112,364 call and 37,608 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Est. premium $15.7M calls, $7.1M puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
CCalls112,364
PPuts37,608
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 16, 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)
112,364
PPut volume (contracts)
37,608
CCall open interest, prior settlement
225,648
PPut open interest, prior settlement
194,653
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$15.7M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$7.1M
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
0
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 3 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 112,364; Ratio: 2.99
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 34; Puts: 32
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 1.2987
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
3, 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.
TSLA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.2x their open interest, by 09:51 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
The median is TSLA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 2,563 call and 523 put contracts by 09:36 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
The median is TSLA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 3,240 call and 756 put contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.