Options flow archive: Friday, October 16, 2026
frozen daily record · flagged contracts · per ticker rollup · 2026-10-16
On 2026-10-16, 373 unusual option contracts were flagged across 55 tracked tickers (53 underlyings flagged). Puts made up 91% of flagged premium. Most active underlying: SPY (10 flagged contracts). Data is a delayed snapshot as of 20:46 UTC.
Per ticker activity
Unusual activity by underlying, Oct 16, 2026
| Ticker | Flagged | Net premium | Call share | Last flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 10 | $13.1M | 1% | 20:31 UTC |
| QQQ | 16 | $10.2M | 7% | 20:31 UTC |
| TSLA | 6 | $3.5M | 0% | 19:31 UTC |
| META | 7 | $1.5M | 1% | 19:31 UTC |
| NVDA | 14 | $1.0M | 53% | 19:31 UTC |
| IWM | 16 | $928K | 4% | 20:31 UTC |
| AMZN | 10 | $751K | 76% | 19:31 UTC |
| AAPL | 11 | $667K | 21% | 19:31 UTC |
| MSFT | 7 | $562K | 2% | 19:31 UTC |
| AMD | 9 | $562K | 28% | 19:31 UTC |
| PLTR | 8 | $489K | 27% | 20:46 UTC |
| SMH | 14 | $314K | 31% | 20:31 UTC |
| INTC | 6 | $190K | 52% | 19:31 UTC |
| HOOD | 16 | $167K | 40% | 20:46 UTC |
| COIN | 8 | $155K | 57% | 20:46 UTC |
| TQQQ | 20 | $148K | 15% | 20:31 UTC |
| GOOGL | 12 | $123K | 48% | 19:31 UTC |
| AVGO | 9 | $119K | 33% | 19:31 UTC |
| ORCL | 13 | $101K | 34% | 20:46 UTC |
| TLT | 12 | $64K | 76% | 20:31 UTC |
| NFLX | 3 | $63K | 7% | 20:46 UTC |
| GME | 6 | $47K | 89% | 20:46 UTC |
| DIA | 8 | $46K | 17% | 20:31 UTC |
| GLD | 9 | $45K | 70% | 20:31 UTC |
| LLY | 3 | $38K | 87% | 19:31 UTC |
| SQQQ | 10 | $36K | 83% | 20:31 UTC |
| XLK | 6 | $35K | 98% | 20:31 UTC |
| UVXY | 8 | $32K | 96% | 20:31 UTC |
| MS | 5 | $28K | 61% | 20:46 UTC |
| XLE | 7 | $25K | 72% | 20:31 UTC |
| GS | 2 | $25K | 24% | 20:46 UTC |
| WMT | 7 | $22K | 81% | 20:46 UTC |
| CRM | 5 | $20K | 39% | 19:31 UTC |
| JPM | 7 | $20K | 28% | 20:46 UTC |
| BAC | 2 | $17K | 9% | 20:46 UTC |
| HD | 3 | $15K | 0% | 20:46 UTC |
| TGT | 5 | $13K | 75% | 20:46 UTC |
| LOW | 4 | $13K | 7% | 20:46 UTC |
| LCID | 2 | $12K | 5% | 20:46 UTC |
| XLF | 8 | $11K | 5% | 20:31 UTC |
| RIVN | 4 | $10K | 100% | 20:46 UTC |
| WFC | 5 | $10K | 52% | 20:46 UTC |
| UBER | 2 | $8K | 24% | 20:46 UTC |
| DIS | 3 | $8K | 7% | 20:46 UTC |
| F | 1 | $7K | 0% | 20:46 UTC |
Flagged contracts
All flagged contracts (top 25 by score)
| Ticker | Type | Strike | Expiry | Volume | Open int | Vol/OI | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | call | $155 | 2029-01-19 | 4,064 | 7 | 580.6x | $494K |
| QQQ | call | $710 | 2026-10-19 | 36,512 | 75 | 486.8x | $173K |
| SPY | put | $771 | 2026-10-16 | 325,290 | 11,827 | 27.5x | $2.7M |
| QQQ | call | $712 | 2026-10-19 | 17,786 | 17 | 1046.2x | $64K |
| QQQ | call | $711 | 2026-10-19 | 16,969 | 21 | 808.0x | $72K |
| SPY | put | $764 | 2026-10-16 | 447,922 | 9,294 | 48.2x | $1.1M |
| SPY | put | $769 | 2026-10-16 | 319,804 | 13,211 | 24.2x | $2.0M |
| SPY | put | $767 | 2026-10-16 | 360,466 | 12,522 | 28.8x | $1.6M |
| SPY | put | $766 | 2026-10-16 | 412,696 | 13,119 | 31.5x | $1.3M |
| SPY | put | $770 | 2026-10-16 | 375,733 | 25,317 | 14.8x | $2.8M |
| QQQ | call | $713 | 2026-10-19 | 18,111 | 29 | 624.5x | $56K |
| QQQ | call | $715 | 2026-10-19 | 37,422 | 117 | 319.8x | $80K |
| NVDA | call | $202.5 | 2026-10-26 | 3,261 | 6 | 543.5x | $46K |
| QQQ | put | $718 | 2026-10-16 | 187,887 | 12,054 | 15.6x | $1.6M |
| QQQ | put | $720 | 2026-10-16 | 245,272 | 29,482 | 8.3x | $2.7M |
| XLF | put | $55.5 | 2026-10-19 | 21,925 | 6 | 3654.2x | $6K |
| QQQ | put | $715 | 2026-10-16 | 273,509 | 25,822 | 10.6x | $1.7M |
| QQQ | put | $721 | 2026-10-16 | 165,178 | 19,686 | 8.4x | $1.7M |
| NVDA | call | $205 | 2026-10-26 | 3,502 | 12 | 291.8x | $42K |
| NVDA | call | $200 | 2026-10-26 | 2,557 | 11 | 232.5x | $41K |
| TSLA | put | $362.5 | 2026-10-16 | 63,000 | 4,656 | 13.5x | $685K |
| TSLA | put | $360 | 2026-10-16 | 117,061 | 12,446 | 9.4x | $966K |
| TSLA | put | $357.5 | 2026-10-16 | 80,708 | 4,343 | 18.6x | $484K |
| QQQ | put | $719 | 2026-10-16 | 130,545 | 12,950 | 10.1x | $849K |
| QQQ | put | $720 | 2029-01-19 | 1,292 | 16 | 80.8x | $96K |
How to read this
Each row is a single option contract our scanner flagged as unusual: volume far above the standing open interest (at least 2.5x and at least 500 contracts traded), with a real premium. Vol/OI is the ratio of today's volume to open interest: the higher it is, the more of the day's volume was fresh positioning rather than existing holdings. Premium is last price times volume, an approximation of the money that moved through the contract, not a settled tape total. Contracts are re-scanned about every 15 minutes during market hours; this page is the settled end-of-day record.
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FAQ
What happened in options flow on Oct 16, 2026?
On 2026-10-16, 373 unusual option contracts were flagged across 55 tracked tickers (53 underlyings flagged). Puts made up 91% of flagged premium. Most active underlying: SPY (10 flagged contracts). Data is a delayed snapshot as of 20:46 UTC.
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Yes. Archive pages are generated from the committed data pack for the date and never change afterward. Corrections would ship as a new pack and a note on the corrections page.
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