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Unusual options activityLast session, Nov 4, 2026

Unusual options activity: Nov 4, 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 4, 2026, 16:14 ET, the largest estimated premium on SquawkFlow's unusual options activity board was in QQQ puts expiring November 4, 2026: about $577.5M on 3,241,413 contracts in the strikes we track. SPY puts expiring November 4, 2026 traded 38.6x their prior open interest, the most on the board. SquawkFlow had published 138 snapshots for Nov 4, 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.

  • 138
    Snapshots published for Nov 4, 2026
  • $577.5M
    Largest est. premium, QQQ Nov 4 P
  • 38.6x
    Highest volume vs prior open interest, SPY Nov 4 P
  • +291,834
    Largest open interest rise at the Nov 3, 2026 settlement, GME Dec 17 '27 P
The full Nov 4, 2026 pageHow snapshots are madeMachine-readable version

Open interest board: computed from the Nov 3 settlement. Next update after the Nov 4 settlement, after 5:30 a.m. PT (8:30 a.m. ET) on Thursday, Nov 5, 2026.

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Flow map: est. premium by name

On Nov 4, 2026, QQQ drew the most estimated option premium of the 20 names we capture every 5 minutes: $2.16B est., 69% of it in puts, ahead of SPY $1.37B and NVDA $948M, in the strikes we track.

Tile size: est. premiumcallsputs (share of est. premium)nearest expiries only
QQQ$2.16B est.69% puts
SPY$1.37B est.52% puts
NVDA$948M est.55% puts
TSLA$871M est.53% puts
AMD$753M est.54% puts
AMZN$716M est.26% puts
AAPL$700M est.39% puts
MSFT$583M est.16% puts
META$353M est.38% puts
GOOGL$330M est.37% puts
IWM
PLTR
NFLX
GS
JPM
XOM
QQQ$2.16B est.69% puts
SPY$1.37B est.52% puts
NVDA$948M est.55% puts
TSLA$871M est.53% puts
AMD$753M est.54% puts
AMZN$716M est.26% puts
AAPL$700M est.39% puts
MSFT$583M est.16% puts
META
GOOGL
IWM
PLTR
As of Nov 4, 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 4, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolEst. premiumPuts shareShare of boardExpiries captured
QQQ$2.16B69%23%32
SPY$1.37B52%14%34
NVDA$948M55%10%25
TSLA$871M53%9%23
AMD$753M54%8%23
AMZN$716M26%8%24
AAPL$700M39%7%24
MSFT$583M16%6%23
META$353M38%4%24
GOOGL$330M37%3%24
IWM$235M55%2%33
PLTR$181M52%2%19
NFLX$82.8M20%1%16
GS$58.2M35%1%23
V$44.3M15%0%18
COIN$40.6M48%0%19
JPM$37.7M25%0%15
XOM$32.4M42%0%17
SOFI$18.6M25%0%17
BAC$11.4M37%0%19

Snapshot feed

Newest capture first. Each links to its own dated page.

  3. IWMPDEC 18Put/call by expiry

    IWM puts expiring Dec 18 traded 5.2x the calls, vs a 2.3x median

    The median is IWM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 19 sessions. 64,179 put and 12,363 call contracts by 15:25 ET on Nov 4, 2026. Tracked: up to 45 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainIWM pageDetails
  24. COINPDEC 4Put/call by expiry

    COIN puts expiring Dec 4 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.9x median

    The median is COIN's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 19 sessions. 2,096 put and 1,160 call contracts by 11:45 ET on Nov 4, 2026. Tracked: up to 47 strikes around the money across 19 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainCOIN pageDetails
  25. VCDEC 18Put/call by expiry

    V calls outnumbered puts 2.8 to 1 expiring Dec 18, vs a 1.2 median

    The median is V's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 19 sessions. 2,820 call and 1,014 put contracts by 11:44 ET on Nov 4, 2026. Tracked: up to 41 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainV pageDetails
  26. AAPLPNOV 9Put/call by expiry

    AAPL puts expiring Nov 9 traded 1.5x the calls, vs a 0.8x median

    The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 19 sessions. 13,478 put and 8,952 call contracts by 11:36 ET on Nov 4, 2026. Tracked: up to 44 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainAAPL pageDetails

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

Calls vs puts, est. premium by name

On Nov 4, 2026, put est. premium was larger than call est. premium in 7 of 20 names (QQQ, SPY and NVDA and others). The largest call total was QQQ at $667M est. and the largest put total QQQ at $1.49B est.

