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October 29 Recap: GOOGL Leads a 51% Premium Jump as the Tone Leans Bearish

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$21.9B in single-name premium, 26% bullish versus 27% bearish. GOOGL led at $2.1B Bearish; SPX GEX was −$18.16B.

Single-name premium rose 51%, from $14.5B on October 28 to $21.9B on October 29, and puts took 54% of it after 36%. GOOGL led at $2.1B Bearish with GOOG second at $1.4B, and the tone leaned bearish (26% / 27%). SPX net GEX flipped from +22.53B to −18.16B, leaving IWM as the only Positive index row.

$21.9B, 46% calls, 26% bullish versus 27% bearish. GOOGL led at $2.1B Bearish; five of six index GEX rows were Negative.

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This edition's figures in 45 seconds. The numbers match the tables below.

What the recap printed

October 29 session KPI strip

Test app, session 2026-10-29, KPI. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

ReadingRecap value
Single-name premium$21.9B
Call / Put46% / 54%
Bullish / Bearish26% / 27%
Overall toneleaned bearish
First 30-minute window09:30 · $3.0B

Sentiment bars: Neutral $10.3B, Bearish $6.0B, Bullish $5.6B.

October 29 premium by sentiment

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 1. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

What changed since October 28

ReadingOct 28Oct 29
Single-name premium$14.5B$21.9B
Call / Put64% / 36%46% / 54%
Bullish / Bearish27% / 27%26% / 27%
Tonewas balancedleaned bearish
LeaderMU $2.0B MixedGOOGL $2.1B Bearish
SPX net GEX ($B)+22.53 Positive−18.16 Negative
Positive index rowsSPX · NDX · IWM · DIAIWM
Largest headline-name ticketMU 980 CALL 2026-11-20 $41M BEARISHGOOGL 350 PUT 2026-10-30 $50M BULLISH

Five of the top six names were Bearish, against two on October 28. MU fell from $2.0B Mixed to $1.2B Bearish and third place. The largest headline-name ticket grew from MU's $41M call to GOOGL's $50M put.

Leaders: where premium concentrated

October 29 top names by premium

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 2. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

SymbolPremiumCallPutNet bias
GOOGL$2.1B$704M$1.4BBearish
GOOG$1.4B$437M$977MBearish
MU$1.2B$707M$526MBearish
BA$895M$48M$847MBearish
AMZN$822M$519M$303MBearish
META$768M$463M$305MMixed

Alphabet's two share classes, GOOGL and GOOG, carried $3.5B together. BA's $895M was almost all puts ($847M against $48M). The bottom line and glance print GOOGL at $2B; the leaders table and headline cards print $2.1B.

October 29 bottom line and glance

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Bottom line / glance. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

Exposure and volatility context

The glance lists FTNT +0M shares-equiv. as largest Net DEX and NOW 225% as largest Net DEI magnitude; Step 4's key result names PAA at 851%, with a Negative Net DEX sign. On October 28 the largest was TSLA at 193%.

Step 5's highest IV rank among active names is GOOG 85 / 100, with 43.2% 30-day implied volatility, against GOOG's 82 / 100 and 42.6% on October 28.

Index GEX: SPX flips to −18.16B, IWM the only Positive row

October 29 index GEX backdrop

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 6 · T+1. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

IndexNet GEX ($B)Regime
SPX−18.16Negative
SPY−7.35Negative
QQQ−4.23Negative
IWM+1.56Positive
NDX−1.22Negative
DIA0Negative

SPX fell 40.69B, from +22.53 to −18.16, and NDX crossed from +2.27 to −1.22. SPY (−3.23 to −7.35) and QQQ (−1.64 to −4.23) deepened, and DIA printed 0 with a Negative regime. IWM rose from +0.97 to +1.56.

Headline name: GOOGL at $284

GOOGL headline cards for October 29

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 8. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

Cards: last $284, premium $2.1B, 34% calls, 31% bullish, 45% average IV on traded contracts. On October 28 the headline name was MU.

TimeTypeStrikeExpiryPremiumSentiment
15:16PUT3502026-10-30$50MBULLISH
15:17PUT5002028-12-15$34MBULLISH
15:12PUT3802026-12-18$31MBULLISH
15:12PUT3652026-11-20$29MBULLISH
15:12PUT3702026-11-20$28MBEARISH
15:17PUT4002027-01-15$25MBEARISH

GOOGL biggest prints for October 29

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 8 · prints. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

All six of GOOGL's largest tickets were puts, printed between 15:12 and 15:17 for $197M together. The largest was a $50M 350 put expiring the next day, 2026-10-30, tagged Bullish; four of the six were tagged Bullish.

Movers: PGY +19.6%

October 29 intraday movers

Test app, session 2026-10-29, Step 7. Captured October 30, 2026 (New York time).

The largest gain was PGY +19.6% (Step 7: 19.6%, Up). October 28's was GMAB +28.6%.

What this session is evidence of

QuestionOct 29Oct 28Clock
Size / tone$21.9B · 26% / 27% · leaned bearish$14.5B · 27% / 27% · was balancedSession tape
ConcentrationGOOGL $2.1B BearishMU $2.0B MixedSession leaders
Relative exposurePAA DEI 851% (glance: NOW 225%) · DEX NegativeTSLA DEI 193% · DEX NegativeSession exposure
VolatilityGOOG IV rank 85 · IV 43.2%GOOG IV rank 82 · IV 42.6%T+1
Index structureSPX −18.16B Negative · IWM PositiveSPX +22.53B Positive · NDX, IWM, DIA PositiveT+1
Largest headline-name printGOOGL 350 PUT 2026-10-30 $50M BULLISHMU 980 CALL 2026-11-20 $41M BEARISHSession ticket

How to read these numbers

This edition reads TradingFlow's Daily Market Recap for October 29, 2026, captured on October 30 (New York time). Runs at 8:38 and 9:41 AM New York time, before and after the open, printed the same figures. It is a completed-session report, not a trade recommendation.

Two clocks apply. Premium, sentiment, and prints describe the session tape; GEX and IV are the recap's T+1 / prior-close snapshots, not a live intraday gamma map. Neutral premium supplies no direction, and call share is option type, not bullish sentiment. Net DEI is an unsigned magnitude relative to typical activity; Net DEX is a separate signed classification, and a +0M reading rounds to zero. GEX is modeled chain structure under TradingFlow's dealer-sign convention, not observed dealer inventory, a support level, or the next session's direction. Ticket tags do not prove who bought or sold or whether a position opened, and intraday_pct is a first-to-last underlying-price proxy from the option tape, not a verified daily return.

Reproduce the findings

  1. Open the October 29 recap; confirm Oct 29, 2026 in the session KPI.
  2. Open the October 28 recap beside it and compare the KPI strip, leaders, and all six index GEX rows.
  3. Compare the headline name's cards and largest tickets on both days: GOOGL on October 29, MU on October 28.
  4. Read Steps 4–6 separately: exposure magnitude, volatility rank, and index structure.

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