AAPL calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 30 (3 weeks out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 10:45 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
7,703 call and 2,982 put contracts by 10:30 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $2.6M calls, $1.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls7,703
PPuts2,982
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 10:30 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)
7,703
PPut volume (contracts)
2,982
CCall open interest, prior settlement
34,872
PPut open interest, prior settlement
22,192
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.1M
Call/put volume ratio
2.6x
Days to expiry
21
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 1 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 7,703; Ratio: 2.58
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 24; Puts: 27
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 1.8868
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
1, 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.
10,609 put and 1,256 call contracts by 14:05 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $9.4M puts, $858K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
15,537 call and 5,911 put contracts by 11:25 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $6.6M calls, $1.8M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
5,319 call and 1,953 put contracts by 10:16 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $7.0M calls, $1.6M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AAPL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.7x their open interest, by 10:06 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
4,479 call and 1,758 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $678K calls, $722K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
23,488 put and 8,296 call contracts by 09:30 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $2.7M puts, $632K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.