The median is NVDA's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 8 sessions. 65,546 put and 39,105 call contracts by 09:41 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
CCalls39,105
PPuts65,546
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)
39,105
PPut volume (contracts)
65,546
CCall open interest, prior settlement
96,176
PPut open interest, prior settlement
79,462
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.9M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$10.4M
Put/call volume ratio
1.7x
Days to expiry
1
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): 65,546; Ratio: 1.68
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 26; Puts: 29
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts within a week: 0.66
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 NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 13,868 call and 3,465 put contracts by 15:16 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
The median is NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 25,070 call and 8,567 put contracts by 13:31 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
The median is NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 10,780 call and 6,217 put contracts by 13:16 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
The median is NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 8 sessions. 6,521 call and 2,009 put contracts by 10:06 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
NVDA calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.6x their open interest, by 09:46 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.
The median is NVDA's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 8 sessions. 2,715 call and 827 put contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 20, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 25 expirations.