GOOGL calls outnumbered puts 7.8 to 1 in contracts expiring Dec 18
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 11:23 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
9,442 call and 1,207 put contracts by 11:08 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.8M calls, $1.0M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls9,442
PPuts1,207
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 11:08 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)
9,442
PPut volume (contracts)
1,207
CCall open interest, prior settlement
181,873
PPut open interest, prior settlement
99,019
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$4.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.0M
Call/put volume ratio
7.8x
Days to expiry
66
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): 9,442; Ratio: 7.82
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 34; Puts: 24
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 2.1277
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.
9,532 call and 660 put contracts by 10:08 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $8.7M calls, $590K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
2,845 call and 505 put contracts by 10:08 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $3.1M calls, $227K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 17,978 put and 68,899 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,042 put and 12,067 call contracts. By 10:03 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
GOOGL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.6x their open interest, by 09:58 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
3,115 call and 728 put contracts by 09:53 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.6M calls, $219K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
4,622 call and 808 put contracts by 09:33 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $242K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.