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Options flow recap, Oct 15, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 16

On Oct 15, 46% of the $2.64B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 37% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.73.

MU led on Oct 15 with $437.6M, ahead of QQQ ($404.7M) and SMH ($369.2M).

On Oct 15 the most call-heavy was META (92% calls) and the most put-heavy ORCL (92% puts).

Bought / sold46% / 54%
Calls / puts37% / 63%Put/call premium ratio 1.73
Total premium$2.64B4,266 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
MU
59%
43%
$437.6M
1.31447
QQQ
58%
22%
$404.7M
3.62768
SMH
15%
11%
$369.2M
7.74154
SPY
56%
33%
$218.6M
2.07560
NVDA
40%
55%
$181.4M
0.81434
INTC
48%
55%
$115.8M
0.82215
ORCL
18%
8%
$94.2M
11.0266
AMD
63%
59%
$92.7M
0.71186
CRWV
59%
58%
$90.5M
0.73210
AVGO
55%
16%
$84.5M
5.2268
META
38%
92%
$82.3M
0.09111
SPCX
49%
39%
$80.4M
1.58194
TSLA
48%
48%
$76.6M
1.09247
NBIS
53%
55%
$71.3M
0.83128
IWM
47%
13%
$68.5M
6.73125
SOXL
14%
32%
$55.0M
2.1362
AMZN
66%
69%
$37.0M
0.4477
AAPL
52%
53%
$32.8M
0.8899
PLTR
42%
56%
$24.3M
0.7861
GOOGL
31%
84%
$21.2M
0.1854

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 15, SMH's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $186.4M (50% of its session), $0 of it bought.

  1. SMH$186.4M
  2. MU$101.3M
  3. ORCL$69.5M
  4. AVGO$47.2M
  5. QQQ$44.3M
  6. META$39.3M
  7. SOXL$32.8M
  8. NVDA$29.4M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 15 close

The close

At the Oct 15 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 771.79 (+0.28%), the Dow (DIA) at 521.18 (+1.08%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 728.00 (−0.13%), with the VIX at 16.46.

DOW (DIA)521.18+1.08%
S&P 500 (SPY)771.79+0.28%
NASDAQ (QQQ)728.00−0.13%
VIX16.46−2.43%

Where money rotated

On Oct 15, 9 of 12 sectors rose and 9 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Technology for Health Care and Retail.

1DOut ofTechnologyIntoRetailHealth Care
1WOut ofTechnologyIntoHealth CareRetail
Sectors up9/12
Beat S&P9/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

TechnologyWeakeningLagging

Technology moved from Weakening to Lagging on Oct 15: below-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum falling.

Comm. SvcsLaggingLeading

Communication Services moved from Lagging to Leading on Oct 15: above-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum rising.

RetailImprovingLeading

Retail moved from Improving to Leading on Oct 15: above-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum rising.

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

In the week to Oct 15, Managed Care (Health Care) led the S&P 500 by 9.2 points, while Semicon Equip (Technology) trailed it by 13.4 points.

  1. Managed Care+9.2
  2. Towers+9.1
  3. IT Services+7.9
  4. Semicon Equip−13.4
  5. Hardware−5.7
  6. Electrical−4.9

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 15 close, Health Care had the most names above their 50-day average (73%) and Real Estate the fewest (20%).

  1. Health Care73%
  2. Cons. Staples62%
  3. Energy55%
  4. Technology50%
  5. Materials43%
  6. Utilities42%
  7. Cons. Disc.39%
  8. Financials37%
  9. Comm. Svcs33%
  10. Industrials25%
  11. Real Estate20%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 15 close the gauges read mixed and narrow: the VIX term is relaxed; credit shows strain; small caps trail the S&P 500.

  1. Credit−1.7 stressed
  2. VIX term0.85 calm
  3. Cyclicals−2.0 even
  4. Small caps−4.8 narrow
  5. Equal weight−0.4 even

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

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 15, Cruise in Consumer Discretionary was the strongest S&P 500 group (+12.1% median, +10.9 points against the S&P 500), and CCL its strongest name above its 50-day average (+19.4%).

Leading sectorHealth CareLeading
#1 sub-sectorCruise+12.1%
Standout nameCCL+19.4%

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.