META puts expiring Oct 23 (1 week out) traded 4.6x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,404 put and 519 call contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $6.1M puts, $1.2M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
CCalls519
PPuts2,404
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:36 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)
519
PPut volume (contracts)
2,404
CCall open interest, prior settlement
41,635
PPut open interest, prior settlement
26,630
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$1.2M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$6.1M
Put/call volume ratio
4.6x
Days to expiry
9
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): 2,404; Ratio: 4.63
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 25; Puts: 17
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 0.565
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.
2,378 put and 634 call contracts by 15:56 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $7.6M puts, $1.3M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
5,709 put and 1,825 call contracts by 15:21 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $29.6M puts, $8.0M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
META calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 09:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.