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Options Flow Recap — Friday, Oct 16, 2026

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Bearish
Session bias
0.97
Call/Put ratio
$4.64B
Total premium
8
Signals published

The session read

The October 16, 2026 session recorded $4.64 billion in total premium across 138,843 prints from 08:30 to 15:00 CT. Call premium reached $2.10 billion while put premium hit $2.54 billion, yielding a 0.97 call/put ratio. QQQ led activity with $1.29 billion in premium over 35,901 prints, followed by SPY at $722 million. The largest single print was an $84.7 million QQQ put. MU, TSLA, and NVDA also drew significant premium, rounding out the top ten symbols by volume.

Largest single print of the session: a $84.7M PUT in $QQQ.

Where the premium went

TickerPremiumPrints
$QQQ$1.29B35,901
$SPY$722.6M25,539
$MU$380.8M11,633
$TSLA$331.9M10,028
$NVDA$265.7M8,638
$AMD$171.6M5,288
$META$150.5M4,347
$AAPL$118.0M3,649
$IWM$109.8M2,370
$MSTR$107.1M2,447

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Companies mentioned

$AAPL · $AMD · $IWM · $META · $MSTR · $MU · $NVDA · $QQQ · $SPY · $TSLA