puts, est. premiumcalls, est. premiumnearest expiries only
putscallsP/C volQQQ$1.49B$667M1.08SPY$709M$663M1.10NVDA$526M$422M0.81TSLA$460M$411M0.91AMD$410M$344M0.75AMZN$189M$526M0.58AAPL$272M$429M1.02MSFT$95.2M$488M0.64META$134M$219M0.51GOOGL$121M$209M0.42IWM$130M$105M1.28PLTR$93.9M$86.6M0.91NFLX$16.9M$65.9M0.34GS$20.2M$38.0M0.28V$6.7M$37.6M0.49COIN$19.3M$21.2M0.88JPM$9.3M$28.4M0.69XOM$13.7M$18.6M0.83SOFI$4.7M$14.0M0.26BAC$4.2M$7.2M0.72
As of Nov 4, 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 4, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolCalls, est. premiumPuts, est. premiumPut to call volume
QQQ$667M$1.49B1.08
SPY$663M$709M1.10
NVDA$422M$526M0.81
TSLA$411M$460M0.91
AMD$344M$410M0.75
AMZN$526M$189M0.58
AAPL$429M$272M1.02
MSFT$488M$95.2M0.64
META$219M$134M0.51
GOOGL$209M$121M0.42
IWM$105M$130M1.28
PLTR$86.6M$93.9M0.91
NFLX$65.9M$16.9M0.34
GS$38.0M$20.2M0.28
V$37.6M$6.7M0.49
COIN$21.2M$19.3M0.88
JPM$28.4M$9.3M0.69
XOM$18.6M$13.7M0.83
SOFI$14.0M$4.7M0.26
BAC$7.2M$4.2M0.72

Session vs normal, vs the last 19 sessions

On Nov 4, 2026, no name was at the top or bottom of its own last sessions; GS ranked highest, at the 95th percentile of its last 19, with same-day expiries left out of every total.

this sessioneach previous session| medianeach row on its own scale
lowest of the windowhighestGS40,671 vs 16,229 med, 95th pctAMZN879K vs 612K med, 89th pctMSFT448K vs 276K med, 89th pctPLTR502K vs 385K med, 89th pctJPM59,213 vs 38,563 med, 84th pctXOM74,678 vs 52,113 med, 84th pctAMD346K vs 290K med, 79th pctGOOGL452K vs 329K med, 79th pctV39,110 vs 28,490 med, 79th pctAAPL1.07M vs 739K med, 74th pctNFLX397K vs 302K med, 68th pctCOIN82,857 vs 74,715 med, 63rd pctSOFI399K vs 370K med, 58th pctTSLA828K vs 809K med, 53rd pctBAC114K vs 132K med, 47th pctMETA255K vs 265K med, 47th pctNVDA1.51M vs 1.57M med, 42nd pctIWM1.15M vs 719K medN 2SPY3.01M vs 2.36M medN 2QQQ2.27M vs 2.39M medN 3
lowest ratiohighest ratioCOIN0.88 vs 0.65 med, 89th pctAAPL1.02 vs 0.90 med, 87th pctTSLA0.79 vs 0.66 med, 84th pctXOM0.83 vs 0.50 med, 84th pctPLTR0.91 vs 0.76 med, 74th pctAMD1.00 vs 0.94 med, 63rd pctAMZN0.50 vs 0.46 med, 63rd pctNVDA0.72 vs 0.67 med, 61st pctBAC0.72 vs 0.72 med, 50th pctJPM0.69 vs 0.77 med, 37th pctGOOGL0.38 vs 0.47 med, 21st pctMETA0.49 vs 0.69 med, 18th pctSOFI0.26 vs 0.33 med, 18th pctNFLX0.34 vs 0.60 med, 11th pctSPY1.20 vs 1.21 medN 2IWM1.41 vs 1.43 medN 2QQQ1.10 vs 1.36 medN 3MSFT0.46 vs 0.66 med, 8th pctV0.49 vs 0.88 med, 5th pctGS0.28 vs 0.95 med, lowest
As of Nov 4, 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 19 sessions, Nov 4, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolVolumeMedianPercentilePut to callMedian ratioN
GS40,67116,22995th pct0.280.9519
AMZN879K612K89th pct0.500.4619
MSFT448K276K89th pct0.460.6619
PLTR502K385K89th pct0.910.7619
JPM59,21338,56384th pct0.690.7719
XOM74,67852,11384th pct0.830.5019
AMD346K290K79th pct1.000.9419
GOOGL452K329K79th pct0.380.4719
V39,11028,49079th pct0.490.8819
AAPL1.07M739K74th pct1.020.9019
NFLX397K302K68th pct0.340.6019
COIN82,85774,71563rd pct0.880.6519
SOFI399K370K58th pct0.260.3319
TSLA828K809K53rd pct0.790.6619
BAC114K132K47th pct0.720.7219
META255K265K47th pct0.490.6919
NVDA1.51M1.57M42nd pct0.720.6719
IWM1.15M719Krecord too short1.411.432
QQQ2.27M2.39Mrecord too short1.101.363
SPY3.01M2.36Mrecord too short1.201.212

