DLR options flow: unusual options activity in Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 19 unusual options prints in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR), $2.0M of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $223K against $1.6M bearish; $400K went into calls and $1.6M into puts, a put call ratio of 4.05. The largest print was $493K of DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts on 23 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 2 prints and $152K of premium. DLR closed at $178.61 on 25 September 2026, down 1.3%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 5 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
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 1,644 | 10,898 | $493K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 658 | 10,898 | $197K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 658 | 10,898 | $197K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 24 Sep 2026 | DLR 19 Jan 2029 $190 puts | Trade | 50 | 50 | $152K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 22 Sep 2026 | DLR 19 Jan 2029 $190 puts | Trade | 50 | 0 | $150K | At bid | Neutral | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DLR 20 Nov 2026 $200 calls | Trade | 255 | 66 | $125K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 20 Nov 2026 $200 calls | Trade | 295 | 329 | $100K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 308 | 10,898 | $92K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 28 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 229 | 6,147 | $92K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 286 | 10,898 | $86K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 28 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Trade | 150 | 6,147 | $60K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DLR 19 Jan 2029 $165 calls | Trade | 10 | 0 | $49K | At ask | Neutral |
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
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2026 | 10 | $1.3M | 0% | -$1.3M |
| 19 Jan 2029 | 4 | $379K | 20% | -$152K |
| 20 Nov 2026 | 2 | $225K | 100% | +$25K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 2 | $67K | 100% | +$67K |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 1 | $31K | 100% | +$31K |
The most premium, $1.3M, is aimed at the 18 Dec 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 2 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, 28 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Sweep | 229 | 6,147 | $92K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 28 Sep 2026 | DLR 18 Dec 2026 $160 puts | Trade | 150 | 6,147 | $60K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
Every print in DLR with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open DLR in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open DLR in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 18 firms, have a median of $222, 24.3% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 4 upgrades.
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 Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- Trading
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, Texas
- Website
- digitalrealty.com
Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITALR, the company's global data center platform, provides customers a trusted foundation and proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture PDxTM solution methodology.
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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
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