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Options flow recap, Oct 27, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades

Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 28

On Oct 27, 55% of the $1.33B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 61% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 0.63.

QQQ led on Oct 27 with $200.3M, ahead of TSLA ($167.0M) and META ($136.0M).

On Oct 27 the most call-heavy was SOXL (98% calls) and the most put-heavy PLTR (62% puts).

Bought / sold55% / 45%
Calls / puts61% / 39%Put/call premium ratio 0.63
Total premium$1.33B2,752 large prints

All 20 tickers

TickerBoughtCalls / putsPremiumP/CPrints
QQQ
61%
49%
$200.3M
1.03421
TSLA
60%
75%
$167.0M
0.34330
META
37%
47%
$136.0M
1.12136
SPY
70%
43%
$132.9M
1.31394
AAPL
38%
93%
$122.9M
0.08162
GOOGL
78%
84%
$80.3M
0.19114
AMD
49%
60%
$67.9M
0.6694
MU
52%
54%
$59.6M
0.85122
SMH
48%
41%
$54.0M
1.4689
NVDA
59%
56%
$51.2M
0.80177
AMZN
59%
80%
$44.6M
0.25116
SPCX
45%
55%
$39.1M
0.81110
AVGO
54%
65%
$36.4M
0.5389
IWM
54%
48%
$29.0M
1.08106
SOXL
65%
98%
$26.3M
0.0245
INTC
54%
58%
$23.2M
0.7256
ORCL
67%
48%
$17.7M
1.0737
NBIS
67%
82%
$16.9M
0.2250
PLTR
29%
38%
$15.9M
1.6651
CRWV
53%
47%
$13.1M
1.1553

BoughtSoldCallsPuts

Largest trades by premium

On Oct 27, META's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $57.9M (43% of its session), $19.0M of it bought.

  1. META$57.9M
  2. TSLA$42.3M
  3. QQQ$42.2M
  4. SPY$41.7M
  5. AAPL$38.3M
  6. SMH$20.4M
  7. AMD$17.5M
  8. GOOGL$14.0M

BoughtSoldNo side

Sector rotation at the Oct 27 close

The close

At the Oct 27 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 769.66 (+0.56%), the Dow (DIA) at 523.28 (+0.06%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 721.25 (+1.27%), with the VIX at 17.52.

DOW (DIA)523.28+0.06%
S&P 500 (SPY)769.66+0.56%
NASDAQ (QQQ)721.25+1.27%
VIX17.52−4.73%

Where money rotated

On Oct 27, 5 of 12 sectors rose and 5 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Communication Services and Energy for Utilities and Materials.

1DOut ofEnergyComm. SvcsIntoCons. Disc.Materials
1WOut ofComm. SvcsEnergyIntoUtilitiesMaterials
Sectors up5/12
Beat S&P5/12

LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging

Quadrant crossings

EnergyLeadingWeakening

Energy moved from Leading to Weakening on Oct 27: strength still above average, but momentum falling.

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

In the week to Oct 27, Cybersecurity (Technology) led the S&P 500 by 17.8 points, while Refining (Energy) trailed it by 8.3 points.

  1. Cybersecurity+17.8
  2. Airlines+6.6
  3. Services+6.0
  4. Refining−8.3
  5. Travel−7.6
  6. Internet−6.2

Risk appetite

As of the Oct 27 close the gauges read calm and broad: the VIX term is relaxed; the average stock leads the S&P 500.

  1. Credit−0.4 even
  2. VIX term0.95 calm
  3. Cyclicals−0.7 even
  4. Small caps−0.3 even
  5. Equal weight+3.1 broad

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

Standout, 20 sessions

Over the 20 sessions to Oct 27, IT Services in Technology was the strongest S&P 500 group (+21.7% median, +20.9 points against the S&P 500), and ACN its strongest name above its 50-day average (+32.8%).

Leading sectorHealth CareLeading
#1 sub-sectorIT Services+21.7%
Standout nameACN+32.8%

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.