META calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 14
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
10,629 call and 4,018 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.8M calls, $2.8M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
CCalls10,629
PPuts4,018
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:36 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)
10,629
PPut volume (contracts)
4,018
CCall open interest, prior settlement
25,345
PPut open interest, prior settlement
15,214
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$4.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$2.8M
Call/put volume ratio
2.6x
Days to expiry
1
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): 10,629; Ratio: 2.65
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 32; Puts: 31
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 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.
6,305 put and 2,324 call contracts by 11:46 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $22.4M puts, $11.0M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,608 call and 1,280 put contracts by 10:56 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $11.6M calls, $3.2M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,502 call and 1,259 put contracts by 10:46 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $18.0M calls, $3.3M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
42,158 call and 16,549 put contracts by 10:06 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $46.3M calls, $10.3M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
3,580 call and 690 put contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $15.5M calls, $1.6M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
2,425 put and 550 call contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $4.6M puts, $2.2M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.