Options flow · daily recap
Options flow recap, Oct 29, 2026: unusual options activity and the biggest trades
Data from the session · 20 tickers · published 8:00 AM ET, Oct 30
On Oct 29, 48% of the $1.74B in large option prints across the 20 tickers here was bought, where a side is known; 35% was in calls, a put/call premium ratio of 1.83.
QQQ led on Oct 29 with $456.8M, ahead of GOOGL ($212.0M) and META ($145.8M).
On Oct 29 the most call-heavy was NVDA (73% calls) and the most put-heavy AVGO (89% puts).
All 20 tickers
| Ticker | Bought | Calls / puts | Premium | P/C | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQ | 5.76 | 536 | |||
| GOOGL | 2.19 | 300 | |||
| META | 1.29 | 171 | |||
| SPY | 3.54 | 395 | |||
| AMZN | 0.42 | 285 | |||
| MU | 0.53 | 154 | |||
| TSLA | 1.05 | 131 | |||
| ORCL | 5.58 | 87 | |||
| NVDA | 0.37 | 118 | |||
| IWM | 1.42 | 171 | |||
| SPCX | 4.06 | 69 | |||
| AAPL | 0.58 | 134 | |||
| SMH | 5.96 | 39 | |||
| AMD | 1.51 | 73 | |||
| INTC | 0.84 | 112 | |||
| CRWV | 0.73 | 33 | |||
| AVGO | 8.28 | 26 | |||
| PLTR | 0.62 | 38 | |||
| SOXL | 0.62 | 15 | |||
| NBIS | 1.41 | 15 |
BoughtSoldCallsPuts
Largest trades by premium
On Oct 29, QQQ's 5 largest prints carried the most premium, $127.2M (28% of its session), $32.1M of it bought.
BoughtSoldNo side
Sector rotation at the Oct 29 close
The close
At the Oct 29 close the S&P 500 (SPY) at 769.36 (−0.38%), the Dow (DIA) at 522.73 (−0.37%) and the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) at 715.34 (−1.42%).
Where money rotated
On Oct 29, 10 of 12 sectors rose and 10 of 12 beat the S&P 500; over the week money left Communication Services and Energy for Industrials and Materials.
LeadingImprovingWeakeningLagging
Quadrant crossings
Financials moved from Improving to Leading on Oct 29: above-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum rising.
Technology moved from Weakening to Lagging on Oct 29: below-average strength against the S&P 500, with momentum falling.
Sub-sectors against the S&P 500, 1W
In the week to Oct 29, Semicon Equip (Technology) led the S&P 500 by 10.7 points, while Internet (Communication Services) trailed it by 7.8 points.
- Semicon Equip+10.7
- Cruise+7.8
- Services+7.5
- Internet−7.8
- Staffing−7.8
- Alcohol−6.9
Risk appetite
As of the Oct 29 close the gauges read calm and broad: the VIX term is relaxed; the average stock leads the S&P 500.
- Credit−0.1 even
- VIX term0.92 calm
- Cyclicals−3.0 risk-off
- Small caps+1.1 even
- Equal weight+4.6 broad
20 sessions; VIX term at its close. It describes the market, not a forecast.
Standout, 20 sessions
Over the 20 sessions to Oct 29, Towers in Real Estate was the strongest S&P 500 group (+17.0% median, +16.3 points against the S&P 500), and CCI its strongest name above its 50-day average (+34.3%).
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.