The archived board for 2026-08-17: the most-traded option contracts that day among the US underlyings this board scans, ranked by single-contract volume, as captured by the last board scan before 16:38 ET. Cboe data, ~15-min delayed. · Data as of 2026-08-17 20:30
| Ticker | Type | Strike | Expiry | Vol | OI | Vol/OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | PUT | $775 | Aug 17 | 871.1K | 11.5K | 75.9× | 26% |
| SPY | PUT | $773 | Aug 17 | 859.6K | 7.8K | 110.3× | 8% |
| SPY | PUT | $774 | Aug 17 | 809.0K | 4.8K | 168.4× | — |
| SPY | CALL | $776 | Aug 17 | 663.4K | 4.7K | 140.6× | 35% |
| SPY | CALL | $775 | Aug 17 | 634.4K | 4.4K | 143.9× | 26% |
| QQQ | PUT | $730 | Aug 17 | 548.5K | 6.0K | 90.7× | 11% |
| NVDA | CALL | $227.5 | Aug 17 | 472.5K | 10.6K | 44.5× | 62% |
| SPY | CALL | $774 | Aug 17 | 450.3K | 2.2K | 207.1× | 16% |
| SPY | PUT | $772 | Aug 17 | 424.7K | 6.3K | 67.4× | 10% |
| QQQ | PUT | $732 | Aug 17 | 405.3K | 2.5K | 159.6× | — |
| QQQ | PUT | $731 | Aug 17 | 377.1K | 2.4K | 157.4× | 30% |
| QQQ | CALL | $733 | Aug 17 | 376.8K | 4.6K | 82.4× | 38% |
| SPY | CALL | $777 | Aug 17 | 370.5K | 10.0K | 37.2× | 44% |
| SPY | PUT | $776 | Aug 17 | 345.9K | 13.3K | 25.9× | 45% |
| SPY | CALL | $773 | Aug 17 | 333.8K | 2.3K | 147.4× | 10% |
| QQQ | CALL | $731 | Aug 17 | 307.8K | 4.4K | 70.7× | 18% |
| QQQ | CALL | $734 | Aug 17 | 301.5K | 3.1K | 98.1× | 48% |
| NVDA | PUT | $225 | Aug 17 | 298.2K | 7.6K | 39.0× | 15% |
| QQQ | PUT | $733 | Aug 17 | 292.2K | 2.2K | 130.2× | — |
| QQQ | CALL | $732 | Aug 17 | 282.2K | 3.7K | 75.8× | 28% |
| QQQ | CALL | $735 | Aug 17 | 281.5K | 6.3K | 44.6× | 57% |
| TSLA | CALL | $342.5 | Aug 17 | 267.5K | 6.9K | 38.7× | 54% |
| QQQ | CALL | $730 | Aug 17 | 254.7K | 11.2K | 22.7× | 7% |
| QQQ | PUT | $729 | Aug 17 | 247.4K | 3.3K | 74.1× | 10% |
| SPY | CALL | $778 | Aug 17 | 210.8K | 8.3K | 25.5× | 53% |
| TSLA | PUT | $337.5 | Aug 17 | 210.0K | 1.9K | 112.7× | 33% |
| TSLA | PUT | $340 | Aug 17 | 206.5K | 1.9K | 108.1× | 35% |
| NVDA | CALL | $230 | Aug 17 | 205.5K | 10.3K | 20.0× | 116% |
| TSLA | CALL | $340 | Aug 17 | 184.2K | 5.3K | 34.8× | 34% |
| SPY | PUT | $771 | Aug 17 | 178.7K | 4.2K | 42.6× | 19% |
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Unusual options activity for 2026-08-17 — Tickwind (tickwind.com), Cboe 15-min delayed data.