2,622 call and 902 put contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Est. premium $2.0M calls, $101K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.
CCalls2,622
PPuts902
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 16, 2026, 09:46 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)
2,622
PPut volume (contracts)
902
CCall open interest, prior settlement
24,047
PPut open interest, prior settlement
11,604
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.0M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$101K
Call/put volume ratio
2.9x
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): 2,622; Ratio: 2.91
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 33; Puts: 27
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 2.3256
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 GS's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 2,253 put and 1,183 call contracts by 12:16 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 20 expirations.