XLB traded $2.9M in options premium — 257.7× its recent daily average of $11,088. In all, 21,031 signals crossed for $4.96B in premium — $3.44B on the buy side against $1.51B on the sell side.
Coverage note: the tape has a gap from 15:44 to 15:59 ET — flow in that window was not captured, so the figures below describe the captured session, not the full market day.
The Day in Numbers
21,031 signals fired for $4.96B in total premium. Premium fell 5% versus the prior session's $5.20B; the session classified as bear-trending; average VIX at 20.7.
Where the Premium Sat
ETF took the largest share of sector-tracked premium at $2.14B across 441,354 trades. QQQ led all names at $1.04B across 3,999 signals, followed by SPY ($528.3M), MU ($282.0M), AAPL ($211.3M), GLD ($200.4M). Together the top five accounted for 46% of the day's signal premium.
Largest Prints and Sweeps
- QQQ 725P Mar 19 — $111.8M in a single print (20,000 contracts, 136 DTE, graded QUALIFIED)
- QQQ 650P Mar 19 — $47.3M in a single print (20,000 contracts, 136 DTE, graded QUALIFIED)
- TSM 200C Jan 15 — $39.1M in a single print (1,899 contracts, 73 DTE, graded PASS)
- QQQ 686P Jan 29 — a $9.0M sweep: 9 fills on 8 exchanges in 103 ms (opening)
- QQQ 687P Jan 29 — a $8.8M sweep: 9 fills on 8 exchanges in 103 ms (opening)
What to Watch
Premium in XLB ran 257.7× its recent daily average ($2.9M on the day); premium in SNAP ran 81.5× its recent daily average ($5.6M on the day); premium in DUOL ran 78.6× its recent daily average ($4.7M on the day). Whether that pace holds is the next session's first question. Executions show size and direction — they do not show who traded, or why. This recap is the morning-after version of a tape that runs live: the same graded flow streams in the scanner every session, gamma positioning for the names above sits on their GEX pages, and the day's flow is summarized each morning in the Flow Brief. See how flow is graded, or start a 7-day free trial and watch it as it prints.
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