TSLA calls outnumbered puts 3.0 to 1 in contracts expiring Oct 19
As of , published from Oct 14, 2026, 09:51 ET. Source: Schwab options chain.
3,291 call and 1,096 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $840K calls, $648K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls3,291
PPuts1,096
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)
3,291
PPut volume (contracts)
1,096
CCall open interest, prior settlement
15,062
PPut open interest, prior settlement
9,251
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$840K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$648K
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
5
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): 3,291; Ratio: 3
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 29; Puts: 21
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.5873
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.
4,996 call and 1,987 put contracts by 10:06 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $4.0M calls, $1.7M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
2,938 call and 980 put contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Est. premium $4.3M calls, $1.5M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
TSLA puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.1x their open interest, by 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 57,720 put and 48,509 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,164 put and 2,993 call contracts. By 09:36 ET on Oct 14, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.