BAC puts expiring Nov 6 traded 6.9x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 10:10 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
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.
CCalls1,527
PPuts10,590
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:55 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)
1,527
PPut volume (contracts)
10,590
CCall open interest, prior settlement
6,947
PPut open interest, prior settlement
13,205
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$94K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.1M
Put/call volume ratio
6.9x
Days to expiry
23
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 4 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 10,590; Ratio: 6.94
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 15; Puts: 11
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 1.08
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.
3,976 call and 604 put contracts by 09:55 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $820K calls, $102K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.