLX calls expiring December 17, 2027+44,150220,350

Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed. Every symbol, every strike: biggest open interest changes.

Put/call by expiry

74 snapshots, most notable first

  2. QQQPNOV 20Put/call by expiry

    QQQ puts expiring Nov 20 traded 12.8x the calls, vs a 1.4x median

    The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 14 sessions. 14,651 put and 1,146 call contracts by 09:50 ET on Oct 28, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainQQQ pageDetails

68 more put/call by expiry snapshots

  1. BAC calls outnumbered puts 9.4 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.0 median BAC, 12:26 ET
  2. NFLX calls outnumbered puts 8.5 to 1 expiring Jan 15, 2027, vs a 1.3 median NFLX, 10:14 ET
  3. MSFT calls outnumbered puts 8.3 to 1 expiring Nov 13 (2 weeks out), vs a 1.7 median MSFT, 11:17 ET
  4. TSLA calls outnumbered puts 7.1 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.7 median TSLA, 09:46 ET
  5. NVDA calls outnumbered puts 7.1 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.7 median NVDA, 09:41 ET
  6. MSFT calls outnumbered puts 7.2 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 1.7 median MSFT, 09:37 ET
  7. SPY puts expiring Nov 4 (1 week out) traded 7.5x the calls, vs a 1.3x median SPY, 09:32 ET
  8. IWM calls outnumbered puts 6.8 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 0.6 median IWM, 09:46 ET
  9. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 6.1 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 2.2 median GOOGL, 09:48 ET
  10. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 5.8 to 1 expiring Feb 19, 2027, vs a 1.5 median GOOGL, 11:33 ET
  11. SOFI calls outnumbered puts 6.2 to 1 expiring Jan 21, 2028, vs a 3.1 median SOFI, 11:44 ET
  12. SOFI calls outnumbered puts 6.1 to 1 expiring Mar 19, 2027, vs a 3.1 median SOFI, 10:44 ET
  13. MSFT puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 6.0x the calls, vs a 0.8x median MSFT, 11:28 ET
  14. NVDA calls outnumbered puts 5.8 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.7 median NVDA, 09:46 ET
  15. NFLX calls outnumbered puts 5.6 to 1 expiring Dec 15, 2028, vs a 1.3 median NFLX, 12:54 ET
  16. NVDA puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 4.1x the calls, vs a 0.9x median NVDA, 10:06 ET
  17. SOFI calls outnumbered puts 4.8 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 2.1 median SOFI, 09:34 ET
  18. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 4.7 to 1 expiring Jan 15, 2027, vs a 2.2 median GOOGL, 10:13 ET
  19. TSLA calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 expiring Jan 15, 2027, vs a 1.7 median TSLA, 10:15 ET
  20. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 5.0 to 1 expiring Mar 19, 2027, vs a 1.5 median GOOGL, 10:44 ET
  21. META calls outnumbered puts 4.6 to 1 expiring Oct 30, vs a 1.6 median META, 09:36 ET
  22. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 4.8 to 1 expiring Nov 4 (1 week out), vs a 2.5 median GOOGL, 13:08 ET
  23. AMZN calls outnumbered puts 3.4 to 1 expiring Oct 28 (same day), vs a 1.9 median AMZN, 10:17 ET
  24. GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 4.7 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 2.5 median GOOGL, 09:58 ET
  25. NFLX calls outnumbered puts 4.5 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.3 median NFLX, 09:55 ET
  26. IWM calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 expiring Oct 28 (same day), vs a 1.1 median IWM, 09:31 ET
  27. NFLX calls outnumbered puts 4.6 to 1 expiring Nov 13 (2 weeks out), vs a 2.0 median NFLX, 10:20 ET
  28. SOFI calls outnumbered puts 4.5 to 1 expiring Oct 30, vs a 1.7 median SOFI, 09:30 ET
  29. MSFT calls outnumbered puts 4.2 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.5 median MSFT, 10:53 ET
  30. PLTR calls outnumbered puts 4.2 to 1 expiring Mar 19, 2027, vs a 1.3 median PLTR, 13:58 ET
