IWM puts expiring Oct 16 traded 3.0x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 10:06 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
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.
CCalls20,486
PPuts61,427
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:51 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)
20,486
PPut volume (contracts)
61,427
CCall open interest, prior settlement
354,628
PPut open interest, prior settlement
1,064,929
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$933K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$5.6M
Put/call volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
2
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): 61,427; Ratio: 3
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 27; Puts: 28
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts within a week: 0.6
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.
$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.
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.