2,110 call and 701 put contracts by 09:58 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Est. premium $700K calls, $32K puts. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
CCalls2,110
PPuts701
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 16, 2026, 09:58 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)
2,110
PPut volume (contracts)
701
CCall open interest, prior settlement
88,804
PPut open interest, prior settlement
62,356
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$700K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$32K
Call/put volume ratio
3.0x
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): 2,110; Ratio: 3.01
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 17; Puts: 11
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 2.6316
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 XOM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 6 sessions. 2,108 call and 507 put contracts by 11:53 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 4,411 put and 13,390 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,523 put and 2,172 call contracts. By 11:03 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.
The median is XOM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 6 sessions. 5,094 call and 1,433 put contracts by 10:48 ET on Oct 16, 2026. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 17 expirations.