AMZN calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
5,004 call and 1,172 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $152K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls5,004
PPuts1,172
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 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)
5,004
PPut volume (contracts)
1,172
CCall open interest, prior settlement
374,034
PPut open interest, prior settlement
184,887
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$152K
Call/put volume ratio
4.3x
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): 5,004; Ratio: 4.27
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 24; Puts: 22
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 2.1739
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.
4,379 call and 1,062 put contracts by 15:57 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $14.5M calls, $1.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
11,071 call and 3,311 put contracts by 14:56 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $9.6M calls, $2.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
4,454 call and 525 put contracts by 10:46 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $4.6M calls, $501K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AMZN puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.5x their open interest, by 10:41 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
5,094 call and 507 put contracts by 10:26 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $2.3M calls, $169K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
5,510 call and 1,572 put contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M calls, $194K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.