The median is JPM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 12 sessions. 2,496 put and 505 call contracts by 11:23 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 15 expirations.
CCalls505
PPuts2,496
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 26, 2026, 11:23 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)
505
PPut volume (contracts)
2,496
CCall open interest, prior settlement
41,498
PPut open interest, prior settlement
45,979
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$181K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$858K
Put/call volume ratio
4.9x
Days to expiry
25
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): 2,496; Ratio: 4.94
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 21; Puts: 16
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 0.52
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
12
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 JPM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 12 sessions. 2,946 call and 516 put contracts by 14:14 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 15 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 1,226 put and 2,560 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 2,570 put and 1,499 call contracts. By 10:24 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 15 expirations.
The median is JPM's call/put volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 9 sessions. 2,016 call and 772 put contracts by 10:08 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 15 expirations.
$785K est. of $1.0M est. across the JPM strikes we track, by 09:38 ET. Calls $16K, puts $769K. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 15 expirations.