NVDA calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 23 (2 weeks out)
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 10:01 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
8,341 call and 3,217 put contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.7M calls, $1.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
CCalls8,341
PPuts3,217
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 2026, 09:46 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)
8,341
PPut volume (contracts)
3,217
CCall open interest, prior settlement
146,435
PPut open interest, prior settlement
76,150
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.7M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.1M
Call/put volume ratio
2.6x
Days to expiry
11
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): 8,341; Ratio: 2.59
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 25; Puts: 23
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.2989
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.
142,856 call and 56,654 put contracts by 11:12 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $5.5M calls, $8.8M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
8,360 call and 2,096 put contracts by 10:01 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $3.1M calls, $1.4M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
183,616 put and 2,531 call contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $14.1M puts, $2.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
2,388 call and 705 put contracts by 09:52 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.0M calls, $213K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
NVDA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.6x their open interest, by 09:46 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
2,819 call and 725 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.1M calls, $314K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.