AMZNPOCT 12Open interest change
Open interest in AMZN puts expiring Oct 12 rose 5,519 at the Oct 8 settlement
5,288 to 10,807 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 104% of the prior figure.
AMZN · CALLS · NOV 20Settled
AMZN calls outnumbered puts 5.5 to 1 in contracts expiring Nov 20
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:11 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
45,253 call and 8,209 put contracts by 15:56 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $35.6M calls, $7.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Call volume (contracts) | 45,253 |
| Put volume (contracts) | 8,209 |
| Call open interest, prior settlement | 388,342 |
| Put open interest, prior settlement | 193,460 |
| Call premium, est. (USD) | $35.6M |
| Put premium, est. (USD) | $7.5M |
| Call/put volume ratio | 5.5x |
| Days to expiry | 43 |
Why it fired
- Rule
- call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 0 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
- Values that cleared it
- Call volume (contracts): 45,253; Ratio: 5.51
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Calls: 36; Puts: 32
- Baseline
- median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: not set yet
- Baseline window
- last 20 sessions
- Baseline n
- 0, so the fixed threshold applied
- Claim level
- 1, arithmetic on reported figures
Last-trade position, raw counts
Count of contracts whose single last trade sat near the ask or bid. Not the side of the session's volume. It is not used in the headline.
| Side of chain | Near ask | Near bid | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calls | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| Puts | 1 | 7 | 24 |
What happened next
- Next settlement: Open interest in AMZN calls expiring Nov 20 fell 10,922 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 402,386.
- Expiry, Nov 20, 2026: Pending expiry.
More AMZN snapshots, Oct 8, 2026
All AMZN snapshots on the hub- AMZNPOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in AMZN puts expiring Oct 14 rose 2,853 at the Oct 8 settlement
3,723 to 6,576 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 77% of the prior figure.
- AMZNP257.5OCT 16Volume vs open interest
AMZN 257.5 puts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out) traded 5.6x their open interest
AMZN puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.1x their open interest, by 15:56 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.