IWM puts expiring Dec 18 traded 3.5x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 15:06 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
7,215 put and 2,088 call contracts by 14:51 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $3.3M puts, $1.6M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls2,088
PPuts7,215
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 2026, 14:51 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)
2,088
PPut volume (contracts)
7,215
CCall open interest, prior settlement
213,782
PPut open interest, prior settlement
475,023
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$3.3M
Put/call volume ratio
3.5x
Days to expiry
67
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 2 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 7,215; Ratio: 3.46
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 29; Puts: 26
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 2.65
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.
4,273 call and 692 put contracts by 10:41 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.2M calls, $205K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
4,513 call and 1,102 put contracts by 10:10 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $2.6M calls, $1.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 77,617 put and 98,001 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,048 put and 4,161 call contracts. By 09:56 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
IWM calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.6x their open interest, by 09:45 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
18,453 put and 605 call contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $4.4M puts, $160K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.