QQQ puts expiring Nov 20 traded 2.7x the calls on that date
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 10:09 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
15,559 put and 5,810 call contracts by 09:54 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $24.6M puts, $8.1M calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
CCalls5,810
PPuts15,559
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 14, 2026, 09:54 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)
5,810
PPut volume (contracts)
15,559
CCall open interest, prior settlement
93,219
PPut open interest, prior settlement
180,939
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$8.1M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$24.6M
Put/call volume ratio
2.7x
Days to expiry
37
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): 15,559; Ratio: 2.68
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 37; Puts: 40
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 1.125
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.
$324.5M est. of $636.5M est. across the QQQ strikes we track, by 16:14 ET. Calls $77.0M, puts $247.5M. Tracked: listed strikes in the 2 nearest expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 451,355 put and 483,335 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 18,792 put and 8,052 call contracts. By 09:54 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.
QQQ calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.2x their open interest, by 09:35 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 32 expirations.