BAC calls outnumbered puts 8.4 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 23 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 10:05 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
6,539 call and 780 put contracts by 09:50 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $66K calls, $87K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
CCalls6,539
PPuts780
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:50 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)
6,539
PPut volume (contracts)
780
CCall open interest, prior settlement
37,289
PPut open interest, prior settlement
12,586
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$66K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$87K
Call/put volume ratio
8.4x
Days to expiry
10
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): 6,539; Ratio: 8.38
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 12; Puts: 10
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.1739
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.
6,093 put and 506 call contracts by 12:50 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $176K puts, $115K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
10,310 put and 814 call contracts by 12:00 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $244K puts, $60K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
5,350 call and 568 put contracts by 11:31 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $428K calls, $79K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 9,117 put and 21,442 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,006 put and 7,105 call contracts. By 10:55 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.