IWM calls outnumbered puts 3.2 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 14 (same day)
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 09:46 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
7,785 call and 2,438 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $323K calls, $290K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls7,785
PPuts2,438
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:31 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)
7,785
PPut volume (contracts)
2,438
CCall open interest, prior settlement
77,670
PPut open interest, prior settlement
60,843
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$323K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$290K
Call/put volume ratio
3.2x
Days to expiry
0
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): 7,785; Ratio: 3.19
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 18; Puts: 19
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 1.087
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.
$111.6M est. of $123.0M est. across the IWM strikes we track, by 16:14 ET. Calls $6.8M, puts $104.8M. Tracked: listed strikes in the 2 nearest expirations.
40,105 put and 4,074 call contracts by 15:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $13.3M puts, $1.1M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
69,651 put and 6,564 call contracts by 10:25 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $32.9M puts, $1.5M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
14,476 call and 746 put contracts by 10:11 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $2.4M calls, $604K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
IWM puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.6x their open interest, by 09:56 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
61,427 put and 20,486 call contracts by 09:51 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $5.6M puts, $933K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.