PLTR Unusual Options Activity

As of Oct 21, 2026, our scanner has flagged 200 unusual PLTR options trades in its recent history: 123 bullish and 77 bearish, totaling $708.1M in premium. Flow has leaned leaned bullish (call buying), with $519.9M in bullish call premium vs. $188.2M in bearish put premium. The most recent PLTR trade was flagged at 15:00 ET on Oct 21, 2026.

200Flagged trades

123Bullish

77Bearish

$708.1MTotal premium

$37.7MLargest trade

Recent PLTR options flow

15:00 ET
Oct 21, 2026
2540 $PLTR Oct 30th 2026 207.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.6 vs Open Interest of 1069 for a total of $660959. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:45 ET
Oct 20, 2026
7108 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 192.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.2 vs Open Interest of 2245 for a total of $2276763. 3.2x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 20, 2026
7701 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 195 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 3613 for a total of $3386669. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 20, 2026
11879 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.9 vs Open Interest of 3177 for a total of $5853258. 3.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:45 ET
Oct 19, 2026
3892 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 192.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.6 vs Open Interest of 1643 for a total of $1401315. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
14:00 ET
Oct 19, 2026
7118 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 195 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 2764 for a total of $3118253. 2.6x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
13:45 ET
Oct 19, 2026
9805 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 190 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.7 vs Open Interest of 3755 for a total of $2649115. 2.6x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
12:00 ET
Oct 19, 2026
13883 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 207.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.6 vs Open Interest of 5833 for a total of $797995. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:00 ET
Oct 19, 2026
18917 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 205 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.9 vs Open Interest of 7831 for a total of $1624592. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:15 ET
Oct 19, 2026
11093 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.9 vs Open Interest of 3581 for a total of $5435792. 3.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
3803 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 185 CALLS BOUGHT@ 6.5 vs Open Interest of 1532 for a total of $2454190. 2.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
3764 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 187.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4 vs Open Interest of 1748 for a total of $1496228. 2.2x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
4454 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 187.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.1 vs Open Interest of 1872 for a total of $2260093. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
4519 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 182.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.3 vs Open Interest of 1200 for a total of $1054644. 3.8x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
8117 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 180 PUTS BOUGHT@ 1.9 vs Open Interest of 2627 for a total of $1542149. 3.1x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 19, 2026
9316 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 185 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.5 vs Open Interest of 4101 for a total of $3285381. 2.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
15:00 ET
Oct 16, 2026
768 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 182.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 8.4 vs Open Interest of 332 for a total of $645588. 2.3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:30 ET
Oct 16, 2026
3091 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 185 CALLS BOUGHT@ 6.6 vs Open Interest of 656 for a total of $2050600. 4.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:15 ET
Oct 16, 2026
3847 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 187.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.2 vs Open Interest of 370 for a total of $1994208. 10.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:15 ET
Oct 16, 2026
9371 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 190 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.1 vs Open Interest of 1106 for a total of $3827585. 8.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:30 ET
Oct 16, 2026
6809 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.7 vs Open Interest of 514 for a total of $2542140. 13.2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:30 ET
Oct 16, 2026
5019 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.7 vs Open Interest of 1248 for a total of $832652. 4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:30 ET
Oct 16, 2026
12995 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3 vs Open Interest of 1432 for a total of $3858475. 9.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:15 ET
Oct 16, 2026
15982 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 200 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.4 vs Open Interest of 4063 for a total of $3766798. 3.9x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:15 ET
Oct 16, 2026
11061 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 205 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.4 vs Open Interest of 2931 for a total of $1506729. 3.8x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 16, 2026
10818 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.5 vs Open Interest of 549 for a total of $2659930. 19.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:15 ET
Oct 15, 2026
6905 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 200 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.5 vs Open Interest of 3050 for a total of $3139565. 2.3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:00 ET
Oct 15, 2026
1152 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.6 vs Open Interest of 407 for a total of $645362. 2.8x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:30 ET
Oct 14, 2026
2966 $PLTR Oct 23rd 2026 212.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.9 vs Open Interest of 1330 for a total of $858746. 2.2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
27767 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 210 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.1 vs Open Interest of 13625 for a total of $8584168. 2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
10126 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 210 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.1 vs Open Interest of 1838 for a total of $4199252. 5.5x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
1486 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 212.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 5.6 vs Open Interest of 651 for a total of $829173. 2.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
6188 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 217.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.9 vs Open Interest of 868 for a total of $583157. 7.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
