XOM puts expiring Mar 19, 2027 traded 3.0x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 12, 2026, 14:59 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,007 put and 680 call contracts by 14:44 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $955K puts, $426K calls. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
CCalls680
PPuts2,007
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 12, 2026, 14:44 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)
680
PPut volume (contracts)
2,007
CCall open interest, prior settlement
47,102
PPut open interest, prior settlement
27,498
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$426K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$955K
Put/call volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
158
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): 2,007; Ratio: 2.95
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 14; Puts: 13
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts more than 3 months out: 0.775
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.
2,054 call and 704 put contracts by 14:39 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $1.2M calls, $270K puts. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
2,654 call and 726 put contracts by 12:03 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $4.6M calls, $300K puts. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
$4.2M est. of $8.2M est. across the XOM strikes we track, by 10:34 ET. Calls $4.2M, puts $27K. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
3,386 call and 552 put contracts by 09:44 ET on Oct 12, 2026. Est. premium $541K calls, $44K puts. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.