GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 4.2 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 14
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 11:18 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,331 call and 551 put contracts by 11:03 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $688K calls, $86K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
CCalls2,331
PPuts551
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 11:03 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)
2,331
PPut volume (contracts)
551
CCall open interest, prior settlement
7,491
PPut open interest, prior settlement
3,427
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$688K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$86K
Call/put volume ratio
4.2x
Days to expiry
5
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): 2,331; Ratio: 4.23
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 25; Puts: 25
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 3.4483
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.
Within 3 weeks: 95,805 put and 296,775 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 14,492 put and 21,871 call contracts. By 15:08 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
GOOGL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 13:08 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
14,383 call and 3,762 put contracts by 11:53 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $3.1M calls, $293K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,249 call and 600 put contracts by 10:18 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $4.1M calls, $490K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
4,145 call and 1,212 put contracts by 09:39 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M calls, $478K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.