The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 2,627 put and 813 call contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls813
PPuts2,627
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 20, 2026, 09:41 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)
813
PPut volume (contracts)
2,627
CCall open interest, prior settlement
278,575
PPut open interest, prior settlement
200,098
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$693K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$1.5M
Put/call volume ratio
3.2x
Days to expiry
31
Why it fired
Rule
put/call volume >= max(1.5, 1.75 x baseline median); put volume >= 2000
Values that cleared it
Put volume (contracts): 2,627; Ratio: 3.23
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 26; Puts: 21
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.88
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
8
Claim level
2, compared with a baseline
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 put/call volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 4,857 put and 523 call contracts by 11:10 ET on Oct 20, 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 8 sessions. 9,300 put and 6,078 call contracts by 10:16 ET on Oct 20, 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 8 sessions. 2,500 put and 1,545 call contracts by 10:11 ET on Oct 20, 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 8 sessions. 2,467 put and 526 call contracts by 10:05 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
AAPL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.8x their open interest, by 09:41 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 26,668 put and 39,081 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 2,998 put and 1,111 call contracts. By 09:36 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.