NVDA calls outnumbered puts 4.3 to 1 in contracts expiring Dec 18
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 10:02 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
3,004 call and 702 put contracts by 09:47 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.4M calls, $669K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
CCalls3,004
PPuts702
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:47 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)
3,004
PPut volume (contracts)
702
CCall open interest, prior settlement
610,579
PPut open interest, prior settlement
272,052
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.4M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$669K
Call/put volume ratio
4.3x
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): 3,004; Ratio: 4.28
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 31; Puts: 20
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 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.
NVDA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.0x their open interest, by 10:16 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
27,681 put and 4,340 call contracts by 10:11 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $18.0M puts, $3.7M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
4,610 call and 539 put contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $987K calls, $322K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
2,272 call and 582 put contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $784K calls, $230K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
5,387 call and 991 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $878K calls, $354K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
6,623 call and 1,806 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.1M calls, $537K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.