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Unusual options activityLast session, Nov 6, 2026

Unusual options activity: Nov 6, 2026

A free options flow scanner, delayed at least 15 minutes: 21 symbols intraday in the strikes we track, and open interest for about 160 after each settlement.

As of Nov 6, 2026, 16:14 ET, the largest estimated premium on SquawkFlow's unusual options activity board was in SPY puts expiring November 6, 2026: about $624.4M on 4,051,499 contracts in the strikes we track. SPY calls expiring November 6, 2026 traded 18.4x their prior open interest, the most on the board. SquawkFlow had published 139 snapshots for Nov 6, 2026, from its delayed options chain scan of 21 symbols and its nightly settlement open interest archive. Chain figures are session totals in the strikes we track, published at least 15 minutes after capture; settlement figures are open interest counts; none is an individual trade.

For volume, prior open interest and estimated premium by ticker, expiry and call or put from the same delayed captures: See the most active options.

  • 139
    Snapshots published for Nov 6, 2026
  • $624.4M
    Largest est. premium, SPY Nov 6 P
  • 18.4x
    Highest volume vs prior open interest, SPY Nov 6 C
  • +121,681
    Largest open interest rise at the Nov 5, 2026 settlement, XLV Mar 19 '27 P
The full Nov 6, 2026 pageHow snapshots are madeMachine-readable version

Open interest board: computed from the Nov 5 settlement. Next update after the Nov 6 settlement, after 5:30 a.m. PT (8:30 a.m. ET) on Monday, Nov 9, 2026.

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Flow map: est. premium by name

On Nov 6, 2026, SPY drew the most estimated option premium of the 20 names we capture every 5 minutes: $2.45B est., 77% of it in puts, ahead of QQQ $2.28B and NVDA $1.52B, in the strikes we track.

Tile size: est. premiumcallsputs (share of est. premium)nearest expiries only
SPY$2.45B est.77% puts
QQQ$2.28B est.72% puts
NVDA$1.52B est.53% puts
AMD$1.05B est.61% puts
TSLA$880M est.45% puts
META$622M est.27% puts
IWM$309M est.67% puts
AAPL$307M est.44% puts
AMZN$263M est.36% puts
MSFT$217M est.48% puts
GOOGL
PLTR
COIN
GS
SPY$2.45B est.77% puts
QQQ$2.28B est.72% puts
NVDA$1.52B est.53% puts
AMD$1.05B est.61% puts
TSLA$880M est.45% puts
META
IWM
AAPL
AMZN
MSFT
GOOGL
PLTR
As of Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET. Totals from delayed 5-minute options chain snapshots in the strikes we track, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Est. premium is volume times the quote midpoint. Cells with fewer than 3 traded contracts are left out. Index ETF snapshots (marked) cover only the 2 nearest expiries.
The numbers behind this chart
Flow map: est. premium by name, Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolEst. premiumPuts shareShare of boardExpiries captured
SPY$2.45B77%23%35
QQQ$2.28B72%22%32
NVDA$1.52B53%15%25
AMD$1.05B61%10%23
TSLA$880M45%8%23
META$622M27%6%24
IWM$309M67%3%33
AAPL$307M44%3%24
AMZN$263M36%3%24
MSFT$217M48%2%23
GOOGL$205M47%2%24
PLTR$132M43%1%20
COIN$55.8M74%1%20
GS$46.1M74%0%24
NFLX$31.8M46%0%17
XOM$22.9M34%0%18
JPM$20.3M58%0%16
V$17.4M31%0%19
SOFI$15.9M30%0%18
BAC$13.1M72%0%20

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  4. JPMPDEC 18Put/call by expiry

    JPM puts expiring Dec 18 traded 1.5x the calls, vs a 0.6x median

    The median is JPM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 2,569 put and 1,666 call contracts by 15:23 ET on Nov 6, 2026. Tracked: up to 42 strikes around the money across 16 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainJPM pageDetails

Calls vs puts, today vs normal, and the expiry mix

Calls vs puts, est. premium by name

On Nov 6, 2026, put est. premium was larger than call est. premium in 9 of 20 names (SPY, QQQ and NVDA and others). The largest call total was NVDA at $710M est. and the largest put total SPY at $1.88B est.

