BAC calls outnumbered puts 13.9 to 1 in contracts expiring Dec 18
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 09:56 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
8,121 call and 586 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $144K calls, $69K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
CCalls8,121
PPuts586
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:41 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)
8,121
PPut volume (contracts)
586
CCall open interest, prior settlement
165,699
PPut open interest, prior settlement
166,415
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$144K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$69K
Call/put volume ratio
13.9x
Days to expiry
65
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): 8,121; Ratio: 13.86
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 14; Puts: 16
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.9259
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.
5,137 call and 1,234 put contracts by 14:41 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $559K calls, $128K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
7,677 put and 2,359 call contracts by 13:14 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $5.5M puts, $1.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
18,407 call and 7,313 put contracts by 11:40 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.3M calls, $505K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
BAC puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.3x their open interest, by 10:31 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
2,742 put and 511 call contracts by 10:26 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.2M puts, $176K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
10,590 put and 1,527 call contracts by 09:55 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.1M puts, $94K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.