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On August 14, 2026, QQQ’s last option-tape print sat at $730.24—below the $731 strike. The official close was $732.10. OCC auto-exercise follows the close, not the last tick.
Every morning before I look at anything else, I open TradingFlow's Pre-Move Positioning screen. Here's a real session — three PCG call strikes building open interest at once — and exactly how far that pattern gets you, and where it stops.
UOA alerts are noise without filters, print-level tape, and open-interest context. TradingFlow’s Option Trades and Rank surfaces make that audit possible.
OTM single-name packages go viral as lottery tickets. TradingFlow’s process is claim → exact filters → tape match → OI limits—before any narrative about intent.
Theta and wheel discussions dominate Reddit. TradingFlow is not a theta desk—but historical flow, OI, IV context, and GEX risk maps still help sellers avoid blind short-gamma spots.
A court complaint alleged traders spent about $12 million on FUTU and TIGR puts before regulatory news and made more than $100 million. TradingFlow found an $870K pre-news FUTU put print at 500x Vol/OI—but the tape cannot prove identity, intent, or insider trading.
The standalone OI Change Rank app and /app/oi-change-rank are removed from the product (2026). Per-symbol OI context now lives in the Positioning tab of the Rank Symbols inspection drawer.