5787 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 202.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 1.5 vs Open Interest of 2225 for a total of $895017. 2.6x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
16655 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 200 PUTS BOUGHT@ 1.3 vs Open Interest of 7415 for a total of $2085872. 2.2x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
16579 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 205 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.2 vs Open Interest of 4519 for a total of $3665285. 3.7x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
16813 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 207.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.4 vs Open Interest of 4175 for a total of $5665645. 4x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 13, 2026
27812 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 215 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.2 vs Open Interest of 12785 for a total of $6113078. 2.2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:45 ET
Oct 12, 2026
28467 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 220 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.8 vs Open Interest of 14174 for a total of $2414286. 2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:15 ET
Oct 12, 2026
1126 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 220 PUTS BOUGHT@ 11.5 vs Open Interest of 121 for a total of $1290362. 9.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
10:15 ET
Oct 12, 2026
1490 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 212.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 5.4 vs Open Interest of 110 for a total of $811350. 13.5x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
10:00 ET
Oct 12, 2026
7160 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 210 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.7 vs Open Interest of 768 for a total of $3353243. 9.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 12, 2026
7447 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 202.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 1.9 vs Open Interest of 1678 for a total of $1417164. 4.4x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 12, 2026
13251 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 205 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.8 vs Open Interest of 3802 for a total of $3657276. 3.5x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 12, 2026
12184 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 207.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.7 vs Open Interest of 1463 for a total of $4565954. 8.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 12, 2026
15074 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 200 PUTS BOUGHT@ 1.3 vs Open Interest of 7436 for a total of $1917714. 2x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 12, 2026
11951 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 6.3 vs Open Interest of 5942 for a total of $7536301. 2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:45 ET
Oct 9, 2026
22903 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 215 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.5 vs Open Interest of 3990 for a total of $3421708. 5.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:45 ET
Oct 9, 2026
23262 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 205 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4 vs Open Interest of 8003 for a total of $9364583. 2.9x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:15 ET
Oct 9, 2026
18865 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 212.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.9 vs Open Interest of 1682 for a total of $3558316. 11.2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 9, 2026
15883 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 207.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.5 vs Open Interest of 2314 for a total of $5512195. 6.9x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 9, 2026
3373 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.9 vs Open Interest of 1583 for a total of $1988552. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 9, 2026
7485 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.9 vs Open Interest of 1872 for a total of $3692276. 4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:15 ET
Oct 8, 2026
3040 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.9 vs Open Interest of 1262 for a total of $1800197. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Oct 8, 2026
5005 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 207.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.4 vs Open Interest of 1267 for a total of $1210159. 4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:15 ET
Oct 8, 2026
5145 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.2 vs Open Interest of 1172 for a total of $2160334. 4.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:15 ET
Oct 6, 2026
38191 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.5 vs Open Interest of 17941 for a total of $9489318. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Oct 6, 2026
825 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 197.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 6.6 vs Open Interest of 183 for a total of $547124. 4.5x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
10:30 ET
Oct 6, 2026
5952 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 192.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.2 vs Open Interest of 1031 for a total of $1931484. 5.8x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Oct 6, 2026
12176 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 190 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.9 vs Open Interest of 4998 for a total of $5925572. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Oct 6, 2026
14963 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.5 vs Open Interest of 3292 for a total of $5235254. 4.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:00 ET
Oct 5, 2026
3334 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.2 vs Open Interest of 1282 for a total of $1415650. 2.6x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:00 ET
Oct 5, 2026
12246 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 190 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.3 vs Open Interest of 4539 for a total of $4062488. 2.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Oct 5, 2026
1499 $PLTR Oct 16th 2026 182.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 9.2 vs Open Interest of 505 for a total of $1382663. 3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:30 ET
Oct 5, 2026
8211 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.6 vs Open Interest of 2218 for a total of $2147998. 3.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:00 ET
Oct 2, 2026
4173 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 192.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.9 vs Open Interest of 1724 for a total of $1625509. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:30 ET
Oct 1, 2026
3982 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.1 vs Open Interest of 1310 for a total of $839286. 3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:00 ET
Oct 1, 2026
6364 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.7 vs Open Interest of 2096 for a total of $1689642. 3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:30 ET
Sep 29, 2026
6806 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 187.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.2 vs Open Interest of 3345 for a total of $2185679. 2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Sep 29, 2026