  31. TSLA calls outnumbered puts 4.1 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.7 median TSLA, 09:41 ET
  32. IWM calls outnumbered puts 3.6 to 1 expiring Oct 30, vs a 1.2 median IWM, 09:46 ET
  33. AMD puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 4.1x the calls, vs a 1.4x median AMD, 12:56 ET
  34. COIN calls outnumbered puts 3.7 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 1.9 median COIN, 12:44 ET
  35. PLTR calls outnumbered puts 3.4 to 1 expiring Oct 30, vs a 1.5 median PLTR, 09:33 ET
  36. MSFT calls outnumbered puts 3.4 to 1 expiring Oct 30, vs a 1.4 median MSFT, 09:37 ET
  37. IWM calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 0.3 median IWM, 13:26 ET
  38. AAPL puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 3.2x the calls, vs a 0.9x median AAPL, 13:45 ET
  39. QQQ puts expiring Nov 6 (1 week out) traded 2.7x the calls, vs a 1.4x median QQQ, 13:50 ET
  40. META calls outnumbered puts 3.4 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 1.2 median META, 10:06 ET
  41. COIN puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 traded 3.4x the calls, vs a 0.7x median COIN, 11:55 ET
  42. XOM calls outnumbered puts 3.2 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.8 median XOM, 11:44 ET
  43. GOOGL puts expiring Nov 13 (2 weeks out) traded 3.2x the calls, vs a 0.4x median GOOGL, 10:28 ET
  44. META calls outnumbered puts 3.1 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.3 median META, 09:46 ET
  45. AAPL calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 expiring Nov 4 (1 week out), vs a 1.1 median AAPL, 10:31 ET
  46. AMZN puts expiring Nov 20 traded 2.5x the calls, vs a 0.4x median AMZN, 10:46 ET
  47. PLTR puts expiring Jun 17, 2027 traded 2.8x the calls, vs a 0.8x median PLTR, 12:22 ET
  48. MSFT calls outnumbered puts 2.7 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.5 median MSFT, 09:48 ET
  49. AMD calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 0.9 median AMD, 10:20 ET
  50. QQQ calls outnumbered puts 1.9 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 0.7 median QQQ, 14:44 ET
  51. QQQ calls outnumbered puts 1.9 to 1 expiring Mar 19, 2027, vs a 0.5 median QQQ, 14:44 ET
  52. BAC calls outnumbered puts 2.2 to 1 expiring Jan 21, 2028, vs a 1.1 median BAC, 14:41 ET
  53. AAPL calls outnumbered puts 2.3 to 1 expiring Nov 20, vs a 1.0 median AAPL, 10:26 ET
  54. AMD calls outnumbered puts 2.2 to 1 expiring Nov 6 (1 week out), vs a 1.1 median AMD, 11:45 ET
  55. GOOGL puts expiring Nov 20 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.5x median GOOGL, 10:33 ET
  56. META calls outnumbered puts 2.2 to 1 expiring Oct 28 (same day), vs a 1.2 median META, 09:31 ET
  57. MSFT puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 traded 2.1x the calls, vs a 0.7x median MSFT, 10:12 ET
  58. AMZN puts expiring Nov 2 traded 1.9x the calls, vs a 0.5x median AMZN, 12:06 ET
  59. AAPL puts expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.8x median AAPL, 09:30 ET
  60. AMD calls outnumbered puts 1.8 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 0.9 median AMD, 15:10 ET
  61. META puts expiring Nov 20 traded 1.5x the calls, vs a 0.8x median META, 13:41 ET
  62. BAC calls outnumbered puts 1.8 to 1 expiring Jan 15, 2027, vs a 1.0 median BAC, 12:56 ET
  63. META puts expiring Dec 18 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.8x median META, 10:11 ET
  64. AMZN puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.6x median AMZN, 11:37 ET
  65. BAC calls outnumbered puts 1.8 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.0 median BAC, 13:20 ET
  66. SPY calls outnumbered puts 1.6 to 1 expiring Nov 2, vs a 0.8 median SPY, 09:57 ET
  67. PLTR puts expiring Dec 18 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 1.0x median PLTR, 10:38 ET
  68. AMZN puts expiring Nov 27 traded 1.5x the calls, vs a 0.4x median AMZN, 12:56 ET

