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Unusual options activityLast session, Nov 9, 2026

Unusual options activity: Nov 9, 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 9, 2026, 16:14 ET, the largest estimated premium on SquawkFlow's unusual options activity board was in SPY calls expiring November 9, 2026: about $737.1M on 4,476,679 contracts in the strikes we track. QQQ puts expiring November 9, 2026 traded 54.0x their prior open interest, the most on the board. SquawkFlow had published 136 snapshots for Nov 9, 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.

  • 136
    Snapshots published for Nov 9, 2026
  • $737.1M
    Largest est. premium, SPY Nov 9 C
  • 54.0x
    Highest volume vs prior open interest, QQQ Nov 9 P
  • +176,356
    Largest open interest rise at the Nov 6, 2026 settlement, SPX Nov 9 P
The full Nov 9, 2026 pageHow snapshots are madeMachine-readable version

Open interest board: computed from the Nov 6 settlement. Next update after the Nov 9 settlement, after 5:30 a.m. PT (8:30 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026.

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Flow map: est. premium by name

On Nov 9, 2026, NVDA drew the most estimated option premium of the 20 names we capture every 5 minutes: $3.29B est., 41% of it in puts, ahead of QQQ $2.42B and SPY $2.18B, in the strikes we track.

Tile size: est. premiumcallsputs (share of est. premium)nearest expiries only
NVDA$3.29B est.41% puts
QQQ$2.42B est.35% puts
SPY$2.18B est.29% puts
AMD$1.35B est.21% puts
TSLA$779M est.38% puts
META$384M est.33% puts
IWM$377M est.46% puts
AMZN$322M est.29% puts
AAPL$305M est.31% puts
GOOGL
MSFT
PLTR
COIN
NVDA$3.29B est.41% puts
QQQ$2.42B est.35% puts
SPY$2.18B est.29% puts
AMD$1.35B est.21% puts
TSLA$779M est.38% puts
META
IWM
AMZN
AAPL
GOOGL
MSFT
PLTR
As of Nov 9, 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 9, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolEst. premiumPuts shareShare of boardExpiries captured
NVDA$3.29B41%27%25
QQQ$2.42B35%20%32
SPY$2.18B29%18%35
AMD$1.35B21%11%23
TSLA$779M38%6%23
META$384M33%3%24
IWM$377M46%3%33
AMZN$322M29%3%24
AAPL$305M31%2%24
GOOGL$233M42%2%24
MSFT$172M23%1%23
PLTR$152M24%1%19
COIN$66.9M46%1%19
NFLX$36.4M45%0%16
GS$35.9M30%0%23
XOM$22.7M33%0%17
V$21.8M19%0%18
SOFI$18.9M18%0%17
JPM$18.1M49%0%15
BAC$11.0M33%0%19

Snapshot feed

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

  2. IWMPDEC 4Put/call by expiry

    IWM puts expiring Dec 4 traded 7.1x 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 20 sessions. 36,196 put and 5,123 call contracts by 15:41 ET on Nov 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 48 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainIWM pageDetails
  27. AMDC490DEC 18Volume vs open interest

    AMD 490 calls expiring Dec 18 traded 6.4x their open interest

    Across the tracked strikes of that expiry, AMD calls traded 0.2x their open interest, against 6.4x for the 490 strike, by 11:41 ET on Nov 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 53 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainAMD pageDetails
  34. COINPDEC 18Put/call by expiry

    COIN puts expiring Dec 18 traded 1.9x 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. 4,240 put and 2,263 call contracts by 11:09 ET on Nov 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 47 strikes around the money across 19 expirations.

    Source: delayed broker chainCOIN pageDetails

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

Calls vs puts, est. premium by name

On Nov 9, 2026, put est. premium was larger than call est. premium in 0 of 20 names. The largest call total was NVDA at $1.94B est. and the largest put total NVDA at $1.35B est.

