Jul. 31 at 12:27 PM
Circling back on
$HD:
$351K of premium ran through the Oct 16
$345 calls. Overnight the exchange published the new open interest, which is the only honest confirm there is.
It confirmed. That strike added 149 contracts of open interest at the settle, that's the signature of a position opened and carried, not one flipped out by the close. New risk stayed on.
Open interest is what shows whether the position stayed on.