puts, est. premiumcalls, est. premiumnearest expiries only
putscallsP/C volSPY$1.88B$565M1.14QQQ$1.64B$636M1.27NVDA$806M$710M0.71AMD$643M$403M1.08TSLA$399M$481M0.77META$167M$455M0.26IWM$207M$102M1.27AAPL$136M$171M1.03AMZN$93.9M$169M0.62MSFT$105M$112M0.70GOOGL$96.4M$109M0.52PLTR$57.1M$75.2M0.70COIN$41.4M$14.5M1.03GS$34.4M$11.8M1.50NFLX$14.5M$17.3M0.44XOM$7.8M$15.1M0.39JPM$11.7M$8.6M0.84V$5.3M$12.1M0.96SOFI$4.7M$11.2M0.23BAC$9.4M$3.7M0.39
As of Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET. Totals from delayed 5-minute options chain snapshots in the strikes we track, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Est. premium is volume times the quote midpoint. Cells with fewer than 3 traded contracts are left out. Index ETF snapshots (marked) cover only the 2 nearest expiries.
The numbers behind this chart
Calls vs puts, est. premium by name, Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolCalls, est. premiumPuts, est. premiumPut to call volume
SPY$565M$1.88B1.14
QQQ$636M$1.64B1.27
NVDA$710M$806M0.71
AMD$403M$643M1.08
TSLA$481M$399M0.77
META$455M$167M0.26
IWM$102M$207M1.27
AAPL$171M$136M1.03
AMZN$169M$93.9M0.62
MSFT$112M$105M0.70
GOOGL$109M$96.4M0.52
PLTR$75.2M$57.1M0.70
COIN$14.5M$41.4M1.03
GS$11.8M$34.4M1.50
NFLX$17.3M$14.5M0.44
XOM$15.1M$7.8M0.39
JPM$8.6M$11.7M0.84
V$12.1M$5.3M0.96
SOFI$11.2M$4.7M0.23
BAC$3.7M$9.4M0.39

Session vs normal, vs the last 20 sessions

On Nov 6, 2026, no name was at the top or bottom of its own last sessions; META ranked highest, at the 90th percentile of its last 20, with same-day expiries left out of every total.

this sessioneach previous session| medianeach row on its own scale
lowest of the windowhighestMETA565K vs 260K med, 90th pctAMD388K vs 297K med, 80th pctNVDA2.06M vs 1.55M med, 80th pctXOM57,129 vs 53,308 med, 60th pctGS14,836 vs 16,405 med, 40th pctSOFI338K vs 371K med, 35th pctBAC100K vs 123K med, 30th pctCOIN63,858 vs 76,389 med, 30th pctMSFT216K vs 280K med, 30th pctTSLA651K vs 819K med, 25th pctAAPL503K vs 755K med, 20th pctJPM32,473 vs 39,005 med, 20th pctV19,478 vs 28,605 med, 15th pctGOOGL252K vs 339K med, 10th pctNFLX149K vs 300K med, 10th pctPLTR237K vs 387K med, 10th pctIWM837K vs 1.01M medN 4SPY2.41M vs 3.05M medN 4QQQ1.62M vs 2.33M medN 4AMZN362K vs 632K med, 5th pct
lowest ratiohighest ratioAMZN0.75 vs 0.47 med, 95th pctCOIN1.03 vs 0.68 med, 95th pctAMD1.28 vs 0.94 med, 90th pctAAPL1.25 vs 0.94 med, 85th pctGOOGL0.61 vs 0.48 med, 85th pctGS1.61 vs 0.87 med, 85th pctJPM0.92 vs 0.77 med, 75th pctV1.03 vs 0.88 med, 65th pctMSFT0.67 vs 0.66 med, 60th pctNVDA0.61 vs 0.68 med, 38th pctTSLA0.64 vs 0.67 med, 38th pctNFLX0.50 vs 0.61 med, 35th pctPLTR0.63 vs 0.78 med, 18th pctBAC0.46 vs 0.72 med, 15th pctSPY1.59 vs 1.29 medN 4QQQ1.42 vs 1.38 medN 4XOM0.35 vs 0.53 med, 10th pctIWM1.57 vs 1.60 medN 4META0.14 vs 0.68 med, lowestSOFI0.18 vs 0.33 med, lowest
As of Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET. Each name against its own previous sessions (N per row; the window grows to 20). Same-day expiries are left out of every total, and a session captured over a different window is not compared. Index ETF snapshots cover only the nearest expiries, so their totals move with the calendar.
The numbers behind this chart
Session vs normal, vs the last 20 sessions, Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolVolumeMedianPercentilePut to callMedian ratioN
META565K260K90th pct0.140.6820
AMD388K297K80th pct1.280.9420
NVDA2.06M1.55M80th pct0.610.6820
XOM57,12953,30860th pct0.350.5320
GS14,83616,40540th pct1.610.8720
SOFI338K371K35th pct0.180.3320
BAC100K123K30th pct0.460.7220
COIN63,85876,38930th pct1.030.6820
MSFT216K280K30th pct0.670.6620
TSLA651K819K25th pct0.640.6720
AAPL503K755K20th pct1.250.9420
JPM32,47339,00520th pct0.920.7720
V19,47828,60515th pct1.030.8820
GOOGL252K339K10th pct0.610.4820
NFLX149K300K10th pct0.500.6120
PLTR237K387K10th pct0.630.7820
AMZN362K632K5th pct0.750.4720
IWM837K1.01Mrecord too short1.571.604
QQQ1.62M2.33Mrecord too short1.421.384
SPY2.41M3.05Mrecord too short1.591.294