puts, est. premiumcalls, est. premiumnearest expiries only
putscallsP/C volNVDA$1.35B$1.94B0.81QQQ$848M$1.57B1.10SPY$640M$1.54B0.94AMD$283M$1.06B0.56TSLA$298M$481M0.86META$127M$257M0.51IWM$172M$205M1.02AMZN$94.1M$228M0.54AAPL$93.4M$211M0.77GOOGL$97.9M$135M0.39MSFT$39.5M$133M0.52PLTR$37.1M$115M0.54COIN$30.9M$36.0M0.43NFLX$16.4M$20.0M0.38GS$10.6M$25.3M0.42XOM$7.6M$15.1M0.60V$4.2M$17.6M0.48SOFI$3.4M$15.5M0.13JPM$8.9M$9.3M0.80BAC$3.7M$7.3M0.56
As of Nov 9, 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 9, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolCalls, est. premiumPuts, est. premiumPut to call volume
NVDA$1.94B$1.35B0.81
QQQ$1.57B$848M1.10
SPY$1.54B$640M0.94
AMD$1.06B$283M0.56
TSLA$481M$298M0.86
META$257M$127M0.51
IWM$205M$172M1.02
AMZN$228M$94.1M0.54
AAPL$211M$93.4M0.77
GOOGL$135M$97.9M0.39
MSFT$133M$39.5M0.52
PLTR$115M$37.1M0.54
COIN$36.0M$30.9M0.43
NFLX$20.0M$16.4M0.38
GS$25.3M$10.6M0.42
XOM$15.1M$7.6M0.60
V$17.6M$4.2M0.48
SOFI$15.5M$3.4M0.13
JPM$9.3M$8.9M0.80
BAC$7.3M$3.7M0.56

Session vs normal, vs the last 20 sessions

On Nov 9, 2026, no name was at the top or bottom of its own last sessions; NVDA ranked highest, at the 95th 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 windowhighestNVDA3.83M vs 1.60M med, 95th pctAMD401K vs 305K med, 80th pctIWM1.23M vs 867K med, 80th pctCOIN95,349 vs 72,050 med, 75th pctGS17,930 vs 16,141 med, 70th pctSOFI437K vs 371K med, 65th pctGOOGL374K vs 339K med, 60th pctAMZN519K vs 560K med, 50th pctV28,006 vs 28,083 med, 50th pctAAPL626K vs 755K med, 40th pctPLTR279K vs 379K med, 40th pctQQQ1.90M vs 2.27M med, 40th pctSPY2.80M vs 3.01M med, 40th pctBAC102K vs 114K med, 35th pctJPM33,846 vs 39,005 med, 35th pctMETA228K vs 276K med, 20th pctMSFT174K vs 273K med, 20th pctXOM40,438 vs 55,456 med, 20th pctNFLX167K vs 300K med, 15th pctTSLA603K vs 803K med, 15th pct
lowest ratiohighest ratioTSLA0.84 vs 0.67 med, 80th pctNVDA0.72 vs 0.67 med, 65th pctJPM0.80 vs 0.78 med, 62nd pctXOM0.60 vs 0.53 med, 58th pctAMZN0.50 vs 0.49 med, 52nd pctMSFT0.58 vs 0.67 med, 40th pctBAC0.56 vs 0.72 med, 25th pctAAPL0.86 vs 0.94 med, 20th pctIWM1.38 vs 1.57 med, 20th pctQQQ1.25 vs 1.40 med, 20th pctSPY1.06 vs 1.37 med, 20th pctCOIN0.43 vs 0.70 med, 15th pctNFLX0.38 vs 0.61 med, 15th pctGOOGL0.36 vs 0.50 med, 10th pctMETA0.42 vs 0.68 med, 10th pctGS0.42 vs 1.01 med, 5th pctV0.48 vs 0.90 med, 5th pctAMD0.49 vs 0.97 med, lowestPLTR0.54 vs 0.78 med, lowestSOFI0.13 vs 0.33 med, lowest
As of Nov 9, 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 9, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolVolumeMedianPercentilePut to callMedian ratioN
NVDA3.83M1.60M95th pct0.720.6720
AMD401K305K80th pct0.490.9720
IWM1.23M867K80th pct1.381.575
COIN95,34972,05075th pct0.430.7020
GS17,93016,14170th pct0.421.0120
SOFI437K371K65th pct0.130.3320
GOOGL374K339K60th pct0.360.5020
AMZN519K560K50th pct0.500.4920
V28,00628,08350th pct0.480.9020
AAPL626K755K40th pct0.860.9420
PLTR279K379K40th pct0.540.7820
QQQ1.90M2.27M40th pct1.251.405
SPY2.80M3.01M40th pct1.061.375
BAC102K114K35th pct0.560.7220
JPM33,84639,00535th pct0.800.7820
META228K276K20th pct0.420.6820
MSFT174K273K20th pct0.580.6720
XOM40,43855,45620th pct0.600.5320
NFLX167K300K15th pct0.380.6120
TSLA603K803K15th pct0.840.6720

