AMZN calls outnumbered puts 4.9 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 21 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 14:11 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
3,247 call and 664 put contracts by 13:56 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $935K calls, $209K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls3,247
PPuts664
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 13:56 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)
3,247
PPut volume (contracts)
664
CCall open interest, prior settlement
4,051
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,952
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$935K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$209K
Call/put volume ratio
4.9x
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): 3,247; Ratio: 4.89
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 17; Puts: 22
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.2727
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.
4,636 call and 576 put contracts by 10:52 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $5.8M calls, $852K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
3,049 call and 562 put contracts by 10:26 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $879K calls, $194K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AMZN calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.5x their open interest, by 10:01 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
6,384 call and 644 put contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $9.0M calls, $335K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
5,277 call and 1,159 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $975K calls, $111K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
8,788 call and 2,144 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $295K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.