IWM puts expiring Nov 20 traded 4.2x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 11:11 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
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.
CCalls18,375
PPuts76,612
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 10:56 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)
18,375
PPut volume (contracts)
76,612
CCall open interest, prior settlement
167,577
PPut open interest, prior settlement
651,630
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$3.5M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$20.3M
Put/call volume ratio
4.2x
Days to expiry
38
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): 76,612; Ratio: 4.17
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 29; Puts: 32
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 1.83
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.
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.
Within 3 weeks: 26,542 put and 66,140 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 2,121 put and 1,796 call contracts. By 09:41 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.