18,940 put and 5,031 call contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Est. premium $659K puts, $901K calls. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls5,031
PPuts18,940
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 19, 2026, 09:31 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)
5,031
PPut volume (contracts)
18,940
CCall open interest, prior settlement
44,492
PPut open interest, prior settlement
35,997
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$901K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$659K
Put/call volume ratio
3.8x
Days to expiry
0
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 4 < 5); put volume >= 2000; call volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 18,940; Ratio: 3.76
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 28; Puts: 18
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts same day: 0.705
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.
The median is AAPL's call/put volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 7 sessions. 4,837 call and 1,657 put contracts by 15:55 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 22 expirations.
AAPL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 2.0x their open interest, by 10:01 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 7 sessions. 2,013 call and 1,022 put contracts by 10:01 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 7 sessions. 2,387 put and 636 call contracts by 09:56 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 7 sessions. 2,178 put and 1,393 call contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 7 sessions. 2,138 put and 1,141 call contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 19, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.