QQQCDEC 11Open interest change
Open interest in QQQ calls expiring Dec 11 rose 12,908 at the Nov 12 settlement
36,889 to 49,797 contracts between the Nov 11 and Nov 12 settlements, 35% of the prior figure.
QQQ · PUTS · NOV 19Settled
Open interest in QQQ puts expiring Nov 19 (1 week out) rose 26,566 at the Nov 12 settlement
As of . Source: settlement open interest archive.
On the page at squawkflow.com/options-flow/2026-11-12/qqq-puts-nov-19-2026-open-interest-change: the evidence table and the rule this settlement figure passed; and up to six other QQQ snapshots from Nov 12, 2026.
12,983 to 39,549 contracts between the Nov 11 and Nov 12 settlements, 205% of the prior figure.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Open interest, earlier settlement | 12,983 |
| Open interest, later settlement | 39,549 |
| Change (contracts) | +26,566 |
| Change as a share of the earlier figure | 205% |
| Earlier settlement | Nov 11, 2026 |
| Later settlement | Nov 12, 2026 |
| Days to expiry | 7 |
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: 26,566; Change as a share of the earlier figure: 2.0462
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Open interest changed: 106
- Baseline
- median absolute open interest change share, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.2163
- 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, Nov 12, 2026
All QQQ snapshots on the hub- QQQPDEC 18Put/call by expiry
QQQ puts expiring Dec 18 traded 2.8x the calls, vs a 1.5x median
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 10,010 put and 3,580 call contracts by 10:09 ET on Nov 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 47 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.
- QQQCJAN 15 '27Put/call by expiry
QQQ calls outnumbered puts 1.6 to 1 expiring Jan 15, 2027, vs a 0.7 median
The median is QQQ's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 3,275 call and 2,036 put contracts by 09:40 ET on Nov 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 47 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.
- QQQP666NOV 12Volume vs open interest
QQQ 666 puts expiring Nov 12 (same day) traded 6.8x their open interest
Across the tracked strikes of that expiry, QQQ puts traded 0.9x their open interest, against 6.8x for the 666 strike, by 09:34 ET on Nov 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 43 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.