JPM calls outnumbered puts 3.8 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 10:19 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,207 call and 586 put contracts by 10:04 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $577K calls, $117K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
CCalls2,207
PPuts586
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 10:04 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)
2,207
PPut volume (contracts)
586
CCall open interest, prior settlement
65,677
PPut open interest, prior settlement
35,639
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$577K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$117K
Call/put volume ratio
3.8x
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): 2,207; Ratio: 3.77
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 19; Puts: 25
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 4.5455
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.
2,171 call and 504 put contracts by 14:09 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $194K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
2,161 put and 848 call contracts by 11:29 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $593K puts, $683K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 3,809 put and 7,510 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,873 put and 1,351 call contracts. By 10:48 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.