3,929 call and 1,075 put contracts by 09:40 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Est. premium $118K calls, $10K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
CCalls3,929
PPuts1,075
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 16, 2026, 09:40 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)
3,929
PPut volume (contracts)
1,075
CCall open interest, prior settlement
228,878
PPut open interest, prior settlement
117,614
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$118K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$10K
Call/put volume ratio
3.6x
Days to expiry
0
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 1 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 3,929; Ratio: 3.65
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 15; Puts: 10
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 7.6923
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
1, 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.
The median is BAC's put/call volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 6 sessions. 2,321 put and 900 call contracts by 13:10 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
The median is BAC's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 6 sessions. 6,400 call and 650 put contracts by 12:05 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
The median is BAC's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 6 sessions. 3,338 call and 512 put contracts by 10:16 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 6,450 put and 11,575 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,439 put and 2,829 call contracts. By 09:55 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.