TSLA calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Jan 15, 2027
As of , published from Oct 8, 2026, 16:12 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
13,619 call and 3,195 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $17.1M calls, $3.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls13,619
PPuts3,195
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)
13,619
PPut volume (contracts)
3,195
CCall open interest, prior settlement
252,982
PPut open interest, prior settlement
210,953
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$17.1M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$3.4M
Call/put volume ratio
4.3x
Days to expiry
99
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): 13,619; Ratio: 4.26
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 32; Puts: 29
Baseline
median call/put 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
0
26
6
PPuts
15
0
14
What happened next
Next settlement: Open interest in TSLA calls expiring Jan 15 fell 3,151 at the Oct 8 settlement, to 677,554.
18,708 call and 5,371 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Est. premium $28.1M calls, $9.0M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
TSLA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 5.5x their open interest, by 15:57 ET on Oct 8, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.