QQQPNOV 5Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Nov 5 rose 75,130 at the Nov 4 settlement
60,428 to 135,558 contracts between the Nov 3 and Nov 4 settlements, 124% of the prior figure.
QQQ · CALLS · NOV 5Settled
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Nov 5 rose 64,796 at the Nov 4 settlement
As of . Source: settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-11-04/qqq-calls-nov-5-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other QQQ snapshots from Nov 4, 2026.
55,876 to 120,672 contracts between the Nov 3 and Nov 4 settlements, 116% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 55,876 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 120,672 |
| Change (contracts) | +64,796 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 116% |
| Earlier settlement | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 1 |
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: 64,796; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 1.1596
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 86
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts within a week: 0.4361
- 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.
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