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Options flow recap, Oct 7, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

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

On Oct 7, 46% of the $1.36B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 59% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 0.69.

QQQ led on Oct 7 with $343.3M, ahead of META ($174.4M) and SPY ($171.6M).

On Oct 7 the most call-heavy was INTC (90% calls) and the most put-heavy SMH (83% puts).

Bought / sold46% / 54%
Calls / puts59% / 41%Put/call premium ratio 0.69
Total premium$1.36B2,351 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
QQQ
45%
74%
$343.3M
0.35385
META
31%
22%
$174.4M
3.48110
SPY
42%
52%
$171.6M
0.93469
MU
69%
79%
$135.0M
0.27222
NVDA
37%
62%
$81.4M
0.62191
IWM
29%
30%
$70.5M
2.35109
SPCX
58%
58%
$59.1M
0.71126
TSLA
56%
54%
$54.3M
0.85155
AMD
38%
85%
$39.1M
0.1849
AMZN
52%
74%
$39.0M
0.3589
SMH
70%
17%
$30.9M
4.9543
GOOGL
30%
72%
$30.6M
0.4067
INTC
55%
90%
$29.8M
0.1188
AAPL
58%
63%
$28.5M
0.5873
AVGO
37%
89%
$20.7M
0.1341
PLTR
59%
56%
$15.8M
0.8035
NBIS
43%
58%
$15.7M
0.7142
ORCL
54%
32%
$9.8M
2.1028
CRWV
33%
68%
$4.5M
0.4714
SOXL
64%
69%
$2.9M
0.4515

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 7, META's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $69.7M (40% of its session), $9.5M of it bought.

  1. META$69.7M
  2. QQQ$43.7M
  3. IWM$30.4M
  4. SPY$29.9M
  5. MU$26.4M
  6. SPCX$24.4M
  7. AMD$21.3M
  8. SMH$18.3M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 7 close

The close

At the Oct 7 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 777.22 (−0.24%), the Dow (DIA) at 511.02 (−0.69%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 757.73 (−0.25%), with the VIX at 15.08.

DOW (DIA)511.02−0.69%
S&P 500 (SPY)777.22−0.24%
NASDAQ (QQQ)757.73−0.25%
VIX15.08+0.47%

Where money rotated

On Oct 7, 1 of 12 sectors rose and 4 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Health Care and Communication Services for Utilities and Consumer Discretionary.

1DOut ofMaterialsEnergyIntoUtilitiesRetail
1WOut ofHealth CareComm. SvcsIntoUtilitiesCons. Disc.
Sectors up1/12
Beat S&P4/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

MaterialsImprovingLagging

Materials moved from Improving to Lagging on Oct 7: below-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum falling.

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

In the week to Oct 7, Power Gen (Utilities) led the S&P 500 by 11.6 points, while Healthcare (Real Estate) trailed it by 7.8 points.

  1. Power Gen+11.6
  2. Refining+7.5
  3. Cruise+4.3
  4. Healthcare−7.8
  5. Casinos−6.2
  6. Homebuilders−5.3

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 7 close, Technology had the most names above their 50-day average (70%) and Real Estate the fewest (0%).

  1. Technology70%
  2. Energy50%
  3. Health Care44%
  4. Comm. Svcs27%
  5. Industrials19%
  6. Cons. Disc.17%
  7. Cons. Staples16%
  8. Utilities13%
  9. Materials7%
  10. Financials7%
  11. Real Estate0%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 7 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−1.1 stressed
  2. VIX term0.78 calm
  3. Cyclicals+0.6 even
  4. Small caps−6.4 narrow
  5. Equal weight−3.8 narrow

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

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 7, Cybersecurity in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+21.0% median, +19.1 points against the S&P 500), and ZS its strongest name above its 50-day average (+28.6%).

Leading sectorFinancialsImproving
#1 sub-sectorCybersecurity+21.0%
Standout nameZS+28.6%

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.