IWM puts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out) traded 3.1x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
20,284 put and 6,472 call contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M puts, $1.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls6,472
PPuts20,284
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 09:36 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)
6,472
PPut volume (contracts)
20,284
CCall open interest, prior settlement
372,046
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,082,208
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.5M
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): 20,284; Ratio: 3.13
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 26; Puts: 26
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.16
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.
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.
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.