IWM calls outnumbered puts 15.7 to 1 in contracts expiring Nov 13
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 13:55 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
9,241 call and 587 put contracts by 13:40 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.7M calls, $265K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls9,241
PPuts587
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 13:40 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)
9,241
PPut volume (contracts)
587
CCall open interest, prior settlement
4,866
PPut open interest, prior settlement
11,480
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.7M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$265K
Call/put volume ratio
15.7x
Days to expiry
35
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): 9,241; Ratio: 15.74
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 26
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.2882
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.
15,655 call and 4,586 put contracts by 14:56 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $335K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
19,822 put and 5,945 call contracts by 14:05 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $12.8M puts, $4.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
5,482 put and 1,864 call contracts by 11:51 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $432K puts, $349K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
22,495 put and 8,046 call contracts by 10:56 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $8.4M puts, $2.4M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
30,233 put and 4,078 call contracts by 10:35 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $5.8M puts, $1.0M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
5,932 call and 1,067 put contracts by 10:16 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.2M calls, $400K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.