MSFT calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 23 (1 week out)
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 10:42 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
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.
CCalls9,135
PPuts3,080
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 10:27 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)
9,135
PPut volume (contracts)
3,080
CCall open interest, prior settlement
67,518
PPut open interest, prior settlement
19,771
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$7.5M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.6M
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
9
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): 9,135; Ratio: 2.97
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 26
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 weeks out: 1.9802
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.
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.