BAC calls outnumbered puts 4.7 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 10:05 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,567 call and 541 put contracts by 09:50 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $168K calls, $46K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
CCalls2,567
PPuts541
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 09:50 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)
2,567
PPut volume (contracts)
541
CCall open interest, prior settlement
170,955
PPut open interest, prior settlement
103,222
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$168K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$46K
Call/put volume ratio
4.7x
Days to expiry
7
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): 2,567; Ratio: 4.74
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 13; Puts: 12
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.1739
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.
3,925 call and 500 put contracts by 11:45 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $168K calls, $43K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
4,446 call and 545 put contracts by 11:41 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $837K calls, $74K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
$2.8M est. of $5.4M est. across the BAC strikes we track, by 10:40 ET. Calls $828K, puts $2.0M. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 6,455 put and 15,513 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 4,726 put and 2,489 call contracts. By 10:31 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
3,165 call and 1,198 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $97K calls, $11K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.