KEY options flow: unusual options activity in KeyCorp

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 5 unusual options prints in KeyCorp (KEY), $256K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $0 against $170K bearish; $256K went into calls and $0 into puts, a put call ratio of 0.00. The largest print was $104K of KEY 19 Jan 2029 $18 calls on 22 September 2026, swept at bid. The last session with prints, 22 September 2026, added 3 prints and $184K of premium. KEY closed at $20.61 on 25 September 2026, up 1.8%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 22 September 2026, 2 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, $216K, is aimed at the 19 Jan 2029 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 15 Jan 2027.

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, 22 September 2026

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

Price

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

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 13 firms, have a median of $26, 26.2% above the last close.

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 KeyCorp

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Financials

Industry

Banking

Headquarters

Cleveland, Ohio

Website

key.com

KeyCorp operates as the holding company for KeyBank National Association. It operates in Consumer Bank and Commercial Bank segments. The company operates through a network of approximately 999 branches and 1,317 ATMs in 15 states.

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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