QQQCNOV 2Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Nov 2 rose 132,508 at the Oct 30 settlement
71,455 to 203,963 contracts between the Oct 29 and Oct 30 settlements, 185% of the prior figure.
QQQ · CALLS · NOV 3Settled
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Nov 3 rose 39,006 at the Oct 30 settlement
As of . Source: settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-10-30/qqq-calls-nov-3-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other QQQ snapshots from Oct 30, 2026.
29,652 to 68,658 contracts between the Oct 29 and Oct 30 settlements, 132% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 29,652 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 68,658 |
| Change (contracts) | +39,006 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 132% |
| Earlier settlement | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 4 |
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: 39,006; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 1.3155
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 103
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week: 0.4195
- 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.
More QQQ snapshots, Oct 30, 2026
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