Options market record

Lists for Monday, January 5, 2026end of day.

On Jan 5, 2026, DG calls bought: 126.47K contracts, $553.5M, 74.8× its 20-day median; NU puts bought: 80.64K contracts, $7M, 31.6× 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	DG	126.47K	$553.5M	74.8×	$138.50	+$1.68	28.7%
2	JPM	398.56K	$3.1B	27.4×	$333.97	+$8.49	26.4%
3	XLU	96.22K	$4.5M	25.4×	$42.74	-$0.44	17.8%
4	NU	212.55K	$37M	24.6×	$17.97	+$0.95	33.8%
5	CVX	127.42K	$35.5M	19.8×	$164.39	+$8.49	28.0%
6	ZSL	16.69K	$1M	16.5×	$4.45	-$0.64	121.1%
7	HAL	47.25K	$6.6M	15.0×	$32.08	+$2.48	39.1%
8	PEP	65.77K	$2M	14.4×	$140.09	-$2.14	21.4%
9	ALB	30.8K	$5.8M	14.3×	$146.13	+$2.20	53.7%
10	SLB	54.07K	$12.9M	11.3×	$44.24	+$4.04	37.3%

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	NU	80.64K	$7M	31.6×	$17.97	+$0.95	33.8%
2	CVX	45.23K	$8.5M	10.9×	$164.39	+$8.49	28.0%
3	SLB	15.91K	$1.7M	6.8×	$44.24	+$4.04	37.3%
4	HAL	10.91K	$1.2M	6.7×	$32.08	+$2.48	39.1%
5	JOBY	14.85K	$1.6M	5.9×	$15.86	+$1.50	83.2%
6	VLO	9.72K	$2.6M	5.3×	$181.89	+$16.58	36.6%
7	XLV	9.86K	$1.3M	4.5×	$154.93	-$0.58	14.3%
8	WULF	46.02K	$3.2M	4.4×	$13.54	+$0.80	92.9%
9	ALAB	12.56K	$6.6M	4.2×	$167.70	-$11.86	77.9%
10	ABBV	7.3K	$2.9M	4.0×	$220.18	-$9.13	29.1%

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