NVDACOCT 19Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA calls expiring Oct 19 (2 weeks out) rose 19,889 at the Oct 8 settlement
4,507 to 24,396 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 441% of the prior figure.
NVDA · PUTS · JAN 15 '27Settled
NVDA puts expiring Jan 15, 2027 traded 3.2x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:11 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
122,415 put and 38,418 call contracts by 15:56 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $39.5M puts, $41.2M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
Evidence
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Call volume (contracts) | 38,418 |
| Put volume (contracts) | 122,415 |
| Call open interest, prior settlement | 1,260,272 |
| Put open interest, prior settlement | 822,374 |
| Call premium, est. (USD) | $41.2M |
| Put premium, est. (USD) | $39.5M |
| Put/call volume ratio | 3.2x |
| Days to expiry | 99 |
Why it fired
- Rule
- put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 0 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
- Values that cleared it
- Put volume (contracts): 122,415; Ratio: 3.19
- Contracts traded behind each figure
- Calls: 38; Puts: 31
- Baseline
- median put/call volume ratio, contracts more than 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 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| Puts | 1 | 9 | 21 |
What happened next
- Next settlement: Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Jan 15 rose 16,474 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 1,413,688.
- Expiry, Jan 15, 2027: Pending expiry.
More NVDA snapshots, Oct 8, 2026
All NVDA snapshots on the hub- NVDAPOCT 12Open interest change
Open interest in NVDA puts expiring Oct 12 rose 21,630 at the Oct 8 settlement
33,268 to 54,898 contracts between the Oct 7 and Oct 8 settlements, 65% of the prior figure.
- NVDAP185MAR 19 '27Volume vs open interest
NVDA 185 puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 6.2x their open interest
NVDA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.3x their open interest, by 15:56 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
- NVDAPMAR 19 '27Put/call by expiry
NVDA puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 7.6x the calls on that date
86,805 put and 11,383 call contracts by 15:56 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $55.1M puts, $19.1M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.