AMZN calls outnumbered puts 8.2 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 23 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 10:11 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
4,653 call and 568 put contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M calls, $160K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls4,653
PPuts568
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:56 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)
4,653
PPut volume (contracts)
568
CCall open interest, prior settlement
90,821
PPut open interest, prior settlement
44,202
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.5M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$160K
Call/put volume ratio
8.2x
Days to expiry
9
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 4 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 4,653; Ratio: 8.19
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 22; Puts: 19
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 2.1277
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
4, 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.
9,090 call and 3,437 put contracts by 12:26 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $15.5M calls, $9.6M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
3,214 call and 1,025 put contracts by 12:11 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $5.0M calls, $1.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
13,490 call and 4,859 put contracts by 12:06 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $8.8M calls, $2.9M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
3,965 call and 553 put contracts by 11:41 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.4M calls, $344K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
AMZN puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.7x their open interest, by 10:21 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
2,103 call and 574 put contracts by 10:17 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.9M calls, $480K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.