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Options flow recap, Oct 2, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 3

On Oct 2, 43% of the $914.7M in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 60% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 0.65.

MU led on Oct 2 with $169.0M, ahead of NVDA ($119.8M) and SPY ($101.8M).

On Oct 2 the most call-heavy was GOOGL (86% calls) and the most put-heavy IWM (75% puts).

Bought / sold43% / 57%
Calls / puts60% / 40%Put/call premium ratio 0.65
Total premium$914.7M1,646 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
MU
41%
64%
$169.0M
0.57203
NVDA
45%
83%
$119.8M
0.20193
SPY
31%
40%
$101.8M
1.53212
QQQ
58%
54%
$93.5M
0.86212
META
22%
30%
$72.3M
2.3763
TSLA
54%
75%
$65.7M
0.33162
AMD
44%
50%
$57.4M
1.0092
SPCX
66%
84%
$50.8M
0.19126
INTC
27%
70%
$35.3M
0.4269
IWM
53%
25%
$25.7M
2.9870
AVGO
24%
66%
$25.3M
0.5143
GOOGL
39%
86%
$17.2M
0.1632
AMZN
62%
78%
$15.9M
0.2827
SMH
44%
73%
$15.2M
0.3727
ORCL
56%
43%
$13.1M
1.3033
CRWV
63%
49%
$8.8M
1.0414
SOXL
59%
44%
$7.6M
1.2515
AAPL
36%
63%
$7.1M
0.5820
NBIS
32%
54%
$6.7M
0.8425
PLTR
20%
73%
$6.5M
0.378

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 2, SPY's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $50.8M (50% of its session), $9.1M of it bought.

  1. SPY$50.8M
  2. NVDA$38.8M
  3. MU$37.1M
  4. META$31.8M
  5. QQQ$21.4M
  6. AMD$19.9M
  7. AVGO$13.8M
  8. TSLA$13.0M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 2 close

The close

At the Oct 2 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 769.64 (+0.74%), the Dow (DIA) at 511.10 (+0.49%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 749.58 (+1.02%), with the VIX at 15.31.

DOW (DIA)511.10+0.49%
S&P 500 (SPY)769.64+0.74%
NASDAQ (QQQ)749.58+1.02%
VIX15.31−6.59%

Where money rotated

On Oct 2, 11 of 12 sectors rose and 3 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Health Care and Financials for Technology and Utilities.

1DOut ofHealth CareFinancialsIntoCons. Disc.Technology
1WOut ofHealth CareFinancialsIntoTechnologyUtilities
Sectors up11/12
Beat S&P3/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

MaterialsLaggingImproving

Materials moved from Lagging to Improving on Oct 2: strength still below average, but momentum rising.

Real EstateLaggingImproving

Real Estate moved from Lagging to Improving on Oct 2: strength still below average, but momentum rising.

Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W

In the week to Oct 2, Cruise (Consumer Discretionary) led the S&P 500 by 14.7 points, while Casinos (Consumer Discretionary) trailed it by 6.2 points.

  1. Cruise+14.7
  2. Semicon Equip+11.0
  3. Refining+5.2
  4. Casinos−6.2
  5. Packaged Food−4.6
  6. Diversified−3.9

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 2 close, Technology had the most names above their 50-day average (67%) and Real Estate the fewest (0%).

  1. Technology67%
  2. Energy40%
  3. Health Care40%
  4. Industrials28%
  5. Cons. Disc.15%
  6. Comm. Svcs10%
  7. Cons. Staples6%
  8. Materials4%
  9. Utilities3%
  10. Financials1%
  11. Real Estate0%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 2 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.

  1. Credit−1.4 stressed
  2. VIX term0.79 calm
  3. Cyclicals+0.0 even
  4. Small caps−4.2 narrow
  5. 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 2, Semicon Equip in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+21.8% median, +22.2 points against the S&P 500), and TER its strongest name above its 50-day average (+32.6%).

Leading sectorTechnologyLeading
#1 sub-sectorSemicon Equip+21.8%
Standout nameTER+32.6%

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.