SPX puts expiring Jun 17, 2027 traded 2.7x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:12 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
5,167 put and 1,931 call contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $161.6M puts, $99.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 55 expirations.
CCalls1,931
PPuts5,167
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 8, 2026, 15:57 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)
1,931
PPut volume (contracts)
5,167
CCall open interest, prior settlement
172,278
PPut open interest, prior settlement
183,114
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$99.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$161.6M
Put/call volume ratio
2.7x
Days to expiry
252
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): 5,167; Ratio: 2.68
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 22; Puts: 22
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.
Count of contracts by where their single last trade sat against the quote.
Side of chain
Near ask
Near bid
Other
CCalls
9
13
0
PPuts
16
4
2
What happened next
Next settlement: Open interest in SPX puts expiring Jun 17 rose 5,394 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 777,024.
SPX puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 2.5x their open interest, by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 55 expirations.