NVDA calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 in contracts expiring Nov 20
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,220 call and 746 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.7M calls, $549K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
CCalls2,220
PPuts746
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)
2,220
PPut volume (contracts)
746
CCall open interest, prior settlement
698,211
PPut open interest, prior settlement
430,189
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.7M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$549K
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
42
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): 2,220; Ratio: 2.98
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 24; Puts: 15
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 2
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.
78,271 put and 3,129 call contracts by 13:56 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $14.8M puts, $4.1M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
NVDA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.5x their open interest, by 10:22 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
10,148 call and 827 put contracts by 09:47 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $3.4M calls, $238K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
100,297 put and 781 call contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $22.0M puts, $685K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 54,415 put and 69,717 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,939 put and 5,759 call contracts. By 09:36 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
$21.0M est. of $29.6M est. across the NVDA strikes we track, by 09:31 ET. Calls $310K, puts $20.7M. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.