AAPL calls outnumbered puts 2.8 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 09:46 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
4,525 call and 1,638 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.8M calls, $284K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls4,525
PPuts1,638
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 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)
4,525
PPut volume (contracts)
1,638
CCall open interest, prior settlement
420,837
PPut open interest, prior settlement
186,825
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$284K
Call/put volume ratio
2.8x
Days to expiry
4
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 2 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 4,525; Ratio: 2.76
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 23; Puts: 21
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.8018
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
2, 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.
17,932 call and 6,416 put contracts by 15:46 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $33.5M calls, $4.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AAPL puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 10:46 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
12,637 call and 4,214 put contracts by 09:40 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $2.6M calls, $654K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 39,020 put and 105,499 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 3,024 put and 3,302 call contracts. By 09:40 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
15,620 call and 5,695 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.9M calls, $275K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.