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Unusual options activityLast session, Nov 5, 2026

Unusual options activity: Nov 5, 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 5, 2026, 16:14 ET, the largest estimated premium on SquawkFlow's unusual options activity board was in SPY puts expiring November 5, 2026: about $4.1B on 6,651,866 contracts in the strikes we track. QQQ calls expiring November 5, 2026 traded 128.0x their prior open interest, the most on the board. SquawkFlow had published 146 snapshots for Nov 5, 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.

  • 146
    Snapshots published for Nov 5, 2026
  • $4.1B
    Largest est. premium, SPY Nov 5 P
  • 128.0x
    Highest volume vs prior open interest, QQQ Nov 5 C
  • +153,833
    Largest open interest rise at the Nov 4, 2026 settlement, SPY Nov 5 P
The full Nov 5, 2026 pageHow snapshots are madeMachine-readable version

Open interest board: computed from the Nov 4 settlement. Next update after the Nov 5 settlement, after 5:30 a.m. PT (8:30 a.m. ET) on Friday, Nov 6, 2026.

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Flow map: est. premium by name

On Nov 5, 2026, SPY drew the most estimated option premium of the 20 names we capture every 5 minutes: $8.95B est., 89% of it in puts, ahead of QQQ $8.74B and NVDA $3.20B, in the strikes we track.

Tile size: est. premiumcallsputs (share of est. premium)nearest expiries only
SPY$8.95B est.89% puts
QQQ$8.74B est.85% puts
NVDA$3.20B est.62% puts
TSLA$1.80B est.63% puts
AMD$1.61B est.69% puts
IWM$1.04B est.90% puts
META$737M est.40% puts
AAPL$544M est.57% puts
PLTR$473M est.69% puts
AMZN$463M est.40% puts
MSFT
GOOGL
SPY$8.95B est.89% puts
QQQ$8.74B est.85% puts
NVDA$3.20B est.62% puts
TSLA$1.80B est.63% puts
AMD$1.61B est.69% puts
IWM$1.04B est.90% puts
META
AAPL
PLTR
AMZN
MSFT
GOOGL
As of Nov 5, 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 5, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolEst. premiumPuts shareShare of boardExpiries captured
SPY$8.95B89%31%35
QQQ$8.74B85%30%33
NVDA$3.20B62%11%25
TSLA$1.80B63%6%23
AMD$1.61B69%6%23
IWM$1.04B90%4%34
META$737M40%3%24
AAPL$544M57%2%24
PLTR$473M69%2%20
AMZN$463M40%2%24
MSFT$450M38%2%23
GOOGL$397M57%1%24
GS$90.2M60%0%24
COIN$74.6M75%0%20
NFLX$54.8M47%0%17
BAC$45.3M83%0%20
JPM$42.5M65%0%16
V$41.3M45%0%19
SOFI$36.4M34%0%18
XOM$27.5M55%0%18

Snapshot feed

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

  9. COINPDEC 4Put/call by expiry

    COIN puts expiring Dec 4 traded 5.3x 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 20 sessions. 2,666 put and 500 call contracts by 14:50 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 54 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainCOIN pageDetails
  12. COINPNOV 27Put/call by expiry

    COIN puts expiring Nov 27 traded 2.1x 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 20 sessions. 2,266 put and 1,100 call contracts by 14:19 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 54 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainCOIN pageDetails
  22. NFLXPNOV 27Put/call by expiry

    NFLX puts expiring Nov 27 traded 1.8x the calls, vs a 0.7x median

    The median is NFLX's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 3,716 put and 2,121 call contracts by 13:14 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 41 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainNFLX pageDetails
  44. PLTRPDEC 18Put/call by expiry

    PLTR puts expiring Dec 18 traded 2.1x the calls, vs a 1.1x median

    The median is PLTR's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 20 sessions. 17,426 put and 8,162 call contracts by 10:53 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 43 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainPLTR pageDetails
  45. JPMPNOV 6Put/call by expiry

    JPM puts expiring Nov 6 traded 1.5x the calls, vs a 0.8x median

    The median is JPM's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 16 sessions. 6,559 put and 4,333 call contracts by 10:48 ET on Nov 5, 2026. Tracked: up to 47 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 5, 2026, put est. premium was larger than call est. premium in 14 of 20 names (SPY, QQQ and NVDA and others). The largest call total was QQQ at $1.32B est. and the largest put total SPY at $7.99B est.

