GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 2.9 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 13:24 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
42,129 call and 14,608 put contracts by 13:09 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $9.3M calls, $3.0M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
CCalls42,129
PPuts14,608
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 2026, 13:09 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)
42,129
PPut volume (contracts)
14,608
CCall open interest, prior settlement
313,581
PPut open interest, prior settlement
118,675
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$9.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$3.0M
Call/put volume ratio
2.9x
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): 42,129; Ratio: 2.88
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 39; Puts: 32
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 3.6364
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.
8,323 call and 2,227 put contracts by 15:28 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $13.3M calls, $2.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 55,860 put and 162,878 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 9,960 put and 14,052 call contracts. By 12:48 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
GOOGL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.5x their open interest, by 10:18 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,348 call and 540 put contracts by 09:58 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.1M calls, $116K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,714 call and 792 put contracts by 09:49 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $788K calls, $143K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
16,160 call and 4,340 put contracts by 09:43 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $2.0M calls, $210K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.