Expiry heat grid: where in time the volume sat

On Nov 4, 2026, SPY had the largest share of its options volume in expiries within a week (93%), and SOFI the largest share a month or more out (56%), 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 +SPY74%19%4%2%<1%QQQ73%18%4%3%1%NVDA48%23%12%8%9%TSLA66%19%7%6%2%AAPL50%22%12%12%5%IWM44%19%25%10%3%AMZN43%18%14%16%8%AMD56%19%9%9%7%MSFT42%20%17%15%5%GOOGL39%21%15%17%8%META62%19%9%8%2%PLTR50%15%28%7%SOFI27%18%47%8%NFLX37%24%27%11%BAC26%29%29%17%COIN26%22%45%7%XOM21%29%31%19%JPM32%26%32%10%GS41%40%13%5%V20%28%33%19%
As of Nov 4, 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 4, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolSame dayWithin a week1 to 3 weeks1 to 3 monthsMore than 3 months
SPY74% (P/C 1.07)19% (P/C 1.17)4% (P/C 1.52)2% (P/C 0.89)0% (P/C 1.06)
QQQ73% (P/C 1.08)18% (P/C 0.95)4% (P/C 1.74)3% (P/C 1.34)1% (P/C 1.21)
NVDA48% (P/C 0.93)23% (P/C 0.77)12% (P/C 0.59)8% (P/C 0.83)9% (P/C 0.68)
TSLA66% (P/C 0.97)19% (P/C 0.73)7% (P/C 0.73)6% (P/C 0.94)2% (P/C 1.30)
AAPL50% (P/C 1.03)22% (P/C 1.01)12% (P/C 0.93)12% (P/C 0.97)5% (P/C 1.42)
IWM44% (P/C 1.13)19% (P/C 0.66)25% (P/C 2.31)10% (P/C 1.66)3% (P/C 2.24)
AMZN43% (P/C 0.69)18% (P/C 0.51)14% (P/C 0.50)16% (P/C 0.48)8% (P/C 0.55)
AMD56% (P/C 0.60)19% (P/C 0.61)9% (P/C 1.37)9% (P/C 0.98)7% (P/C 2.73)
MSFT42% (P/C 0.96)20% (P/C 0.64)17% (P/C 0.38)15% (P/C 0.37)5% (P/C 0.41)
GOOGL39% (P/C 0.47)21% (P/C 0.40)15% (P/C 0.34)17% (P/C 0.32)8% (P/C 0.60)
META62% (P/C 0.51)19% (P/C 0.50)9% (P/C 0.53)8% (P/C 0.40)2% (P/C 0.63)
PLTR50% (P/C 0.53)15% (P/C 0.70)28% (P/C 2.53)7% (P/C 1.36)
SOFI27% (P/C 0.38)18% (P/C 0.47)47% (P/C 0.13)8% (P/C 0.29)
NFLX37% (P/C 0.35)24% (P/C 0.35)27% (P/C 0.30)11% (P/C 0.36)
BAC26% (P/C 0.56)29% (P/C 0.71)29% (P/C 0.69)17% (P/C 1.21)
COIN26% (P/C 0.36)22% (P/C 0.86)45% (P/C 1.41)7% (P/C 0.92)
XOM21% (P/C 0.86)29% (P/C 1.01)31% (P/C 0.83)19% (P/C 0.58)
JPM32% (P/C 0.83)26% (P/C 0.71)32% (P/C 0.52)10% (P/C 0.86)
GS41% (P/C 0.18)40% (P/C 0.27)13% (P/C 0.60)5% (P/C 0.59)
V20% (P/C 0.66)28% (P/C 0.31)33% (P/C 0.54)19% (P/C 0.52)

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 4, 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
1QQQ puts expiring November 4, 2026$577.5M3,241,413106,193
2SPY puts expiring November 4, 2026$239.6M4,472,244115,931
3QQQ puts expiring November 6, 2026$178.9M333,195603,378
4SPY calls expiring November 4, 2026$151.4M4,183,534164,655
5QQQ puts expiring November 20, 2026$121.2M130,480582,327
6NVDA puts expiring November 4, 2026$111.8M665,965124,358
7AAPL calls expiring January 15, 2027$106.9M47,806698,730
8NVDA puts expiring November 6, 2026$104.5M224,882220,749
9QQQ puts expiring November 5, 2026$104.3M381,12560,428
10QQQ calls expiring December 18, 2026$102.6M52,843243,209

31 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 4, 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 puts expiring November 4, 202638.6x4,472,244115,931
2QQQ calls expiring November 4, 202631.1x3,010,10496,782
3QQQ puts expiring November 4, 202630.5x3,241,413106,193
4SPY calls expiring November 4, 202625.4x4,183,534164,655
5TSLA calls expiring November 4, 202613.2x818,15661,805
6TSLA puts expiring November 4, 202612.5x795,22963,790
7MSFT puts expiring November 4, 202612.2x162,20513,297
8AMZN puts expiring November 4, 202610.9x275,97025,206
9AMD calls expiring November 4, 202610.8x278,08225,799
10META puts expiring November 4, 202610.4x142,09113,678

31 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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