AEP options flow: unusual options activity in American Electric Power Co. Inc.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 10 unusual options prints in American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP), $556K of tracked premium, leaning bullish. Bullish premium was $268K against $95K bearish; $219K went into calls and $337K into puts, a put call ratio of 1.54. The largest print was $132K of AEP 19 Jan 2029 $120 puts on 22 September 2026, executed at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 1 print and $56K of premium. AEP closed at $118.35 on 25 September 2026, up 0.7%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 22 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 4 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $188K, is aimed at the 19 Jan 2029 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 16 Oct 2026.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 25 September 2026

Every print in AEP with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open AEP in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open AEP in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 12 firms, have a median of $141, 19.1% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 downgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About American Electric Power Co. Inc.

Exchange

Nasdaq

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Utilities

Headquarters

Columbus, Ohio

Website

aep.com

American Electric Power Company, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints