COINCOCT 16Open interest change
Open interest in COIN calls expiring Oct 16 (1 week out) rose 19,229 at the Oct 8 settlement
91,269 to 110,498 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 21% of the prior figure.
COIN · CALLS · OCT 9Settled
COIN calls outnumbered puts 3.1 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 9
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:14 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
55,656 call and 17,963 put contracts by 15:59 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $1.7M calls, $12.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Call volume (contracts) | 55,656 |
| Put volume (contracts) | 17,963 |
| Call open interest, prior settlement | 66,328 |
| Put open interest, prior settlement | 29,233 |
| Call premium, est. (USD) | $1.7M |
| Put premium, est. (USD) | $12.2M |
| Call/put volume ratio | 3.1x |
| Days to expiry | 1 |
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): 55,656; Ratio: 3.1
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Calls: 34; Puts: 33
- Baseline
- median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 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 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| Puts | 2 | 8 | 23 |
What happened next
- Next settlement: Open interest in COIN calls expiring Oct 9 fell 8,778 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 62,583.
- Expiry, Oct 9, 2026: Pending expiry.
More COIN snapshots, Oct 8, 2026
All COIN snapshots on the hub- COINCOCT 16Put/call by expiry
COIN calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
35,475 call and 13,879 put contracts by 15:59 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $7.9M calls, $5.3M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
- COINNear vs far dates
COIN put/call volume ratio held at 0.35 within 3 weeks, against 0.95 1 to 3 months out
Within 3 weeks: 33,051 put and 93,958 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 8,667 put and 9,113 call contracts. By 15:59 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.