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Options flow recap, Oct 6, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 7

On Oct 6, 48% of the $1.55B 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 0.66.

QQQ led on Oct 6 with $276.1M, ahead of NVDA ($249.9M) and SPY ($198.5M).

On Oct 6 the most call-heavy was CRWV (95% calls) and the most put-heavy IWM (70% puts).

Bought / sold48% / 52%
Calls / puts60% / 40%Put/call premium ratio 0.66
Total premium$1.55B2,759 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
QQQ
37%
61%
$276.1M
0.63337
NVDA
50%
69%
$249.9M
0.46347
SPY
52%
48%
$198.5M
1.09486
MU
54%
61%
$109.2M
0.64189
AMD
49%
42%
$105.0M
1.40137
IWM
75%
30%
$88.3M
2.2995
AVGO
40%
73%
$64.8M
0.37151
SPCX
54%
76%
$61.8M
0.31187
TSLA
38%
60%
$60.6M
0.66150
META
25%
57%
$60.6M
0.7665
INTC
43%
61%
$50.6M
0.63117
SMH
19%
43%
$48.9M
1.3531
AMZN
60%
90%
$39.7M
0.11101
NBIS
51%
87%
$25.3M
0.1596
CRWV
77%
95%
$25.0M
0.0546
AAPL
46%
51%
$22.2M
0.9460
GOOGL
82%
85%
$21.8M
0.1848
ORCL
62%
76%
$18.6M
0.3165
PLTR
43%
70%
$13.8M
0.4338
SOXL
61%
69%
$4.8M
0.4613

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 6, QQQ's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $67.2M (24% of its session), $16.2M of it bought.

  1. QQQ$67.2M
  2. NVDA$62.9M
  3. IWM$44.6M
  4. SPY$40.6M
  5. SMH$37.7M
  6. MU$30.3M
  7. AMD$26.7M
  8. META$24.0M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 6 close

The close

At the Oct 6 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 779.09 (+0.55%), the Dow (DIA) at 514.56 (+0.48%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 759.66 (+0.46%), with the VIX at 15.01.

DOW (DIA)514.56+0.48%
S&P 500 (SPY)779.09+0.55%
NASDAQ (QQQ)759.66+0.46%
VIX15.01−3.29%

Where money rotated

On Oct 6, 11 of 12 sectors rose and 5 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Health Care and Communication Services for Utilities and Consumer Discretionary.

1DOut ofHealth CareComm. SvcsIntoUtilitiesCons. Disc.
1WOut ofHealth CareComm. SvcsIntoUtilitiesCons. Disc.
Sectors up11/12
Beat S&P5/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

No sector changed quadrant on Oct 6.

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

In the week to Oct 6, Refining (Energy) led the S&P 500 by 6.2 points, while Healthcare (Real Estate) trailed it by 7.6 points.

  1. Refining+6.2
  2. Cybersecurity+6.2
  3. Networking+5.3
  4. Healthcare−7.6
  5. Packaged Food−6.8
  6. Biotech−6.6

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 6 close, Technology had the most names above their 50-day average (72%) and Real Estate the fewest (4%).

  1. Technology72%
  2. Energy55%
  3. Health Care41%
  4. Industrials28%
  5. Comm. Svcs20%
  6. Cons. Staples18%
  7. Cons. Disc.17%
  8. Utilities13%
  9. Materials12%
  10. Financials7%
  11. Real Estate4%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 6 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−1.0 stressed
  2. VIX term0.80 calm
  3. Cyclicals+0.7 even
  4. Small caps−6.2 narrow
  5. Equal weight−3.7 narrow

20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 6, Cybersecurity in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+24.6% median, +22.9 points against the S&P 500), and CRWD its strongest name above its 50-day average (+32.8%).

Leading sectorFinancialsImproving
#1 sub-sectorCybersecurity+24.6%
Standout nameCRWD+32.8%

It shows where money has been going, not a forecast.

The live rotation, its chart and the full sector tables are in MomoEdge.

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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.