TSLA calls outnumbered puts 2.7 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 19
As of , published from Oct 13, 2026, 10:01 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
3,942 call and 1,485 put contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $1.4M calls, $591K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls3,942
PPuts1,485
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 13, 2026, 09:46 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)
3,942
PPut volume (contracts)
1,485
CCall open interest, prior settlement
12,850
PPut open interest, prior settlement
6,764
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.4M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$591K
Call/put volume ratio
2.6x
Days to expiry
6
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): 3,942; Ratio: 2.65
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 29; Puts: 24
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.7544
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.
2,763 call and 844 put contracts by 10:41 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $2.0M calls, $613K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
2,273 call and 543 put contracts by 10:26 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Est. premium $3.9M calls, $754K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
TSLA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 09:41 ET on Oct 13, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.