Options market record

Lists for Thursday, May 21, 2026end of day.

On May 21, 2026, TE calls bought: 70.08K contracts, $7.7M, 26.7× its 20-day median; XLB puts bought: 55.13K contracts, $2.2M, 24.6× 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	TE	70.08K	$7.7M	26.7×	$8.87	+$0.17	153.4%
2	MCHP	87.46K	$303.2M	21.2×	$91.00	-$3.02	48.9%
3	SIRI	33.89K	$3.5M	16.2×	$29.03	+$1.98	36.8%
4	PURR	14.33K	$3.1M	13.2×	$8.53	+$0.41	—
5	IBM	124.62K	$81.6M	12.8×	$253.50	+$28.50	39.8%
6	SHEL	24.47K	$42.1M	12.4×	$87.11	+$0.39	26.7%
7	MMM	12.76K	$6.7M	11.0×	$151.69	+$1.91	25.2%
8	CMCSA	80.39K	$4.6M	10.7×	$25.12	+$0.24	29.2%
9	INTU	21.88K	$27.8M	9.6×	$307.38	-$76.55	52.9%
10	LAES	67.57K	$2M	9.5×	$3.30	+$0.45	136.8%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	XLB	55.13K	$2.2M	24.6×	$50.09	+$0.37	15.3%
2	INTU	37.65K	$236.3M	18.9×	$307.38	-$76.55	52.9%
3	WDAY	18.67K	$9.3M	9.2×	$133.41	+$6.80	73.9%
4	ABT	27.53K	$70.2M	9.0×	$87.98	-$0.40	28.4%
5	XRT	9.63K	$1.8M	8.0×	$81.81	+$0.85	27.9%
6	FXI	70.86K	$12.9M	7.3×	$35.86	-$0.38	21.2%
7	FIGR	7.47K	$2M	6.5×	$34.51	-$1.89	80.6%
8	BX	15.01K	$53.6M	6.1×	$118.57	+$1.74	42.5%
9	FUTU	10.65K	$3.8M	5.7×	$123.83	-$0.89	74.9%
10	INFQ	6.2K	$1.1M	5.7×	$15.18	+$4.00	—

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