puts, est. premiumcalls, est. premiumnearest expiries only
putscallsP/C volSPY$7.99B$966M1.43QQQ$7.41B$1.32B1.18NVDA$1.98B$1.22B0.93TSLA$1.13B$664M0.95AMD$1.11B$496M1.11IWM$941M$99.2M2.00META$298M$438M0.67AAPL$312M$232M1.57PLTR$326M$147M1.38AMZN$187M$276M0.91MSFT$171M$278M0.84GOOGL$226M$171M0.54GS$53.7M$36.5M1.07COIN$56.0M$18.6M1.62NFLX$25.9M$28.9M0.66BAC$37.5M$7.7M1.20JPM$27.5M$15.0M1.27V$18.6M$22.8M1.47SOFI$12.4M$24.0M0.44XOM$15.1M$12.4M0.64
As of Nov 5, 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 5, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolCalls, est. premiumPuts, est. premiumPut to call volume
SPY$966M$7.99B1.43
QQQ$1.32B$7.41B1.18
NVDA$1.22B$1.98B0.93
TSLA$664M$1.13B0.95
AMD$496M$1.11B1.11
IWM$99.2M$941M2.00
META$438M$298M0.67
AAPL$232M$312M1.57
PLTR$147M$326M1.38
AMZN$276M$187M0.91
MSFT$278M$171M0.84
GOOGL$171M$226M0.54
GS$36.5M$53.7M1.07
COIN$18.6M$56.0M1.62
NFLX$28.9M$25.9M0.66
BAC$7.7M$37.5M1.20
JPM$15.0M$27.5M1.27
V$22.8M$18.6M1.47
SOFI$24.0M$12.4M0.44
XOM$12.4M$15.1M0.64

Session vs normal, vs the last 20 sessions

On Nov 5, 2026, AMD, NVDA and TSLA options volume was the highest of each one's last 20 sessions, with same-day expiries left out of every total.

this sessioneach previous session| medianeach row on its own scale
lowest of the windowhighestAMD671K vs 297K med, highestNVDA4.46M vs 1.55M med, highestTSLA1.90M vs 819K med, highestAAPL1.42M vs 755K med, 95th pctGOOGL601K vs 339K med, 95th pctMSFT475K vs 280K med, 95th pctAMZN920K vs 615K med, 90th pctGS39,434 vs 16,405 med, 90th pctJPM80,358 vs 39,005 med, 90th pctPLTR597K vs 387K med, 90th pctV42,759 vs 28,605 med, 90th pctBAC229K vs 123K med, 85th pctMETA517K vs 260K med, 85th pctSOFI514K vs 371K med, 80th pctXOM72,459 vs 53,308 med, 80th pctCOIN101K vs 76,389 med, 70th pctNFLX298K vs 303K med, 45th pctIWM1.74M vs 867K medN 3SPY5.72M vs 3.01M medN 3QQQ4.36M vs 2.33M medN 4
lowest ratiohighest ratioAMZN0.91 vs 0.46 med, highestCOIN1.62 vs 0.67 med, highestJPM1.27 vs 0.74 med, highestPLTR1.38 vs 0.77 med, highestTSLA0.95 vs 0.67 med, highestV1.47 vs 0.88 med, highestMSFT0.84 vs 0.66 med, 95th pctNVDA0.93 vs 0.68 med, 95th pctAAPL1.57 vs 0.92 med, 90th pctBAC1.20 vs 0.72 med, 90th pctAMD1.11 vs 0.94 med, 85th pctSOFI0.44 vs 0.33 med, 82nd pctGOOGL0.54 vs 0.46 med, 75th pctNFLX0.66 vs 0.59 med, 72nd pctXOM0.64 vs 0.53 med, 70th pctGS1.07 vs 0.87 med, 55th pctMETA0.67 vs 0.68 med, 50th pctIWM2.43 vs 1.41 medN 3QQQ1.50 vs 1.24 medN 4SPY1.43 vs 1.20 medN 3
As of Nov 5, 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 5, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolVolumeMedianPercentilePut to callMedian ratioN
AMD671K297Khighest1.110.9420
NVDA4.46M1.55Mhighest0.930.6820
TSLA1.90M819Khighest0.950.6720
AAPL1.42M755K95th pct1.570.9220
GOOGL601K339K95th pct0.540.4620
MSFT475K280K95th pct0.840.6620
AMZN920K615K90th pct0.910.4620
GS39,43416,40590th pct1.070.8720
JPM80,35839,00590th pct1.270.7420
PLTR597K387K90th pct1.380.7720
V42,75928,60590th pct1.470.8820
BAC229K123K85th pct1.200.7220
META517K260K85th pct0.670.6820
SOFI514K371K80th pct0.440.3320
XOM72,45953,30880th pct0.640.5320
COIN101K76,38970th pct1.620.6720
NFLX298K303K45th pct0.660.5920
IWM1.74M867Krecord too short2.431.413
QQQ4.36M2.33Mrecord too short1.501.244
SPY5.72M3.01Mrecord too short1.431.203