Volume vs open interest

12 snapshots, most notable first

6 more volume vs open interest snapshots

  1. SPY 771 puts expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 5.9x their open interest SPY, 09:42 ET
  2. AMZN 250 puts expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 5.1x their open interest AMZN, 11:51 ET
  3. TSLA 405 puts expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 5.3x their open interest TSLA, 09:46 ET
  4. META 615 puts expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 7.0x their open interest META, 09:56 ET
  5. AAPL 347.5 calls expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 5.0x their open interest AAPL, 10:55 ET
  6. AMD 570 calls expiring Oct 28 (same day) traded 6.0x their open interest AMD, 11:11 ET

Premium concentration

3 snapshots, most notable first

Same-day share

8 snapshots, most notable first

2 more same-day share snapshots

  1. Same-day contracts accounted for 64% of tracked TSLA option volume by 09:31 ET TSLA, 09:31 ET
  2. Same-day contracts accounted for 61% of tracked IWM option volume by 09:36 ET IWM, 09:36 ET

Near vs far dates

14 snapshots, most notable first

8 more near vs far dates snapshots

  1. TSLA put/call volume ratio held at 1.15 within 3 weeks, against 0.49 1 to 3 months out TSLA, 09:36 ET
  2. IWM put/call volume ratio held at 0.66 within 3 weeks, against 1.62 1 to 3 months out IWM, 09:41 ET
  3. META put/call volume ratio held at 0.39 within 3 weeks, against 0.99 1 to 3 months out META, 09:36 ET
  4. AMZN put/call volume ratio held at 0.44 within 3 weeks, against 0.90 1 to 3 months out AMZN, 09:51 ET
  5. JPM put/call volume ratio held at 0.53 within 3 weeks, against 1.00 1 to 3 months out JPM, 11:13 ET
  6. NFLX put/call volume ratio held at 0.42 within 3 weeks, against 0.24 1 to 3 months out NFLX, 09:40 ET
  7. GS put/call volume ratio held at 0.78 within 3 weeks, against 0.46 1 to 3 months out GS, 15:12 ET
  8. BAC put/call volume ratio held at 0.52 within 3 weeks, against 0.54 1 to 3 months out BAC, 10:05 ET

How to read this, and what it cannot tell you

Each snapshot is one templated sentence computed from options chain snapshots aggregated to ticker, expiry and call or put totals, each over at least 3 traded contracts. The sentence is generated by fixed rules, never written by a model, and it never changes once published: a template fix applies only to new snapshots.

  • Delayed at least 15 minutesEvery figure is published at least 15 minutes after the chain capture it describes, and stamped with that capture time in Eastern time.
  • 21 symbols intraday, about 200 end of dayIntraday snapshots cover a fixed list of 21 symbols (major stocks, ETFs and the SPX index), not every optionable symbol. Open interest changes cover about 200 symbols from the nightly settlement open interest archive.
  • The strikes we track, not the full bookA chain capture is a window: up to 40 strikes around the money in each expiration from the broker chain, or every strike in the nearest expirations from the delayed option chain. Totals, shares and ratios describe the strikes captured, and each snapshot states its own coverage.
  • Thin cells are withheldEvery published total, ratio and share rests on at least 3 traded contracts (volume above zero; for open interest change, contracts whose open interest changed). A call or put side of one expiry below that is left out of every figure, shown as withheld, and counted in a footnote, so no difference between published numbers recovers it.
  • Session totals, not tradesVolume is the session total read from chain snapshots, aggregated to ticker, expiry and call or put. There is no trade-by-trade record behind it, and no single trade is shown.
  • No buyer, seller or directionA chain cannot say who bought or sold, whether a contract was opened or closed, or whether it was one leg of a spread. Calls can be sold and puts can hedge stock, so no snapshot carries a direction.
  • Premium is an estimateEstimated premium is volume times the quote midpoint times 100 shares. It is labelled "est." wherever it appears.
  • Open interest arrives the next dayOpen interest is the prior settlement figure. Whether contracts stayed open is only known after the next settlement, which is when each snapshot gets its follow-up.

The six kinds of snapshot

  • Put/call by expiry. Put or call volume in one expiry at least 2.5 times the other side (once a ticker has history, 1.75 times its own usual ratio for that range of expiries), with at least 2,000 contracts on the heavy side.
  • Volume vs open interest. One strike trading at least 5 times its prior open interest, and at least 3 times the ratio of its expiry's tracked strikes, with at least 1,000 contracts open.
  • Premium concentration. One expiry holding an outsized share of a ticker's tracked estimated premium for the session.
  • Same-day share. Contracts expiring the same day taking at least 60% of a ticker's tracked option volume (once it has history, 10 points above its own usual share).
  • Near vs far dates. The put/call ratio within three weeks at least twice, or at most half, the ratio one to three months out.
  • Open interest change. Open interest in one expiry and type changing sharply between two settlements, against that symbol's own typical change.

Until a ticker has five sessions of its own history, a snapshot is judged against a fixed threshold and says so; after that it is also compared with the ticker's own 20-session median, and the snapshot page shows how many sessions that median rests on.

Covered intraday

SPX, SPY, QQQ, IWM, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA, META, AMZN, GOOGL, AMD, NFLX, COIN, PLTR, BAC, JPM, GS, XOM, V, SOFI.