QQQ puts expiring Dec 18 traded 34.3x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 13:19 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
48,939 put and 1,426 call contracts by 13:04 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $102.0M puts, $3.6M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
CCalls1,426
PPuts48,939
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 13:04 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)
1,426
PPut volume (contracts)
48,939
CCall open interest, prior settlement
119,609
PPut open interest, prior settlement
43,319
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$3.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$102.0M
Put/call volume ratio
34.3x
Days to expiry
70
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): 48,939; Ratio: 34.32
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 34
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 1.17
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.
12,394 put and 2,362 call contracts by 10:00 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $21.7M puts, $4.4M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 471,262 put and 489,327 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 14,242 put and 3,640 call contracts. By 10:00 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
QQQ puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 09:39 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
2,327 put and 535 call contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $2.0M puts, $377K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.