2,791 call and 690 put contracts by 09:38 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Est. premium $269K calls, $7K puts. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
CCalls2,791
PPuts690
contracts
Evidence
The numbers behind this snapshot, Oct 30, 2026, 09:38 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)
2,791
PPut volume (contracts)
690
CCall open interest, prior settlement
36,169
PPut open interest, prior settlement
14,115
CCall premium, est. (USD)
$269K
PPut premium, est. (USD)
$7K
Call/put volume ratio
4.0x
Days to expiry
0
Why it fired
Rule
call/put volume >= 2.5 (absolute: baseline n 3 < 5); call volume >= 2000; put volume >= 500; expiry >= 1% of ticker volume
Values that cleared it
Call volume (contracts): 2,791; Ratio: 4.04
Contracts traded behind each figure
Calls: 18; Puts: 11
Baseline
median call/put volume ratio, contracts same day: 2.8571
Baseline window
last 20 sessions
Baseline n
3, so the fixed threshold applied
Claim level
1, arithmetic on reported figures
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.
XOM puts expiring that date in the strikes we track traded 1.0x their open interest, by 15:34 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
The median is XOM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 16 sessions. 18,395 call and 1,179 put contracts by 11:29 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
$28.6M est. of $64.5M est. across the XOM strikes we track, by 11:29 ET. Calls $28.2M, puts $369K. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
The median is XOM's call/put volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 months out over the last 16 sessions. 2,487 call and 556 put contracts by 10:49 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
The median is XOM's put/call volume ratio for contracts 1 to 3 weeks out over the last 16 sessions. 3,767 put and 1,572 call contracts by 10:44 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Tracked: up to 40 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.
Within 3 weeks: 7,109 put and 12,421 call contracts. 1 to 3 months out: 1,016 put and 3,820 call contracts. By 10:14 ET on Oct 30, 2026. Tracked: up to 39 strikes around the money across 18 expirations.