Expiry heat grid: where in time the volume sat

On Nov 6, 2026, SPY had the largest share of its options volume in expiries within a week (89%), and META the largest share a month or more out (52%), among single stocks in the strikes we track.

Cell: share of the name's volumecallsputs (put to call volume)
Same daySame dayWithin a weekWeek1 to 3 weeks1 to 3 wk1 to 3 months1 to 3 moMore than 3 months3 mo +SPY77%12%8%2%1%QQQ76%12%5%5%2%NVDA49%14%20%7%11%TSLA71%12%11%4%3%IWM53%15%22%8%3%AAPL63%12%13%7%4%META34%8%6%50%2%AMD54%11%14%9%12%AMZN50%14%17%12%7%GOOGL49%13%17%11%10%SOFI22%26%46%7%MSFT46%11%22%15%6%PLTR38%39%17%6%NFLX39%34%18%9%BAC29%40%18%13%COIN23%41%27%9%XOM10%52%19%19%JPM31%37%25%7%V34%36%24%6%GS34%43%15%7%
As of Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET. Totals from delayed 5-minute options chain snapshots in the strikes we track, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Est. premium is volume times the quote midpoint. Cells with fewer than 3 traded contracts are left out. Index ETF snapshots (marked) cover only the 2 nearest expiries. Cell: share of the name's volume; colour: put to call volume ratio. A blank cell has no expiry in that window or fewer than 3 traded contracts.
The numbers behind this chart
Expiry heat grid: where in time the volume sat, Nov 6, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolSame dayWithin a week1 to 3 weeks1 to 3 monthsMore than 3 months
SPY77% (P/C 1.03)12% (P/C 1.08)8% (P/C 3.38)2% (P/C 1.66)1% (P/C 0.89)
QQQ76% (P/C 1.23)12% (P/C 1.20)5% (P/C 1.33)5% (P/C 1.95)2% (P/C 2.28)
NVDA49% (P/C 0.84)14% (P/C 0.93)20% (P/C 0.48)7% (P/C 0.55)11% (P/C 0.58)
TSLA71% (P/C 0.82)12% (P/C 0.72)11% (P/C 0.49)4% (P/C 0.60)3% (P/C 1.19)
IWM53% (P/C 1.05)15% (P/C 0.83)22% (P/C 2.67)8% (P/C 1.41)3% (P/C 1.37)
AAPL63% (P/C 0.92)12% (P/C 1.11)13% (P/C 1.50)7% (P/C 1.24)4% (P/C 1.05)
META34% (P/C 0.60)8% (P/C 0.81)6% (P/C 0.65)50% (P/C 0.03)2% (P/C 0.86)
AMD54% (P/C 0.94)11% (P/C 0.78)14% (P/C 0.96)9% (P/C 0.96)12% (P/C 4.08)
AMZN50% (P/C 0.51)14% (P/C 0.94)17% (P/C 0.63)12% (P/C 0.57)7% (P/C 1.16)
GOOGL49% (P/C 0.44)13% (P/C 0.62)17% (P/C 0.46)11% (P/C 0.61)10% (P/C 0.97)
SOFI22% (P/C 0.49)26% (P/C 0.43)46% (P/C 0.05)7% (P/C 0.33)
MSFT46% (P/C 0.72)11% (P/C 0.83)22% (P/C 0.50)15% (P/C 0.64)6% (P/C 1.41)
PLTR38% (P/C 0.83)39% (P/C 0.45)17% (P/C 1.13)6% (P/C 0.87)
NFLX39% (P/C 0.35)34% (P/C 0.45)18% (P/C 0.54)9% (P/C 0.61)
BAC29% (P/C 0.25)40% (P/C 0.32)18% (P/C 0.42)13% (P/C 1.34)
COIN23% (P/C 1.00)41% (P/C 1.05)27% (P/C 0.92)9% (P/C 1.40)
XOM10% (P/C 0.92)52% (P/C 0.16)19% (P/C 0.41)19% (P/C 1.28)
JPM31% (P/C 0.68)37% (P/C 0.68)25% (P/C 1.21)7% (P/C 1.65)
V34% (P/C 0.84)36% (P/C 1.36)24% (P/C 0.71)6% (P/C 0.89)
GS34% (P/C 1.31)43% (P/C 1.63)15% (P/C 0.99)7% (P/C 5.41)

