AAPL calls outnumbered puts 6.8 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 21 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 15:55 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
14,576 call and 2,155 put contracts by 15:40 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.3M calls, $986K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls14,576
PPuts2,155
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 15:40 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)
14,576
PPut volume (contracts)
2,155
CCall open interest, prior settlement
2,710
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,799
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$986K
Call/put volume ratio
6.8x
Days to expiry
8
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 3 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 14,576; Ratio: 6.76
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 30; Puts: 29
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 1.8868
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
3, 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.
AAPL puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.3x their open interest, by 12:06 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
9,969 put and 2,304 call contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.9M puts, $2.8M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
15,969 call and 3,796 put contracts by 09:40 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $9.5M calls, $1.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
3,510 call and 675 put contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $6.4M calls, $437K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
8,018 call and 1,267 put contracts by 09:30 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $3.5M calls, $209K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
17,294 call and 3,864 put contracts by 09:30 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.0M calls, $486K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.