The median is IWM's put/call volume ratio for contracts more than 3 months out over the last 15 sessions. 12,814 put and 648 call contracts by 11:20 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
CCalls648
PPuts12,814
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 29, 2026, 11:20 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)
648
PPut volume (contracts)
12,814
CCall open interest, prior settlement
36,616
PPut open interest, prior settlement
70,049
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$709K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$6.4M
Put/call volume ratio
19.8x
Days to expiry
113
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): 12,814; Ratio: 19.77
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 15; Puts: 14
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts more than 3 months out: 1.21
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
15
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 IWM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 15 sessions. 40,643 put and 13,240 call contracts by 15:41 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
The median is IWM's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 15 sessions. 159,548 put and 105,433 call contracts by 13:36 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
The median is IWM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 15 sessions. 9,720 call and 1,996 put contracts by 10:57 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
The median is IWM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 15 sessions. 5,135 call and 1,374 put contracts by 10:11 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
The median is IWM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 15 sessions. 132,187 put and 20,361 call contracts by 10:06 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 110,936 put and 201,073 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 138,065 put and 31,069 call contracts. By 10:06 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 34 expirations.