Expiry heat grid: where in time the volume sat

On Nov 5, 2026, SPY had the largest share of its options volume in expiries within a week (88%), and COIN the largest share a month or more out (48%), 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 +SPY66%21%7%4%1%QQQ63%20%8%7%2%NVDA44%19%23%14%IWM43%20%23%11%3%TSLA65%15%14%6%AAPL70%11%13%5%AMZN55%16%19%9%AMD46%20%16%17%GOOGL41%14%36%9%PLTR38%24%25%13%META51%12%26%11%SOFI29%28%29%13%MSFT50%17%23%10%NFLX37%25%27%11%BAC32%37%20%11%COIN22%30%39%8%JPM38%30%24%8%XOM25%28%28%19%V31%31%29%10%GS27%29%37%7%
As of Nov 5, 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 5, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolSame dayWithin a week1 to 3 weeks1 to 3 monthsMore than 3 months
SPY66% (P/C 1.43)21% (P/C 1.13)7% (P/C 2.56)4% (P/C 2.05)1% (P/C 1.32)
QQQ63% (P/C 1.04)20% (P/C 1.17)8% (P/C 2.28)7% (P/C 1.90)2% (P/C 1.87)
NVDA44% (P/C 0.84)19% (P/C 0.73)23% (P/C 1.49)14% (P/C 0.86)
IWM43% (P/C 1.58)20% (P/C 1.35)23% (P/C 4.09)11% (P/C 3.11)3% (P/C 2.17)
TSLA65% (P/C 1.00)15% (P/C 0.88)14% (P/C 0.82)6% (P/C 1.01)
AAPL70% (P/C 1.46)11% (P/C 2.22)13% (P/C 1.87)5% (P/C 1.34)
AMZN55% (P/C 1.18)16% (P/C 0.77)19% (P/C 0.52)9% (P/C 0.84)
AMD46% (P/C 1.00)20% (P/C 1.45)16% (P/C 1.05)17% (P/C 1.10)
GOOGL41% (P/C 0.72)14% (P/C 0.66)36% (P/C 0.28)9% (P/C 0.98)
PLTR38% (P/C 1.66)24% (P/C 0.84)25% (P/C 2.07)13% (P/C 0.99)
META51% (P/C 1.07)12% (P/C 0.77)26% (P/C 0.30)11% (P/C 0.28)
SOFI29% (P/C 0.60)28% (P/C 0.54)29% (P/C 0.33)13% (P/C 0.20)
MSFT50% (P/C 1.37)17% (P/C 0.76)23% (P/C 0.36)10% (P/C 0.47)
NFLX37% (P/C 0.71)25% (P/C 0.54)27% (P/C 0.84)11% (P/C 0.45)
BAC32% (P/C 1.05)37% (P/C 1.64)20% (P/C 0.81)11% (P/C 1.27)
COIN22% (P/C 1.24)30% (P/C 1.45)39% (P/C 2.41)8% (P/C 0.93)
JPM38% (P/C 1.47)30% (P/C 0.96)24% (P/C 1.35)8% (P/C 1.51)
XOM25% (P/C 0.60)28% (P/C 0.61)28% (P/C 0.59)19% (P/C 0.84)
V31% (P/C 3.61)31% (P/C 1.33)29% (P/C 0.95)10% (P/C 0.71)
GS27% (P/C 0.50)29% (P/C 1.72)37% (P/C 1.19)7% (P/C 1.62)

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 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.
#Ticker, expiryEst. premiumVolumePrior OI
1SPY puts expiring November 5, 2026$4.1B6,651,866223,222
2QQQ puts expiring November 5, 2026$2.4B3,789,932130,790
3QQQ puts expiring November 6, 2026$1.7B1,040,151619,034
4SPY puts expiring November 6, 2026$1.2B1,435,245495,595
5SPY puts expiring November 20, 2026$685.6M522,3741,134,620
6QQQ puts expiring November 20, 2026$655.4M338,889654,398
7QQQ puts expiring December 18, 2026$652.0M246,210700,450
8NVDA puts expiring November 6, 2026$465.7M727,827318,833
9TSLA puts expiring November 6, 2026$415.3M508,638140,968
10NVDA puts expiring January 15, 2027$322.0M448,5851,534,147

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.
#Ticker, expiryVolume / OIVolumePrior OI
1QQQ calls expiring November 5, 2026128.0x3,660,24928,597
2SPY calls expiring November 5, 202631.6x4,655,867147,104
3SPY puts expiring November 5, 202629.8x6,651,866223,222
4QQQ puts expiring November 5, 202629.0x3,789,932130,790
5IWM puts expiring November 5, 202621.6x820,81137,926
6IWM calls expiring November 5, 202611.9x518,01143,624
7AMD calls expiring November 6, 20268.4x134,33315,995
8QQQ calls expiring November 13, 20267.2x75,75410,587
9TSLA calls expiring November 6, 20265.7x523,62291,167
10TSLA calls expiring November 9, 20265.4x68,24212,561

23 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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