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Options flow recap, Oct 13, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 14

On Oct 13, 54% of the $1.24B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 50% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.01.

MU led on Oct 13 with $164.4M, ahead of NVDA ($135.8M) and SPY ($133.1M).

On Oct 13 the most call-heavy was GOOGL (89% calls) and the most put-heavy IWM (84% puts).

Bought / sold54% / 46%
Calls / puts50% / 50%Put/call premium ratio 1.01
Total premium$1.24B2,583 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
MU
56%
35%
$164.4M
1.84247
NVDA
66%
63%
$135.8M
0.60214
SPY
62%
41%
$133.1M
1.45368
QQQ
53%
46%
$128.2M
1.16324
META
55%
47%
$127.2M
1.11286
AAPL
30%
70%
$82.6M
0.43189
AMD
51%
42%
$67.9M
1.39134
INTC
51%
66%
$55.8M
0.52120
TSLA
47%
66%
$50.6M
0.50115
NBIS
51%
60%
$44.5M
0.6742
SPCX
53%
68%
$38.6M
0.48100
GOOGL
82%
89%
$38.5M
0.1372
CRWV
65%
25%
$32.1M
3.0054
SMH
46%
30%
$30.9M
2.3370
IWM
16%
16%
$30.8M
5.2447
AMZN
30%
53%
$27.1M
0.9057
ORCL
68%
38%
$20.4M
1.6238
PLTR
57%
44%
$16.1M
1.2641
AVGO
57%
52%
$11.5M
0.9135
SOXL
57%
35%
$8.4M
1.8330

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 13, NVDA's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $62.7M (46% of its session), $61.3M of it bought.

  1. NVDA$62.7M
  2. SPY$28.7M
  3. NBIS$28.5M
  4. MU$28.0M
  5. QQQ$22.7M
  6. IWM$22.0M
  7. META$21.8M
  8. TSLA$19.5M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 13 close

The close

At the Oct 13 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 778.01 (−0.01%), the Dow (DIA) at 516.21 (−0.33%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 743.57 (−0.33%), with the VIX at 15.27.

DOW (DIA)516.21−0.33%
S&P 500 (SPY)778.01−0.01%
NASDAQ (QQQ)743.57−0.33%
VIX15.27+0.39%

Where money rotated

On Oct 13, 6 of 12 sectors rose and 6 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Technology and Communication Services for Energy and Consumer Staples.

1DOut ofHealth CareTechnologyIntoEnergyUtilities
1WOut ofTechnologyComm. SvcsIntoEnergyCons. Staples
Sectors up6/12
Beat S&P6/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

Health CareWeakeningLagging

Health Care moved from Weakening to Lagging on Oct 13: below-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum falling.

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

In the week to Oct 13, Towers (Real Estate) led the S&P 500 by 9.0 points, while Semicon Equip (Technology) trailed it by 10.6 points.

  1. Towers+9.0
  2. Refining+9.0
  3. IT Services+7.0
  4. Semicon Equip−10.6
  5. Semiconductors−6.9
  6. Telecom−5.8

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 13 close, Energy had the most names above their 50-day average (85%) and Real Estate the fewest (13%).

  1. Energy85%
  2. Technology59%
  3. Health Care53%
  4. Cons. Staples43%
  5. Utilities42%
  6. Comm. Svcs32%
  7. Cons. Disc.28%
  8. Industrials27%
  9. Financials24%
  10. Materials14%
  11. Real Estate13%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 13 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−1.2 stressed
  2. VIX term0.79 calm
  3. Cyclicals+0.8 even
  4. Small caps−5.7 narrow
  5. Equal weight−3.0 narrow

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

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 13, Refining in Energy was the strongest S&P 500 group (+15.0% median, +12.2 points against the S&P 500), and MPC its strongest name above its 50-day average (+16.1%).

Leading sectorEnergyLeading
#1 sub-sectorRefining+15.0%
Standout nameMPC+16.1%

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.