The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 15 sessions. 5,463 put and 1,831 call contracts by 09:39 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
CCalls1,831
PPuts5,463
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 29, 2026, 09:39 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)
1,831
PPut volume (contracts)
5,463
CCall open interest, prior settlement
126,886
PPut open interest, prior settlement
294,153
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$2.3M
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$6.4M
Put/call volume ratio
3.0x
Days to expiry
22
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): 5,463; Ratio: 2.98
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 31; Puts: 35
Baseline
median put/call volume ratio, contracts 1 to 3 months out: 1.3
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 QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 15 sessions. 37,575 put and 5,938 call contracts by 10:09 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 621,453 put and 596,751 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 73,221 put and 18,081 call contracts. By 10:09 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
The median is QQQ's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 15 sessions. 13,877 call and 8,473 put contracts by 10:04 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 15 sessions. 3,523 put and 1,035 call contracts by 09:39 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
QQQ puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.8x their open interest, by 09:39 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.
The median is QQQ's put/call volume ratio for contracts within a week over the last 15 sessions. 6,335 put and 1,988 call contracts by 09:35 ET on Oct 29, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 33 expirations.