GS calls outnumbered puts 2.5 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 14:36 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
6,479 call and 2,582 put contracts by 14:21 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $5.9M calls, $3.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.
CCalls6,479
PPuts2,582
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 14:21 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)
6,479
PPut volume (contracts)
2,582
CCall open interest, prior settlement
7,939
PPut open interest, prior settlement
16,189
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$5.9M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$3.4M
Call/put volume ratio
2.5x
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): 6,479; Ratio: 2.51
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 31; Puts: 38
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 1.0638
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: 6,548 put and 13,413 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,303 put and 1,328 call contracts. By 14:07 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 21 expirations.