IWM calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 16
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 09:46 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,852 call and 950 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $152K calls, $225K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls2,852
PPuts950
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)
2,852
PPut volume (contracts)
950
CCall open interest, prior settlement
362,912
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,058,957
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$152K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$225K
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
2
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): 2,852; Ratio: 3
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 23; Puts: 20
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.6667
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.
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.
77,125 put and 2,073 call contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $21.3M puts, $733K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 77,978 put and 72,018 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 78,236 put and 3,448 call contracts. By 09:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.