The median is META's put/call volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 11 sessions. 2,800 put and 857 call contracts by 15:56 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 23 expirations.
CCalls857
PPuts2,800
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 23, 2026, 15:56 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)
857
PPut volume (contracts)
2,800
CCall open interest, prior settlement
24,682
PPut open interest, prior settlement
37,253
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$4.8M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$13.5M
Put/call volume ratio
3.3x
Days to expiry
147
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): 2,800; Ratio: 3.27
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 31; Puts: 34
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts more than 3 months out: 0.67
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
11
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 META's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 11 sessions. 10,701 put and 6,996 call contracts by 14:26 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 91,644 put and 143,819 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 13,119 put and 9,964 call contracts. By 11:07 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
The median is META's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 11 sessions. 4,000 call and 1,351 put contracts by 10:26 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
The median is META's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 11 sessions. 2,895 put and 1,108 call contracts by 10:06 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.
META calls expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.4x their open interest, by 09:51 ET on Oct 23, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 24 expirations.