AAPL puts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out) traded 3.1x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 09:45 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
5,153 put and 1,676 call contracts by 09:30 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.8M puts, $446K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls1,676
PPuts5,153
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 09:30 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)
1,676
PPut volume (contracts)
5,153
CCall open interest, prior settlement
403,815
PPut open interest, prior settlement
211,853
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$446K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.8M
Put/call volume ratio
3.1x
Days to expiry
7
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 1 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 5,153; Ratio: 3.07
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 22; Puts: 23
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.53
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.
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.
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.