August 20, 2026 saw a moderately bullish options session with 20,129 prints generating $637.9M in premium. Call-to-put ratio of 1.51 favored upside, with call premium edging puts $331M to $307M. NVDA led activity at $222.9M across 5,900 prints, trailed by QQQ ($103.5M) and AAPL ($75.6M). Despite the bullish lean, the day's largest single print was a $13.9M NVDA put, signaling some institutional hedging. SPY and META rounded out the top five. Overall, aggressive call buying outweighed defensive flows as traders positioned long heading into close.
Largest single print of the session: a $13.9M PUT in $NVDA.
| Ticker | Premium | Prints |
|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | $222.9M | 5,900 |
| $QQQ | $103.5M | 4,476 |
| $AAPL | $75.6M | 1,614 |
| $SPY | $74.4M | 3,705 |
| $META | $46.0M | 1,311 |
| $TSLA | $32.7M | 939 |
| $IWM | $18.8M | 410 |
| $TLT | $18.7M | 372 |
| $MSFT | $16.1M | 419 |
| $ES | $5.5M | 281 |
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