What makes an option 'most active'?

Contracts traded in the session. This page ranks individual contracts (one strike, one expiration, call or put) by session volume across the most-traded underlyings, and totals each underlying's call and put volume.

What does volume above open interest mean?

More contracts traded today than existed at the open: new positions are being built rather than old ones closed. A volume/OI ratio above 1 on a far-dated strike is the pattern the unusual-activity page flags.

Where do the numbers come from?

The live option chains of the 20 most-traded names, eight nearest expirations, strikes within 12% of the stock price, refreshed every 15 minutes. Only prints from the current session count; before the open the page shows the previous session.

Most active options2026-10-26 session · 20 most-traded names · 2026-10-26 ET

The most active contract of the 2026-10-26 session is the SPY 2026-10-27 $765 put with 106,730 contracts traded against 1,042 open, more volume than open interest, so positions are being opened. By underlying, SPY leads with 1,775,014 contracts (1.32 puts per call), then QQQ with 1,225,210. Only prints from the session count; the page refreshes every 15 minutes.

Top 30 contracts by volume

#	Contract	Volume	Open int.	Vol/OI	Price	IV
1	SPY 2026-10-27 $765 put	106,730	1,042	102.4	$1.82	12%
2	SPY 2026-10-27 $766 call	77,716	2,106	36.9	$1.55	11%
3	SPY 2026-10-27 $765 call	69,590	2,551	27.3	$2.05	11%
4	SPY 2026-10-27 $767 call	64,206	1,675	38.3	$1.12	11%
5	SPY 2026-11-20 $750 put	63,281	87,211	0.7	$6.53	17%
6	SPY 2026-11-20 $725 put	56,278	34,795	1.6	$3.1	20%
7	SPY 2026-10-27 $764 put	55,774	1,417	39.4	$1.41	12%
8	IWM 2026-11-20 $262 put	48,406	77,607	0.6	$1.67	24%
9	SPY 2026-10-27 $768 call	47,490	2,326	20.4	$0.77	11%
10	SPY 2026-10-27 $766 put	46,833	1,093	42.8	$2.3	12%
11	SPY 2026-10-27 $762 put	45,348	6,504	7.0	$0.83	12%
12	NFLX 2026-11-20 $60 put	44,500	55,590	0.8	$0.66	32%
13	QQQ 2026-10-27 $710 put	44,380	1,159	38.3	$2.05	21%
14	IWM 2026-11-20 $264 put	43,336	47,051	0.9	$1.96	23%
15	QQQ 2026-10-27 $715 call	42,813	2,004	21.4	$1.96	19%
16	NFLX 2026-12-18 $56 put	42,644	1,459	29.2	$0.57	33%
17	IWM 2026-11-20 $265 put	36,982	124,990	0.3	$2.12	23%
18	SPY 2026-10-27 $767 put	36,537	22,028	1.7	$2.86	12%
19	SPY 2026-10-27 $770 call	35,968	2,895	12.4	$0.34	11%
20	NVDA 2026-10-30 $225 call	35,913	50,890	0.7	$0.63	35%
21	NVDA 2026-10-28 $217.5 call	35,210	5,835	6.0	$1.79	35%
22	NVDA 2026-10-30 $220 call	35,134	47,889	0.7	$1.87	36%
23	QQQ 2026-10-27 $713 put	34,552	243	142.2	$3.29	20%
24	QQQ 2026-10-27 $714 call	34,230	664	51.6	$2.4	19%
25	SPY 2026-10-27 $760 put	34,193	3,744	9.1	$0.46	13%
26	QQQ 2026-10-27 $712 put	33,165	445	74.5	$2.82	20%
27	SPY 2026-10-27 $763 put	33,078	834	39.7	$1.09	12%
28	QQQ 2026-10-27 $713 call	32,907	574	57.3	$2.89	19%
29	QQQ 2026-10-27 $714 put	31,160	365	85.4	$3.81	20%
30	TSLA 2026-10-30 $400 call	31,101	13,126	2.4	$3.85	42%

By underlying

Ticker	Contracts	Calls	Puts	P/C
SPY	1,775,014	766,234	1,008,780	1.32
QQQ	1,225,210	577,844	647,366	1.12
NVDA	744,104	473,592	270,512	0.57
TSLA	721,149	421,307	299,842	0.71
IWM	486,356	175,244	311,112	1.78
NFLX	414,684	208,666	206,018	0.99
AAPL	371,800	195,573	176,227	0.90
MU	273,748	171,705	102,043	0.59
SOFI	265,080	162,271	102,809	0.63
META	258,077	168,392	89,685	0.53
AMZN	240,794	175,169	65,625	0.37
PLTR	170,166	109,072	61,094	0.56
HOOD	160,137	87,039	73,098	0.84
GOOGL	150,835	95,939	54,896	0.57
AMD	133,795	82,039	51,756	0.63
MSTR	117,856	62,131	55,725	0.90
AVGO	115,710	74,955	40,755	0.54
MSFT	86,443	59,963	26,480	0.44
SMCI	72,307	50,787	21,520	0.42
COIN	23,728	11,266	12,462	1.11

Eight nearest expirations and strikes within 12% of spot per name; deep out-of-the-money and far-dated contracts are not counted.

Frequently asked questions

What makes an option 'most active'?: Contracts traded in the session. This page ranks individual contracts (one strike, one expiration, call or put) by session volume across the most-traded underlyings, and totals each underlying's call and put volume.
What does volume above open interest mean?: More contracts traded today than existed at the open: new positions are being built rather than old ones closed. A volume/OI ratio above 1 on a far-dated strike is the pattern the unusual-activity page flags.
Where do the numbers come from?: The live option chains of the 20 most-traded names, eight nearest expirations, strikes within 12% of the stock price, refreshed every 15 minutes. Only prints from the current session count; before the open the page shows the previous session.

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