2840 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 187.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 1364 for a total of $1249430. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
15:15 ET
Sep 28, 2026
8987 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 190 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.5 vs Open Interest of 4336 for a total of $3170883. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:15 ET
Sep 28, 2026
3345 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 187.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.9 vs Open Interest of 1352 for a total of $1303747. 2.5x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
13:00 ET
Sep 28, 2026
10644 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.5 vs Open Interest of 4234 for a total of $558810. 2.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:30 ET
Sep 28, 2026
4699 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 187.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.6 vs Open Interest of 1280 for a total of $2156794. 3.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Sep 28, 2026
1938 $PLTR Oct 9th 2026 187.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 6.5 vs Open Interest of 646 for a total of $1263014. 3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:15 ET
Sep 25, 2026
7525 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.6 vs Open Interest of 3014 for a total of $2673031. 2.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:45 ET
Sep 24, 2026
4483 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.3 vs Open Interest of 1842 for a total of $1474279. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
15:30 ET
Sep 24, 2026
2593 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.1 vs Open Interest of 1212 for a total of $534754. 2.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Sep 24, 2026
5004 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 205 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.5 vs Open Interest of 2083 for a total of $748148. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:30 ET
Sep 23, 2026
2287 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 202.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.4 vs Open Interest of 639 for a total of $557914. 3.6x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:00 ET
Sep 23, 2026
4078 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 1604 for a total of $1792159. 2.5x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Sep 23, 2026
2354 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 197.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.4 vs Open Interest of 831 for a total of $806174. 2.8x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:30 ET
Sep 23, 2026
4339 $PLTR Oct 2nd 2026 205 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.9 vs Open Interest of 1032 for a total of $826623. 4.2x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:15 ET
Sep 22, 2026
933 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 192.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 9.3 vs Open Interest of 274 for a total of $868129. 3.4x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
11:00 ET
Sep 22, 2026
4484 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 185 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.9 vs Open Interest of 1038 for a total of $1754948. 4.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
10:30 ET
Sep 22, 2026
8532 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 182.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.9 vs Open Interest of 1116 for a total of $2433497. 7.6x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
13:15 ET
Sep 21, 2026
1700 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 182.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 4.3 vs Open Interest of 645 for a total of $725254. 2.6x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
13:00 ET
Sep 21, 2026
6577 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 180 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.2 vs Open Interest of 1941 for a total of $2076819. 3.4x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
10:45 ET
Sep 21, 2026
14567 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 195 CALLS BOUGHT@ 0.6 vs Open Interest of 2846 for a total of $851295. 5.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
10:30 ET
Sep 21, 2026
5506 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 177.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 2.4 vs Open Interest of 793 for a total of $1304371. 6.9x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Sep 21, 2026
9205 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 175 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 2768 for a total of $4080577. 3.3x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
13:30 ET
Sep 18, 2026
26770 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 180 CALLS BOUGHT@ 2.8 vs Open Interest of 4391 for a total of $7450894. 6.1x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:30 ET
Sep 18, 2026
27428 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 185 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.4 vs Open Interest of 4917 for a total of $3901907. 5.6x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
12:00 ET
Sep 18, 2026
5583 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 182.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 1.7 vs Open Interest of 2017 for a total of $923875. 2.8x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Sep 18, 2026
8897 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 175 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.4 vs Open Interest of 2475 for a total of $3910676. 3.6x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
11:00 ET
Sep 18, 2026
4416 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 172.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 5.4 vs Open Interest of 1808 for a total of $2391529. 2.4x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
09:30 ET
Sep 18, 2026
7799 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 177.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 3.2 vs Open Interest of 1153 for a total of $2508158. 6.8x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:15 ET
Sep 17, 2026
2801 $PLTR Sep 25th 2026 177.5 CALLS BOUGHT@ 4.5 vs Open Interest of 1034 for a total of $1261150. 2.7x volume/OI ratio.
BULLISH
14:45 ET
Sep 15, 2026
8255 $PLTR Sep 18th 2026 172.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 3.4 vs Open Interest of 3528 for a total of $2786145. 2.3x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH
09:30 ET
Sep 15, 2026
13112 $PLTR Sep 18th 2026 157.5 PUTS BOUGHT@ 0.5 vs Open Interest of 4727 for a total of $719849. 2.8x volume/OI ratio.
BEARISH

How to read PLTR unusual options activity

Each row is a single PLTR options trade where same-day volume was large relative to open interest and the premium was large. Bullish means calls were bought at or above the ask; bearish means puts were bought at or above the ask. Volume above open interest suggests, but does not prove, that new positions were opened. Check whether PLTR open interest rose the next day to confirm. Learn more in our guide to unusual options activity and volume vs. open interest.

PLTR options flow FAQ

Is there unusual options activity in PLTR today?

Our most recent flagged PLTR trade was at 15:00 ET on Oct 21, 2026. This page lists every recent PLTR trade our scanner flagged, newest first, and refreshes every few minutes during market hours.

Is PLTR options flow bullish or bearish right now?

Of 200 recent flagged PLTR trades, 123 were bullish (calls bought at or above the ask) and 77 were bearish (puts bought at or above the ask). Large put buying is often hedging, so treat this as positioning data, not a prediction.