Expiry heat grid: where in time the volume sat

On Nov 9, 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 (60%), 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 +SPY75%18%3%2%1%QQQ76%14%4%4%1%NVDA41%19%11%11%18%IWM40%21%21%13%4%TSLA67%17%6%6%4%AAPL52%24%10%11%4%AMD60%17%6%9%8%AMZN44%21%12%16%7%GOOGL37%17%11%25%9%META54%20%7%16%4%SOFI28%12%52%8%MSFT55%22%10%9%4%PLTR43%25%21%11%NFLX33%18%25%24%BAC28%18%37%17%COIN27%29%36%8%XOM30%18%31%21%JPM34%25%31%11%V23%40%30%8%GS41%21%33%5%
As of Nov 9, 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 9, 2026, newest snapshot 16:14 ET
SymbolSame dayWithin a week1 to 3 weeks1 to 3 monthsMore than 3 months
SPY75% (P/C 0.90)18% (P/C 1.18)3% (P/C 0.84)2% (P/C 0.75)1% (P/C 0.74)
QQQ76% (P/C 1.06)14% (P/C 1.20)4% (P/C 1.22)4% (P/C 1.35)1% (P/C 1.76)
NVDA41% (P/C 0.96)19% (P/C 0.78)11% (P/C 0.66)11% (P/C 0.82)18% (P/C 0.63)
IWM40% (P/C 0.64)21% (P/C 0.57)21% (P/C 2.45)13% (P/C 2.05)4% (P/C 2.47)
TSLA67% (P/C 0.87)17% (P/C 0.72)6% (P/C 0.73)6% (P/C 1.01)4% (P/C 1.49)
AAPL52% (P/C 0.70)24% (P/C 0.69)10% (P/C 0.96)11% (P/C 1.24)4% (P/C 0.92)
AMD60% (P/C 0.62)17% (P/C 0.44)6% (P/C 0.48)9% (P/C 0.52)8% (P/C 0.55)
AMZN44% (P/C 0.59)21% (P/C 0.58)12% (P/C 0.46)16% (P/C 0.44)7% (P/C 0.46)
GOOGL37% (P/C 0.45)17% (P/C 0.32)11% (P/C 0.49)25% (P/C 0.19)9% (P/C 1.00)
META54% (P/C 0.59)20% (P/C 0.46)7% (P/C 0.59)16% (P/C 0.20)4% (P/C 1.30)
SOFI28% (P/C 0.23)12% (P/C 0.20)52% (P/C 0.06)8% (P/C 0.26)
MSFT55% (P/C 0.47)22% (P/C 0.49)10% (P/C 0.61)9% (P/C 0.69)4% (P/C 0.78)
PLTR43% (P/C 0.40)25% (P/C 0.79)21% (P/C 0.59)11% (P/C 0.62)
NFLX33% (P/C 0.30)18% (P/C 0.38)25% (P/C 0.34)24% (P/C 0.56)
BAC28% (P/C 0.32)18% (P/C 0.63)37% (P/C 0.80)17% (P/C 0.47)
COIN27% (P/C 0.41)29% (P/C 0.17)36% (P/C 0.68)8% (P/C 0.71)
XOM30% (P/C 0.58)18% (P/C 0.67)31% (P/C 0.56)21% (P/C 0.65)
JPM34% (P/C 0.59)25% (P/C 0.81)31% (P/C 0.86)11% (P/C 1.64)
V23% (P/C 0.82)40% (P/C 0.36)30% (P/C 0.49)8% (P/C 0.35)
GS41% (P/C 0.41)21% (P/C 0.43)33% (P/C 0.43)5% (P/C 0.36)

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 9, 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 calls expiring November 9, 2026$737.1M4,476,679159,128
2QQQ calls expiring November 9, 2026$732.2M2,860,404109,685
3AMD calls expiring November 9, 2026$242.2M367,38527,054
4NVDA calls expiring March 19, 2027$199.7M196,758411,627
5SPY calls expiring November 10, 2026$197.9M625,421139,593
6NVDA calls expiring February 19, 2027$174.3M275,652217,037
7NVDA puts expiring June 17, 2027$172.4M175,937666,243
8NVDA puts expiring January 15, 2027$171.4M206,6991,385,113
9NVDA calls expiring January 15, 2027$156.9M206,8901,233,709
10AMD calls expiring February 19, 2027$155.8M38,37252,399

43 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 9, 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 puts expiring November 9, 202654.0x3,031,46756,093
2AMD puts expiring November 9, 202638.1x228,2195,982
3SPY puts expiring November 9, 202628.5x4,029,109141,497
4SPY calls expiring November 9, 202628.1x4,476,679159,128
5QQQ calls expiring November 9, 202626.1x2,860,404109,685
6TSLA puts expiring November 9, 202618.3x564,71830,921
7NVDA puts expiring November 9, 202616.0x1,305,65281,572
8NVDA calls expiring November 9, 202615.1x1,354,49190,025
9AMD calls expiring November 9, 202613.6x367,38527,054
10TSLA calls expiring November 9, 202612.2x652,00353,346

43 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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