LLY options flow: unusual options activity in Eli Lilly & Co.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
The 500 most recent unusual options prints in Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), from 22 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, carry $33.9M of tracked premium, leaning bearish. The delayed tape holds that many at a time, and this name fills it in 5 sessions. Bullish premium was $10.4M against $15.7M bearish; $17.5M went into calls and $16.3M into puts, a put call ratio of 0.93. The largest print was $2.2M of LLY 17 Jun 2027 $1,300 puts on 23 September 2026, executed at ask. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 12 prints and $609K of premium. LLY closed at $1,183.46 on 25 September 2026, up 0.1%.
The latest unusual flow
The 500 most recent prints, 22 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 5 sessions. The delayed tape holds that many at a time; the full stream with every print is in the app. 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
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Jun 2027 $1,300 puts | Trade | 100 | 299 | $2.2M | At ask | Bearish | Whale |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 15 Dec 2028 $1,400 calls | Trade | 34 | 91 | $797K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 15 Dec 2028 $1,600 puts | Trade | 15 | 32 | $758K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 15 Dec 2028 $1,600 puts | Trade | 15 | 32 | $758K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Sep 2027 $1,020 puts | Sweep | 88 | 52 | $707K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 21 Jan 2028 $930 puts | Trade | 70 | 9 | $507K | At ask | Neutral | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 15 Dec 2028 $1,600 puts | Trade | 10 | 32 | $505K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LLY 15 Jan 2027 $1,000 puts | Trade | 175 | 1,351 | $488K | At bid | Bullish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Jun 2027 $1,010 puts | Trade | 65 | 84 | $418K | At ask | Neutral | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Jun 2027 $1,010 puts | Trade | 55 | 84 | $353K | At ask | Neutral | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LLY 19 Mar 2027 $730 puts | Trade | 600 | 101 | $318K | At bid | Neutral | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Dec 2027 $1,900 calls | Trade | 60 | 113 | $302K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2028 | 65 | $6.1M | 48% | -$2.1M |
| 17 Jun 2027 | 14 | $3.8M | 5% | -$2.6M |
| 17 Sep 2027 | 26 | $2.7M | 49% | +$246K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 49 | $2.6M | 62% | -$402K |
| 17 Dec 2027 | 39 | $2.4M | 69% | +$265K |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 40 | $2.3M | 50% | +$771K |
The most premium, $6.1M, is aimed at the 15 Dec 2028 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, 28 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | LLY 21 Jan 2028 $750 calls | Trade | 2 | 28 | $101K | At ask | Bullish | |
| 28 Sep 2026 | LLY 21 Jan 2028 $1,820 puts | Trade | 1 | 1 | $65K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 28 Sep 2026 | LLY 21 Jan 2028 $1,800 puts | Trade | 1 | 5 | $63K | At bid | Bullish | |
| 28 Sep 2026 | LLY 30 Oct 2026 $1,180 calls | Trade | 10 | 17 | $60K | At bid | Neutral | |
| 28 Sep 2026 | LLY 17 Dec 2027 $1,760 puts | Trade | 1 | 6 | $60K | At ask | Neutral |
Every print in LLY with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open LLY in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open LLY in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 17 firms, have a median of $1,350, 14.1% 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 Eli Lilly & Co.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Headquarters
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Website
- lilly.com
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company provides Alimta for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and malignant pleural mesothelioma; Cyramza for metastatic gastric cancer, gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma, metastatic colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It offers Olumiant for rheumatoid arthritis; and Taltz for plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and non-radiographic ax
In the same sector
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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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