Options market record

Lists for Tuesday, August 19, 2025end of day.

On Aug 19, 2025, MDT calls bought: 21.68K contracts, $3.1M, 13.6× its 20-day median; PTON puts bought: 53.97K contracts, $1.9M, 20.6× its 20-day median.

Ranked by contracts bought today compared with the stock's own median over the previous 20 trading days.

Top 10 call buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	MDT	21.68K	$3.1M	13.6×	$90.03	-$2.78	23.8%
2	VKTX	67.33K	$12.5M	5.8×	$24.85	-$17.24	97.6%
3	TJX	9.24K	$3M	5.6×	$134.60	+$1.54	24.9%
4	EL	15.34K	$6M	5.5×	$90.01	-$0.73	48.9%
5	GLD	363.26K	$23.6M	4.8×	$305.29	-$1.66	16.0%
6	COMM	8.81K	$1.3M	4.4×	$15.41	-$0.28	44.5%
7	AMAT	18.59K	$7.5M	4.0×	$162.24	-$1.29	40.4%
8	ASHR	30.49K	$1.1M	4.0×	$29.63	-$0.32	20.0%
9	HD	31.8K	$17.8M	3.8×	$407.22	+$12.52	25.4%
10	GLXY	87.09K	$5.7M	3.7×	$24.20	-$2.59	83.8%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	PTON	53.97K	$1.9M	20.6×	$7.81	-$0.64	65.1%
2	TJX	14.14K	$2.3M	11.7×	$134.60	+$1.54	24.9%
3	VKTX	31.39K	$8.4M	10.1×	$24.85	-$17.24	97.6%
4	EL	14.85K	$3.6M	8.7×	$90.01	-$0.73	48.9%
5	MDT	12.91K	$2.2M	8.2×	$90.03	-$2.78	23.8%
6	HD	20.61K	$7.1M	7.4×	$407.22	+$12.52	25.4%
7	WULF	39.38K	$1.6M	7.4×	$8.74	-$0.64	100.0%
8	TGT	47.98K	$8.8M	7.1×	$105.59	+$0.64	38.1%
9	HUT	9.32K	$2M	6.7×	$22.43	-$1.99	97.3%
10	LOW	8.41K	$2.6M	5.8×	$255.95	+$5.06	25.6%

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