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Options flow recap, Oct 1, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades
Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 2
On Oct 1, 51% of the $903.0M in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 44% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.27.
MU led on Oct 1 with $261.8M, ahead of QQQ ($131.3M) and SPY ($121.4M).
On Oct 1 the most call-heavy was INTC (77% calls) and the most put-heavy AVGO (85% puts).
All 20 tickers
| Ticker | Bought | Calls / puts | Premium | P/C | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 0.73 | 477 | |||
| QQQ | 1.70 | 255 | |||
| SPY | 2.07 | 322 | |||
| IWM | 4.59 | 127 | |||
| NVDA | 1.06 | 119 | |||
| META | 0.72 | 59 | |||
| AMD | 2.13 | 68 | |||
| TSLA | 2.20 | 81 | |||
| GOOGL | 0.69 | 71 | |||
| AAPL | 1.86 | 54 | |||
| AMZN | 0.77 | 27 | |||
| INTC | 0.30 | 47 | |||
| AVGO | 5.72 | 28 | |||
| SMH | 2.96 | 31 | |||
| SPCX | 1.04 | 30 | |||
| SOXL | 2.69 | 31 | |||
| PLTR | 1.39 | 16 | |||
| CRWV | 1.44 | 13 | |||
| NBIS | 1.12 | 12 | |||
| ORCL | 0.29 | 3 |
BoughtSoldCallsPuts
Largest trades by premium
On Oct 1, MU's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $35.2M (13% of its session), $19.3M of it bought.
BoughtSoldNo side
Sector rotation at the Oct 1 close
The close
At the Oct 1 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 763.99 (+0.18%), the Dow (DIA) at 508.62 (+0.01%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 742.03 (+0.31%), with the VIX at 16.39.
Where money rotated
On Oct 1, 6 of 12 sectors rose and 5 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Communication Services and Real Estate for Technology and Utilities.
LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging
Quadrant crossings
Health Care moved from Weakening to Lagging on Oct 1: below-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum falling.
Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W
In the week to Oct 1, Cruise (Consumer Discretionary) led the S&P 500 by 13.4 points, while Packaged Food (Consumer Staples) trailed it by 7.0 points.
- Cruise+13.4
- Semicon Equip+9.4
- Refining+7.1
- Packaged Food−7.0
- Casinos−4.7
- Towers−3.3
Breadth: names above their 50-day average
At the Oct 1 close, Technology had the most names above their 50-day average (69%) and Real Estate the fewest (0%).
- Technology69%
- Health Care40%
- Energy35%
- Industrials24%
- Cons. Disc.11%
- Comm. Svcs10%
- Cons. Staples6%
- Utilities3%
- Financials1%
- Materials0%
- Real Estate0%
Risk appetite
As of the Oct 1 close the gauges read mixed and narrow: the VIX term is relaxed; credit shows strain; small caps and the average stock trail the S&P 500.
- Credit−1.5 stressed
- VIX term0.85 calm
- Cyclicals+0.8 even
- Small caps−4.9 narrow
- Equal weight−4.2 narrow
20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.
Standout, 20 sessions
Over the 20 sessions to Oct 1, Semicon Equip in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+19.3% median, +19.5 points against the S&P 500), and TER its strongest name above its 50-day average (+21.7%).
It shows where money has been going, not a forecast.
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Totals cover the large and unusual option prints the MomoEdge feed records in a session, not every trade. Bought means more of a print's premium traded at the ask than at the bid; sold, the reverse. Pages update at 8:00 AM ET on the morning after each trading session. Educational content, not financial advice. Market data from licensed third-party providers.