AAPL puts expiring Dec 18 traded 4.3x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 10:06 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
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.
CCalls2,304
PPuts9,969
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:51 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)
2,304
PPut volume (contracts)
9,969
CCall open interest, prior settlement
312,106
PPut open interest, prior settlement
184,107
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.9M
Put/call volume ratio
4.3x
Days to expiry
66
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 3 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 9,969; Ratio: 4.33
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 24
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.87
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.
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.
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.
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.