The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts same day over the last 5 sessions. 10,105 put and 6,344 call contracts by 09:31 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls6,344
PPuts10,105
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 21, 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)
6,344
PPut volume (contracts)
10,105
CCall open interest, prior settlement
71,929
PPut open interest, prior settlement
47,888
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$444K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$175K
Put/call volume ratio
1.6x
Days to expiry
0
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): 10,105; Ratio: 1.59
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 14; Puts: 12
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts same day: 0.82
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
5
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 call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 9 sessions. 16,229 call and 3,180 put contracts by 14:31 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 9 sessions. 6,372 put and 706 call contracts by 11:01 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
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The median is AAPL's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 9 sessions. 16,358 put and 938 call contracts by 09:46 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
AAPL calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 0.9x their open interest, by 09:46 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
The median is AAPL's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 9 sessions. 10,277 call and 4,573 put contracts by 09:40 ET on Oct 21, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.