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Options Flow Recap — Monday, Aug 17, 2026

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Bullish
Session bias
2.51
Call/Put ratio
$472.0M
Total premium
22
Signals generated

The session read

August 17, 2026 saw strong bullish conviction across options markets with 17,760 prints generating $472 million in premium and a 2.51 call-to-put ratio heavily favoring upside. Tech dominated flow, with GOOG leading at $96.3 million in premium, followed by NVDA at $72.5 million, while QQQ, SPY, and AMZN rounded out the top five. The largest single block was a $3.2 million TSLA call trade, reflecting concentrated investor appetite for mega-cap growth and momentum exposure in a decidedly risk-on session.

Largest single print of the session: a $3.2M CALL in $TSLA.

Where the premium went

TickerPremiumPrints
$GOOG$96.3M3,355
$NVDA$72.5M2,831
$QQQ$56.4M2,649
$SPY$54.9M2,516
$AMZN$54.0M1,591
$META$52.7M2,032
$TSLA$48.4M1,850
$NFLX$12.8M143
$AAPL$10.4M420
$TLT$7.5M132

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Companies mentioned

$AAPL · $AMZN · $GOOG · $META · $NFLX · $NVDA · $QQQ · $SPY · $TLT · $TSLA