The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 12 sessions. 7,118 put and 2,271 call contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.
CCalls2,271
PPuts7,118
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 26, 2026, 09:35 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)
2,271
PPut volume (contracts)
7,118
CCall open interest, prior settlement
74,856
PPut open interest, prior settlement
381,947
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.2M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$3.9M
Put/call volume ratio
3.1x
Days to expiry
4
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): 7,118; Ratio: 3.13
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 29; Puts: 32
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts within a week: 1.145
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 QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 12 sessions. 27,891 put and 10,812 call contracts by 15:59 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 30 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 1,054,774 put and 1,228,599 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 43,794 put and 24,728 call contracts. By 11:05 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.
QQQ puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.1x their open interest, by 09:39 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts same day over the last 11 sessions. 16,833 put and 9,675 call contracts by 09:30 ET on Oct 26, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 31 expirations.