MSFT calls outnumbered puts 3.4 to 1 in contracts expiring Jan 15, 2027
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 11:12 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
2,065 call and 607 put contracts by 10:57 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $4.5M calls, $843K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
CCalls2,065
PPuts607
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 10:57 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)
2,065
PPut volume (contracts)
607
CCall open interest, prior settlement
267,980
PPut open interest, prior settlement
78,301
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$4.5M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$843K
Call/put volume ratio
3.4x
Days to expiry
93
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): 2,065; Ratio: 3.4
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 38; Puts: 29
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts more than 3 months out: 1.3605
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.
9,135 call and 3,080 put contracts by 10:27 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $7.5M calls, $1.6M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
MSFT puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.2x their open interest, by 10:07 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
2,739 put and 1,056 call contracts by 10:03 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.4M puts, $1.7M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.