Daily Report

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Writing session chart

Option writing session chart for 2026-09-01

Writing totals

Put: $2.06B (4,373,403)
Call: $2.86B (4,887,970)
Trades: 119,647
Bullish 41.8% 58.2% Bearish

Put share of premium reads as bullish (dashboard convention).

SPY expected move

Expected move0.06%
Straddle mid$0.50
Strike$762.00
Upper breakeven$762.50
Lower breakeven$761.51
Underlying$762.05

SPY session prices

Open$762.03
High$764.58
Low$759.74
Close$761.65
Prev close (2026-08-31)$767.05

Dark pool top 10 by premium

  • 1 AAPL 6,924,926 @ $325.13 $2.25B 16:00 ET
  • 2 SPY 1,609,293 @ $761.78 $1.23B 16:00 ET
  • 3 NVDA 3,500,000 @ $217.44 $761.04M 16:00 ET
  • 4 QQQ 708,756 @ $707.64 $501.54M 16:00 ET
  • 5 SPY 550,000 @ $761.00 $418.55M 14:35 ET
  • 6 QQQ 490,000 @ $709.88 $347.84M 11:03 ET
  • 7 NVDA 1,500,000 @ $220.18 $330.27M 11:58 ET
  • 8 QQQ 360,000 @ $706.48 $254.33M 09:40 ET
  • 9 QQQ 330,000 @ $708.42 $233.78M 12:43 ET
  • 10 IWM 752,881 @ $290.57 $218.76M 16:00 ET