Biggest call and put activity by expiry

Ticker x expiry x call or put totals. No single contracts.

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 6, 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.
#Ticker, expiryEst. premiumVolumePrior OI
1SPY puts expiring November 6, 2026$624.4M4,051,499273,900
2QQQ puts expiring November 6, 2026$412.2M2,851,818234,950
3SPY puts expiring November 20, 2026$403.8M365,682887,005
4META calls expiring January 15, 2027$325.3M408,012594,600
5QQQ puts expiring March 19, 2027$219.5M58,264648,856
6SPY puts expiring November 9, 2026$177.0M523,994208,635
7QQQ puts expiring December 18, 2026$168.9M98,488701,057
8QQQ puts expiring November 9, 2026$162.6M374,413102,249
9NVDA puts expiring November 6, 2026$143.1M895,576284,292
10QQQ puts expiring November 20, 2026$131.0M85,380320,638

40 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 6, 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.
#Ticker, expiryVolume / OIVolumePrior OI
1SPY calls expiring November 6, 202618.4x3,940,100213,721
2QQQ calls expiring November 6, 202617.2x2,320,598134,903
3SPY puts expiring November 6, 202614.8x4,051,499273,900
4QQQ puts expiring November 6, 202612.1x2,851,818234,950
5TSLA calls expiring November 6, 20266.5x853,931131,396
6TSLA puts expiring November 6, 20265.8x702,508122,059
7AMD puts expiring November 6, 20265.1x219,96542,772
8NVDA puts expiring November 9, 20264.9x217,18344,433
9AMD calls expiring November 6, 20264.5x234,16452,285
10AMD puts expiring November 9, 20264.5x32,8597,343

40 cells withheld: fewer than 3 traded contracts

How to read this, and what it cannot tell you

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.

Covered intraday

SPX, SPY, QQQ, IWM, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA, META, AMZN, GOOGL, AMD, NFLX, COIN, PLTR, BAC, JPM, GS, XOM, V, SOFI.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Is this options activity real time?
No. Every snapshot is published at least 15 minutes after the options chain capture it describes, and carries that capture time in Eastern time. During regular US market hours new snapshots appear as new chain captures arrive.
Which tickers are covered?
Intraday: SPX, SPY, QQQ, IWM, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA, META, AMZN, GOOGL, AMD, NFLX, COIN, PLTR, BAC, JPM, GS, XOM, V, SOFI, each over the strikes its chain capture holds (up to 40 around the money per expiration), not every listed strike. After each settlement, open interest change snapshots cover about 200 symbols from SquawkFlow's nightly settlement open interest archive. Symbols outside these lists are not scanned.
Does this show individual trades, or who bought and who sold?
No. The figures are session totals aggregated from delayed options chain snapshots to ticker, expiry and call or put. A chain carries no trade tape, so it cannot show individual trades, the buyer or seller, whether a position was opened or closed, or whether a contract was part of a spread.
Why does a call or put side show as withheld?
Every published figure is computed over at least 3 traded contracts. When one side of an expiry had fewer than 3 contracts with volume, that side is left out of all totals, ratios and shares and labelled withheld, and the page counts how many cells were withheld. A ratio needs both sides, so it is hidden when either is withheld.
What makes a snapshot fire?
A fixed rule clearing a stated threshold, for example put/call volume of at least 2.5 to 1 in one expiry, or one strike trading at least 5 times its prior open interest with at least 1,000 contracts open. Each snapshot page shows the rule, the numbers that cleared it and the baseline it was compared against.
What happens after a snapshot is published?
After the next settlement the snapshot page adds the open interest change for the same contracts, and after expiry it adds where the underlying settled against the strike. These follow-ups are facts, written the same way whatever the outcome, and are never added to a snapshot published after the fact.

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