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Options flow recap, Oct 19, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

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

On Oct 19, 55% of the $1.18B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 46% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.17.

QQQ led on Oct 19 with $268.8M, ahead of SPY ($162.3M) and MU ($104.5M).

On Oct 19 the most call-heavy was AAPL (86% calls) and the most put-heavy ORCL (83% puts).

Bought / sold55% / 45%
Calls / puts46% / 54%Put/call premium ratio 1.17
Total premium$1.18B2,742 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
QQQ
57%
33%
$268.8M
2.05659
SPY
50%
37%
$162.3M
1.70555
MU
39%
51%
$104.5M
0.94149
IWM
51%
19%
$74.4M
4.27101
NVDA
55%
69%
$72.2M
0.46136
TSLA
62%
68%
$61.6M
0.48175
META
73%
57%
$48.5M
0.7560
ORCL
80%
17%
$46.3M
4.7936
INTC
51%
62%
$46.1M
0.60129
AMD
70%
57%
$43.8M
0.7694
SPCX
47%
50%
$42.4M
1.00109
SMH
45%
51%
$34.2M
0.9642
AAPL
71%
86%
$34.0M
0.1656
AMZN
58%
73%
$28.7M
0.36127
CRWV
56%
45%
$26.2M
1.24104
AVGO
55%
53%
$23.7M
0.8942
PLTR
19%
56%
$22.8M
0.7851
NBIS
63%
32%
$19.3M
2.1052
GOOGL
59%
84%
$14.3M
0.1937
SOXL
60%
31%
$8.0M
2.1828

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 19, ORCL's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $32.3M (70% of its session), $32.3M of it bought.

  1. ORCL$32.3M
  2. NVDA$31.3M
  3. QQQ$29.6M
  4. IWM$29.1M
  5. MU$23.0M
  6. SMH$22.1M
  7. SPY$17.6M
  8. AAPL$15.9M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 19 close

The close

At the Oct 19 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 766.48 (+0.42%), the Dow (DIA) at 518.92 (−0.03%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 718.36 (+1.21%), with the VIX at 18.44.

DOW (DIA)518.92−0.03%
S&P 500 (SPY)766.48+0.42%
NASDAQ (QQQ)718.36+1.21%
VIX18.44−7.75%

Where money rotated

On Oct 19, 3 of 12 sectors rose and 2 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Technology for Consumer Staples and Retail.

1DOut ofTechnologyIntoCons. Disc.Materials
1WOut ofTechnologyIntoCons. StaplesRetail
Sectors up3/12
Beat S&P2/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

Cons. Disc.ImprovingLeading

Consumer Discretionary moved from Improving to Leading on Oct 19: above-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum rising.

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

In the week to Oct 19, IT Services (Technology) led the S&P 500 by 10.1 points, while Semicon Equip (Technology) trailed it by 11.0 points.

  1. IT Services+10.1
  2. Travel+8.8
  3. Packaging+7.2
  4. Semicon Equip−11.0
  5. Cybersecurity−9.6
  6. Hardware−7.8

Breadth: names above their 50-day average

At the Oct 19 close, Energy had the most names above their 50-day average (70%) and Communication Services the fewest (22%).

  1. Energy70%
  2. Health Care66%
  3. Cons. Staples65%
  4. Utilities48%
  5. Technology45%
  6. Cons. Disc.41%
  7. Materials39%
  8. Financials39%
  9. Industrials27%
  10. Real Estate23%
  11. Comm. Svcs22%

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 19 close the gauges read stressed: credit shows strain; small caps trail the S&P 500; the average stock leads the S&P 500.

  1. Credit−2.1 stressed
  2. VIX term0.97 even
  3. Cyclicals−4.5 risk-off
  4. Small caps−4.1 narrow
  5. Equal weight+1.2 broad

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

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 19, Cruise in Consumer Discretionary was the strongest S&P 500 group (+12.7% median, +13.6 points against the S&P 500), and CCL its strongest name above its 50-day average (+18.6%).

Leading sectorEnergyLeading
#1 sub-sectorCruise+12.7%
Standout nameCCL+18.6%

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.