NFLX calls outnumbered puts 4.7 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:09 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
80,629 call and 17,087 put contracts by 15:54 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $9.6M calls, $2.8M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
CCalls80,629
PPuts17,087
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 8, 2026, 15:54 ET. Session volume from delayed options chain snapshots, published at least 15 minutes after capture. Totals cover the strikes captured around the money, not every listed strike. Not individual trades. Premium is an estimate: volume times the quote midpoint.
Measure
Value
CCall volume (contracts)
80,629
PPut volume (contracts)
17,087
CCall open interest, prior settlement
225,750
PPut open interest, prior settlement
129,418
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$9.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$2.8M
Call/put volume ratio
4.7x
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): 80,629; Ratio: 4.72
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 36; Puts: 35
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.
Count of contracts by where their single last trade sat against the quote.
Side of chain
Near ask
Near bid
Other
CCalls
3
9
24
PPuts
6
6
23
What happened next
Next settlement: Open interest in NFLX calls expiring Oct 16 rose 48,596 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 274,346.
134,384 call and 32,093 put contracts by 15:54 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $10.2M calls, $1.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
NFLX puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.7x their open interest, by 15:54 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 56,772 put and 228,915 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 19,405 put and 38,950 call contracts. By 15:54 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.