Options flow · daily recap
Options flow recap, Oct 20, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades
Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 21
On Oct 20, 50% of the $1.06B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 47% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.13.
QQQ led on Oct 20 with $178.2M, ahead of SPY ($138.6M) and TSLA ($106.9M).
On Oct 20 the most call-heavy was AMZN (87% calls) and the most put-heavy ORCL (83% puts).
All 20 tickers
| Ticker | Bought | Calls / puts | Premium | P/C | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQ | 1.56 | 474 | |||
| SPY | 1.27 | 545 | |||
| TSLA | 1.16 | 195 | |||
| MU | 1.19 | 183 | |||
| META | 0.56 | 97 | |||
| NVDA | 0.62 | 206 | |||
| SPCX | 1.69 | 160 | |||
| IWM | 1.62 | 128 | |||
| AMD | 1.41 | 104 | |||
| CRWV | 1.79 | 112 | |||
| AMZN | 0.15 | 67 | |||
| AVGO | 0.87 | 41 | |||
| INTC | 1.37 | 66 | |||
| GOOGL | 0.41 | 48 | |||
| SMH | 3.23 | 54 | |||
| SOXL | 0.33 | 51 | |||
| NBIS | 1.28 | 57 | |||
| ORCL | 4.71 | 28 | |||
| AAPL | 2.92 | 70 | |||
| PLTR | 0.40 | 28 |
BoughtSoldCallsPuts
Largest trades by premium
On Oct 20, TSLA's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $44.2M (41% of its session), $2.2M of it bought.
BoughtSoldNo side
Sector rotation at the Oct 20 close
The close
At the Oct 20 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 769.05 (+0.34%), the Dow (DIA) at 524.36 (+1.05%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 717.63 (−0.10%), with the VIX at 17.31.
Where money rotated
On Oct 20, 11 of 12 sectors rose and 8 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Technology for Health Care and Consumer Staples.
LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging
Quadrant crossings
No sector changed quadrant on Oct 20.
Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W
In the week to Oct 20, IT Services (Technology) led the S&P 500 by 12.5 points, while Semicon Equip (Technology) trailed it by 11.2 points.
- IT Services+12.5
- Aggregates+8.6
- Travel+8.0
- Semicon Equip−11.2
- Cybersecurity−9.2
- Electrical−8.0
Breadth: names above their 50-day average
At the Oct 20 close, Energy had the most names above their 50-day average (75%) and Real Estate the fewest (30%).
- Energy75%
- Health Care73%
- Utilities71%
- Cons. Staples65%
- Materials57%
- Technology53%
- Cons. Disc.46%
- Financials43%
- Industrials41%
- Comm. Svcs39%
- Real Estate30%
Risk appetite
As of the Oct 20 close the gauges read mixed: the VIX term is relaxed; credit shows strain; small caps trail the S&P 500; the average stock leads the S&P 500.
- Credit−2.1 stressed
- VIX term0.94 calm
- Cyclicals−3.2 risk-off
- Small caps−3.4 narrow
- Equal weight+2.0 broad
20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.
Standout, 20 sessions
Over the 20 sessions to Oct 20, Cruise in Consumer Discretionary was the strongest S&P 500 group (+21.5% median, +22.0 points against the S&P 500), and RCL its strongest name above its 50-day average (+22.5%).
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.