PLTR calls outnumbered puts 2.6 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 09:58 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
26,976 call and 10,226 put contracts by 09:43 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $7.6M calls, $1.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
CCalls26,976
PPuts10,226
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:43 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)
26,976
PPut volume (contracts)
10,226
CCall open interest, prior settlement
201,141
PPut open interest, prior settlement
96,026
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$7.6M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.5M
Call/put volume ratio
2.6x
Days to expiry
3
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 2 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 26,976; Ratio: 2.64
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 26; Puts: 23
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.9231
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
2, 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.
3,161 call and 796 put contracts by 09:43 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.4M calls, $289K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 11,903 put and 30,815 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 2,909 put and 2,636 call contracts. By 09:43 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.