XOM calls outnumbered puts 3.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 9, 2026, 12:14 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
7,652 call and 2,348 put contracts by 11:59 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.6M calls, $291K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
CCalls7,652
PPuts2,348
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 9, 2026, 11:59 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)
7,652
PPut volume (contracts)
2,348
CCall open interest, prior settlement
77,505
PPut open interest, prior settlement
57,495
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$291K
Call/put volume ratio
3.3x
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): 7,652; Ratio: 3.26
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 19; Puts: 15
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 1.3514
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.
8,097 call and 2,638 put contracts by 11:59 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Est. premium $1.7M calls, $45K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 5,781 put and 11,480 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,818 put and 1,547 call contracts. By 11:24 ET on Oct 9, 2026. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.