## Today's flow

For Nov 6, 2026, the latest published board is for Nov 5, 2026, captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET. [Read the current flow board](https://squawkflow.com/options-flow).

- SPY Nov 5 P: est. $4.1B on 6,651,866 contracts, captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET.
- QQQ Nov 5 P: est. $2.4B on 3,789,932 contracts, captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET.
- QQQ Nov 6 P: est. $1.7B on 1,040,151 contracts, captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET.

Largest estimated-premium cells from delayed option chain snapshots, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Session totals, not individual trades.

## Archived session

# Open interest in XLP puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 rose 63,058 at the Nov 4 settlement

This snapshot is a settlement figure for the Nov 4, 2026 session. A newer board, captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET (1 trading session later), is at https://squawkflow.com/options-flow.

As of the Nov 4, 2026 settlement: Open interest in XLP puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 rose 63,058 at the Nov 4 settlement.
On the page at https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-11-04/xlp-puts-jan-15-2027-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other XLP snapshots from Nov 4, 2026.

191,384 to 254,442 contracts between the Nov 3 and Nov 4 settlements, 33% of the prior figure. Source: settlement open interest archive.

- Session: 2026-11-04
- Kind: Open interest change
- Status: Settled
- Expiry: 2027-01-15 (1 to 3 months)
- Rule: |change| >= 10000 or (>= 2000 and >= 50% of prior), and |change share| >= 2.0 x bucket median; prior OI >= 1000
- Baseline: median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 months out, last 20 sessions, n = 20, value 0.0485

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| changeShare | 0.3295 |
| daysToExpiry | 72 |
| openInterest | 254442 |
| openInterestChange | 63058 |
| priorOpenInterest | 191384 |
| priorSettlement | 2026-11-03 |
| settlement | 2026-11-04 |

## What happened next

This snapshot is itself a settlement figure.

Caveat: Open interest change, not trades; it does not say which side opened or closed.

Session page: https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-11-04

## Citation

Source: SquawkFlow, https://squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-11-04/xlp-puts-jan-15-2027-open-interest-change
Retrieved: 2026-11-06 04:46 ET
Attribution: cite the page URL rather than a copied number. Levels are
recomputed every session, so a number without its date is wrong within a day.

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