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Options flow recap, Oct 9, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades
Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 10
On Oct 9, 50% of the $1.08B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 55% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 0.83.
QQQ led on Oct 9 with $169.8M, ahead of NVDA ($150.4M) and SPY ($109.1M).
On Oct 9 the most call-heavy was AMD (84% calls) and the most put-heavy SOXL (86% puts).
All 20 tickers
| Ticker | Bought | Calls / puts | Premium | P/C | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQ | 1.78 | 298 | |||
| NVDA | 0.87 | 202 | |||
| SPY | 1.47 | 332 | |||
| MU | 0.51 | 101 | |||
| TSLA | 0.35 | 244 | |||
| PLTR | 0.27 | 115 | |||
| META | 1.46 | 74 | |||
| AMZN | 0.31 | 109 | |||
| AMD | 0.18 | 52 | |||
| AAPL | 1.26 | 107 | |||
| SPCX | 0.32 | 94 | |||
| IWM | 2.52 | 70 | |||
| INTC | 0.63 | 79 | |||
| GOOGL | 0.24 | 57 | |||
| AVGO | 0.41 | 32 | |||
| CRWV | 1.39 | 29 | |||
| SMH | 3.66 | 34 | |||
| ORCL | 0.72 | 41 | |||
| SOXL | 6.27 | 40 | |||
| NBIS | 1.14 | 19 |
BoughtSoldCallsPuts
Largest trades by premium
On Oct 9, QQQ's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $76.0M (45% of its session), $24.4M of it bought.
BoughtSoldNo side
Sector rotation at the Oct 9 close
The close
At the Oct 9 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 778.57 (+0.60%), the Dow (DIA) at 516.11 (+0.87%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 751.27 (+0.49%), with the VIX at 14.84.
Where money rotated
On Oct 9, 10 of 12 sectors rose and 5 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Technology and Communication Services for Utilities and Energy.
LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging
Quadrant crossings
No sector changed quadrant on Oct 9.
Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W
In the week to Oct 9, Towers (Real Estate) led the S&P 500 by 14.0 points, while Telecom (Communication Services) trailed it by 10.1 points.
- Towers+14.0
- Power Gen+12.2
- Refining+5.6
- Telecom−10.1
- Semicon Equip−8.3
- Semiconductors−5.3
Breadth: names above their 50-day average
At the Oct 9 close, Energy had the most names above their 50-day average (75%) and Real Estate the fewest (10%).
- Energy75%
- Technology68%
- Health Care52%
- Comm. Svcs32%
- Cons. Staples27%
- Industrials23%
- Cons. Disc.22%
- Financials21%
- Utilities16%
- Materials14%
- Real Estate10%
Risk appetite
As of the Oct 9 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−1.2 stressed
- VIX term0.76 calm
- Cyclicals−0.2 even
- Small caps−5.3 narrow
- Equal weight−2.7 narrow
20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.
Standout, 20 sessions
Over the 20 sessions to Oct 9, Cybersecurity in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+26.7% median, +24.8 points against the S&P 500), and ZS its strongest name above its 50-day average (+42.1%).
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.