Top 25 largest option trades

#TimeSymbolSideStrikeExpiryQtyPricePremiumSentiment
112:30SPXCALL$7,000.002026-09-305,000$675.80$337.90MNA
212:38SPXCALL$7,000.002026-09-303,000$675.80$202.74MBULLISH
312:30SPXPUT$8,000.002026-09-305,000$340.10$170.05MNA
412:38SPXPUT$8,000.002026-09-303,000$340.10$102.03MBULLISH
509:51SPXCALL$8,200.002026-12-3115,000$61.65$92.47MBULLISH
609:51SPXCALL$8,210.002026-12-3115,000$59.50$89.25MBULLISH
710:17SPXCALL$8,180.002026-12-317,500$67.29$50.47MBEARISH
810:17SPXCALL$8,190.002026-12-317,500$65.00$48.75MBEARISH
914:40SPCXPUT$205.002026-09-187,900$61.70$48.74MNA
1010:12MSFTCALL$595.002027-12-178,000$49.07$39.26MNA
1114:35SPYPUT$700.002027-03-1925,000$15.06$37.65MNA
1210:13MSFTCALL$610.002027-12-177,874$45.00$35.43MNA
1315:01QQQCALL$800.002028-06-165,000$70.72$35.36MNA
1415:01QQQPUT$700.002028-06-165,000$67.73$33.87MNA
1515:17DELLCALL$100.002027-12-171,000$334.21$33.42MNA
1612:33EWZCALL$35.002026-12-1869,673$4.15$28.91MNA
1714:40SPCXPUT$200.002026-09-185,000$56.95$28.48MNA
1811:03QQQCALL$725.002026-12-1810,000$26.96$26.96MNA
1914:40IWMPUT$285.002026-09-11166,080$1.62$26.90MBEARISH
2011:36SNOWCALL$150.002026-12-181,500$175.67$26.35MNA
2112:22DELLCALL$150.002026-09-18900$287.65$25.89MNA
2212:36DELLCALL$150.002026-09-18900$287.28$25.86MBULLISH
2314:40IWMPUT$290.002026-09-1175,185$3.09$23.23MNA
2410:53EWYCALL$185.002027-06-178,500$24.00$20.40MNA
2510:57QQQPUT$690.002026-09-2533,216$6.12$20.33MBEARISH
  • 1 SPX CALL $337.90M
    Time12:30 ET Strike$7,000.00 Expiry2026-09-30 Qty5,000 Price$675.80 SentimentNA
  • 2 SPX CALL $202.74M
    Time12:38 ET Strike$7,000.00 Expiry2026-09-30 Qty3,000 Price$675.80 SentimentBULLISH
  • 3 SPX PUT $170.05M
    Time12:30 ET Strike$8,000.00 Expiry2026-09-30 Qty5,000 Price$340.10 SentimentNA
  • 4 SPX PUT $102.03M
    Time12:38 ET Strike$8,000.00 Expiry2026-09-30 Qty3,000 Price$340.10 SentimentBULLISH
  • 5 SPX CALL $92.47M
    Time09:51 ET Strike$8,200.00 Expiry2026-12-31 Qty15,000 Price$61.65 SentimentBULLISH
  • 6 SPX CALL $89.25M
    Time09:51 ET Strike$8,210.00 Expiry2026-12-31 Qty15,000 Price$59.50 SentimentBULLISH
  • 7 SPX CALL $50.47M
    Time10:17 ET Strike$8,180.00 Expiry2026-12-31 Qty7,500 Price$67.29 SentimentBEARISH
  • 8 SPX CALL $48.75M
    Time10:17 ET Strike$8,190.00 Expiry2026-12-31 Qty7,500 Price$65.00 SentimentBEARISH
  • 9 SPCX PUT $48.74M
    Time14:40 ET Strike$205.00 Expiry2026-09-18 Qty7,900 Price$61.70 SentimentNA
  • 10 MSFT CALL $39.26M
    Time10:12 ET Strike$595.00 Expiry2027-12-17 Qty8,000 Price$49.07 SentimentNA
  • 11 SPY PUT $37.65M
    Time14:35 ET Strike$700.00 Expiry2027-03-19 Qty25,000 Price$15.06 SentimentNA
  • 12 MSFT CALL $35.43M
    Time10:13 ET Strike$610.00 Expiry2027-12-17 Qty7,874 Price$45.00 SentimentNA
  • 13 QQQ CALL $35.36M
    Time15:01 ET Strike$800.00 Expiry2028-06-16 Qty5,000 Price$70.72 SentimentNA
  • 14 QQQ PUT $33.87M
    Time15:01 ET Strike$700.00 Expiry2028-06-16 Qty5,000 Price$67.73 SentimentNA
  • 15 DELL CALL $33.42M
    Time15:17 ET Strike$100.00 Expiry2027-12-17 Qty1,000 Price$334.21 SentimentNA
  • 16 EWZ CALL $28.91M
    Time12:33 ET Strike$35.00 Expiry2026-12-18 Qty69,673 Price$4.15 SentimentNA
  • 17 SPCX PUT $28.48M
    Time14:40 ET Strike$200.00 Expiry2026-09-18 Qty5,000 Price$56.95 SentimentNA
  • 18 QQQ CALL $26.96M
    Time11:03 ET Strike$725.00 Expiry2026-12-18 Qty10,000 Price$26.96 SentimentNA
  • 19 IWM PUT $26.90M
    Time14:40 ET Strike$285.00 Expiry2026-09-11 Qty166,080 Price$1.62 SentimentBEARISH
  • 20 SNOW CALL $26.35M
    Time11:36 ET Strike$150.00 Expiry2026-12-18 Qty1,500 Price$175.67 SentimentNA
  • 21 DELL CALL $25.89M
    Time12:22 ET Strike$150.00 Expiry2026-09-18 Qty900 Price$287.65 SentimentNA
  • 22 DELL CALL $25.86M
    Time12:36 ET Strike$150.00 Expiry2026-09-18 Qty900 Price$287.28 SentimentBULLISH
  • 23 IWM PUT $23.23M
    Time14:40 ET Strike$290.00 Expiry2026-09-11 Qty75,185 Price$3.09 SentimentNA
  • 24 EWY CALL $20.40M
    Time10:53 ET Strike$185.00 Expiry2027-06-17 Qty8,500 Price$24.00 SentimentNA
  • 25 QQQ PUT $20.33M
    Time10:57 ET Strike$690.00 Expiry2026-09-25 Qty33,216 Price$6.12 SentimentBEARISH

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