TSLA calls outnumbered puts 5.4 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 09:46 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
3,768 call and 694 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $2.8M calls, $230K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls3,768
PPuts694
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 09:31 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)
3,768
PPut volume (contracts)
694
CCall open interest, prior settlement
174,145
PPut open interest, prior settlement
111,847
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$230K
Call/put volume ratio
5.4x
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): 3,768; Ratio: 5.43
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 31; Puts: 25
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.2727
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.
9,746 call and 3,498 put contracts by 10:01 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $12.4M calls, $3.3M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
TSLA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 09:42 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
32,635 call and 9,645 put contracts by 09:42 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $12.9M calls, $1.9M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
6,635 call and 1,684 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $4.3M calls, $494K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
43,679 call and 9,897 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $12.1M calls, $810K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.