NVDA puts expiring Jan 19, 2029 traded 18.8x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 11:21 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
9,629 put and 513 call contracts by 11:06 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $34.5M puts, $3.2M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
CCalls513
PPuts9,629
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 11:06 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)
513
PPut volume (contracts)
9,629
CCall open interest, prior settlement
31,208
PPut open interest, prior settlement
12,521
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$3.2M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$34.5M
Put/call volume ratio
18.8x
Days to expiry
828
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): 9,629; Ratio: 18.77
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 25
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts more than 3 months out: 2.965
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.
NVDA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.0x their open interest, by 10:32 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
7,771 call and 525 put contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $8.0M calls, $622K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
3,620 put and 500 call contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $2.0M puts, $746K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
4,424 call and 1,005 put contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M calls, $467K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
3,941 call and 1,042 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $784K calls, $342K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.
2,424 call and 882 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $1.5M calls, $483K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 26 expirations.