METACOCT 12Open interest change
Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 12 rose 10,100 at the Oct 8 settlement
10,183 to 20,283 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 99% of the prior figure.
META · CALLS · OCT 16Settled
META calls outnumbered puts 3.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:12 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
28,733 call and 8,683 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $23.5M calls, $9.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Call volume (contracts) | 28,733 |
| Put volume (contracts) | 8,683 |
| Call open interest, prior settlement | 111,213 |
| Put open interest, prior settlement | 44,778 |
| Call premium, est. (USD) | $23.5M |
| Put premium, est. (USD) | $9.4M |
| Call/put volume ratio | 3.3x |
| Days to expiry | 8 |
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): 28,733; Ratio: 3.31
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Calls: 40; Puts: 39
- Baseline
- median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks 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 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Puts | 15 | 2 | 22 |
What happened next
- Next settlement: Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 16 rose 5,763 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 324,074.
- Expiry, Oct 16, 2026: Pending expiry.
More META snapshots, Oct 8, 2026
All META snapshots on the hub- METACOCT 14Open interest change
Open interest in META calls expiring Oct 14 rose 4,186 at the Oct 8 settlement
3,935 to 8,121 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 106% of the prior figure.
- METACOCT 12Put/call by expiry
META calls outnumbered puts 3.5 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 12
21,736 call and 6,223 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $9.5M calls, $3.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
- METANear vs far dates
META put/call volume ratio held at 0.46 within 3 weeks, against 1.03 1 to 3 months out
Within 3 weeks: 91,298 put and 199,476 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 10,422 put and 10,093 call contracts. By 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.