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Options flow recap, Oct 26, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades
Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 27
On Oct 26, 50% of the $1.20B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 53% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 0.90.
QQQ led on Oct 26 with $234.5M, ahead of SPY ($154.2M) and TSLA ($136.1M).
On Oct 26 the most call-heavy was AMD (76% calls) and the most put-heavy ORCL (73% puts).
All 20 tickers
| Ticker | Bought | Calls / puts | Premium | P/C | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQ | 2.09 | 468 | |||
| SPY | 1.81 | 412 | |||
| TSLA | 0.36 | 271 | |||
| META | 0.37 | 117 | |||
| SPCX | 0.86 | 96 | |||
| MU | 0.89 | 121 | |||
| NVDA | 0.70 | 152 | |||
| SMH | 1.17 | 48 | |||
| IWM | 0.55 | 96 | |||
| INTC | 0.47 | 112 | |||
| AVGO | 0.40 | 52 | |||
| GOOGL | 1.25 | 39 | |||
| AAPL | 0.86 | 70 | |||
| CRWV | 1.30 | 57 | |||
| AMD | 0.32 | 42 | |||
| AMZN | 0.56 | 48 | |||
| ORCL | 2.70 | 35 | |||
| NBIS | 0.65 | 42 | |||
| PLTR | 1.47 | 28 | |||
| SOXL | 0.64 | 43 |
BoughtSoldCallsPuts
Largest trades by premium
On Oct 26, QQQ's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $56.1M (24% of its session), $47.4M of it bought.
BoughtSoldNo side
Sector rotation at the Oct 26 close
The close
At the Oct 26 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 765.37 (+0.71%), the Dow (DIA) at 522.97 (+0.31%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 712.20 (+1.11%), with the VIX at 18.39.
Where money rotated
On Oct 26, 7 of 11 sectors rose and 3 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Communication Services and Technology for Utilities and Energy.
LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging
Quadrant crossings
Financials moved from Leading to Improving on Oct 26: strength still below average, but momentum rising.
Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W
In the week to Oct 26, Cybersecurity (Technology) led the S&P 500 by 12.7 points, while Semicon Equip (Technology) trailed it by 9.0 points.
- Cybersecurity+12.7
- Homebuilders+9.0
- Services+7.6
- Semicon Equip−9.0
- Internet−7.5
- Telecom−5.7
Risk appetite
As of the Oct 26 close the gauges read stressed, but broad: credit shows strain; the average stock leads the S&P 500.
- Credit−1.2 stressed
- VIX term0.97 even
- Cyclicals−2.1 even
- Small caps−1.1 even
- Equal weight+3.6 broad
20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.
Standout, 20 sessions
Over the 20 sessions to Oct 26, IT Services in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+24.8% median, +24.8 points against the S&P 500), and ACN its strongest name above its 50-day average (+41.7%).
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.