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On Nov 5, 2026, SquawkFlow published 146 snapshots of unusual options activity, 146 from delayed options chain data, the newest captured Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET: 110 put/call by expiry, 13 volume vs open interest, 5 premium concentration, 3 same-day share, 15 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/2026-11-05: all 146 snapshots grouped by kind, each with its own permalink; the boards by ticker, expiry and call or put; and a link to the Nov 4, 2026 session. The next session's snapshots post no earlier than 9:45 ET and are linked from this page.
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 Nov 5, 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.
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Ticker, expiry
Est. premium
Volume
Prior OI
1
SPY Nov 5PSPY puts expiring November 5, 2026
$4.1B
6,651,866
223,222
2
QQQ Nov 5PQQQ puts expiring November 5, 2026
$2.4B
3,789,932
130,790
3
QQQ Nov 6PQQQ puts expiring November 6, 2026
$1.7B
1,040,151
619,034
4
SPY Nov 6PSPY puts expiring November 6, 2026
$1.2B
1,435,245
495,595
5
SPY Nov 20PSPY puts expiring November 20, 2026
$685.6M
522,374
1,134,620
6
QQQ Nov 20PQQQ puts expiring November 20, 2026
$655.4M
338,889
654,398
7
QQQ Dec 18PQQQ puts expiring December 18, 2026
$652.0M
246,210
700,450
8
NVDA Nov 6PNVDA puts expiring November 6, 2026
$465.7M
727,827
318,833
9
TSLA Nov 6PTSLA puts expiring November 6, 2026
$415.3M
508,638
140,968
10
NVDA Jan 15 '27PNVDA puts expiring January 15, 2027
$322.0M
448,585
1,534,147
23 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 Nov 5, 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.
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Ticker, expiry
Volume / OI
Volume
Prior OI
1
QQQ Nov 5CQQQ calls expiring November 5, 2026
128.0x
3,660,249
28,597
2
SPY Nov 5CSPY calls expiring November 5, 2026
31.6x
4,655,867
147,104
3
SPY Nov 5PSPY puts expiring November 5, 2026
29.8x
6,651,866
223,222
4
QQQ Nov 5PQQQ puts expiring November 5, 2026
29.0x
3,789,932
130,790
5
IWM Nov 5PIWM puts expiring November 5, 2026
21.6x
820,811
37,926
6
IWM Nov 5CIWM calls expiring November 5, 2026
11.9x
518,011
43,624
7
AMD Nov 6CAMD calls expiring November 6, 2026
8.4x
134,333
15,995
8
QQQ Nov 13CQQQ calls expiring November 13, 2026
7.2x
75,754
10,587
9
TSLA Nov 6CTSLA calls expiring November 6, 2026
5.7x
523,622
91,167
10
TSLA Nov 9CTSLA calls expiring November 9, 2026
5.4x
68,242
12,561
23 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 Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET. Ratio of put to call contracts traded in one expiry, in the strikes we track.
Ticker, expiry
Put/call
P / C contracts
IWM Sep 17 '27IWM options expiring September 17, 2027, Over 3 months
19.78
6,151 / 311
IWM Dec 17 '27IWM options expiring December 17, 2027, Over 3 months
6.32
16,719 / 2,644
IWM Nov 20IWM options expiring November 20, 2026, 1 to 3 weeks
6.14
475,280 / 77,367
SPY Nov 27SPY options expiring November 27, 2026, 1 to 3 months
5.95
100,751 / 16,920
SPY Dec 31SPY options expiring December 31, 2026, 1 to 3 months
5.06
26,651 / 5,267
Most calls per put
Lowest put/call ratios. As of Nov 5, 2026, 16:14 ET. Ratio of put to call contracts traded in one expiry, in the strikes we track.
Ticker, expiry
Put/call
P / C contracts
GOOGL Jan 15 '27GOOGL options expiring January 15, 2027, 1 to 3 months
0.09
12,645 / 135,498
META Feb 19 '27META options expiring February 19, 2027, Over 3 months
0.11
3,265 / 29,922
SOFI Jan 21 '28SOFI options expiring January 21, 2028, Over 3 months
0.11
1,258 / 11,484
SOFI Mar 19 '27SOFI options expiring March 19, 2027, Over 3 months
0.15
2,524 / 16,483
GOOGL Nov 16GOOGL options expiring November 16, 2026, 1 to 3 weeks
0.16
916 / 5,825
23 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, Nov 4, 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.
The median is META's call/put volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 29,092 call and 2,291 put contracts by 15:01 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 58 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
The median is PLTR's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 27,574 put and 1,709 call contracts by 09:38 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
The median is BAC's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 16 sessions. 12,064 call and 879 put contracts by 09:35 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 38 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
The median is NFLX's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 16 sessions. 10,079 call and 785 put contracts by 09:35 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
The median is NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 7,618 call and 501 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 42 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
The median is SOFI's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 7,554 call and 546 put contracts by 10:04 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 42 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
BAC puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.1x their open interest, by 13:26 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 38 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
NVDA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.3x their open interest, by 09:41 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 42 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AAPL puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.4x their open interest, by 10:01 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 41 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
IWM calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.4x their open interest, by 09:36 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 41 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
AMD calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 13:26 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 57 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
GOOGL puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.5x their open interest, by 10:05 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 43 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
$88.6M est. of $174.9M est. across the TSLA strikes we track, by 09:41 ET. Calls $5.7M, puts $82.9M. Tracked: up to 44 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
$1.4M est. of $2.3M est. across the JPM strikes we track, by 09:33 ET. Calls $1.4M, puts $42K. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 16 expirations.
$11.8M est. of $26.2M est. across the BAC strikes we track, by 15:16 ET. Calls $353K, puts $11.4M. Tracked: up to 38 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
$11.1M est. of $26.8M est. across the META strikes we track, by 09:46 ET. Calls $1.4M, puts $9.6M. Tracked: up to 46 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
$793K est. of $1.6M est. across the GS strikes we track, by 09:47 ET. Calls $519K, puts $274K. Tracked: up to 50 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 20,144 put and 15,848 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 29,925 put and 3,357 call contracts. By 09:38 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 8,161 put and 7,971 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 16,078 put and 3,058 call contracts. By 10:40 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 50 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 201,099 put and 102,197 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 38,575 put and 5,848 call contracts. By 09:56 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 45 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 16,388 put and 12,100 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,203 put and 3,266 call contracts. By 09:46 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 46 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 12,238 put and 22,122 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,100 put and 5,834 call contracts. By 10:11 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 38 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 8,378 put and 14,196 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,898 put and 1,109 call contracts. By 09:31 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
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.