IWM calls outnumbered puts 3.9 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 09:50 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
5,690 call and 1,477 put contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $414K calls, $277K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls5,690
PPuts1,477
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:35 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)
5,690
PPut volume (contracts)
1,477
CCall open interest, prior settlement
415,248
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,062,410
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$414K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$277K
Call/put volume ratio
3.9x
Days to expiry
3
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): 5,690; Ratio: 3.85
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 23; Puts: 22
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 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.
13,622 put and 891 call contracts by 13:25 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.0M puts, $302K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
27,149 put and 10,434 call contracts by 12:01 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.9M puts, $2.0M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
76,612 put and 18,375 call contracts by 10:56 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $20.3M puts, $3.5M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
13,979 call and 3,084 put contracts by 10:21 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.3M calls, $1.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
IWM puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.4x their open interest, by 09:51 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.