Options market record

Lists for Monday, August 17, 2026end of day.

On Aug 17, 2026, RUM calls bought: 27.45K contracts, $2M, 23.4× its 20-day median; VLO puts bought: 11.82K contracts, $21.6M, 10.1× 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	RUM	27.45K	$2M	23.4×	$8.23	+$0.77	83.2%
2	WFC	125.13K	$19.2M	16.8×	$87.65	-$1.17	23.3%
3	BRUN	20.05K	$5.5M	16.6×	$22.73	-$0.20	121.4%
4	VIAV	18.8K	$6.5M	15.1×	$46.38	+$2.84	82.0%
5	INDI	17.97K	$1.1M	14.8×	$4.69	-$0.02	126.1%
6	FIGR	23.59K	$5.2M	11.2×	$35.65	+$4.22	77.9%
7	GE	14.27K	$21.6M	6.8×	$369.70	+$1.32	29.5%
8	FXI	54.98K	$4.7M	6.6×	$35.09	+$0.20	19.3%
9	CTSH	7.42K	$6.5M	6.3×	$57.40	-$1.39	42.9%
10	ZIM	9.76K	$1.4M	6.0×	$28.76	+$0.62	47.0%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	VLO	11.82K	$21.6M	10.1×	$348.37	+$6.70	43.1%
2	XRT	19.44K	$4.7M	7.9×	$88.11	-$0.84	21.9%
3	ECHO	13.46K	$35.7M	7.1×	$92.51	+$0.62	46.8%
4	BIDU	18.68K	$3.7M	6.7×	$104.06	+$0.39	51.6%
5	BAC	94.66K	$15.1M	5.1×	$63.99	-$0.50	26.6%
6	FSLR	19.68K	$24.9M	5.1×	$217.99	-$7.57	51.1%
7	EFA	21.24K	$2.1M	4.8×	$108.50	-$0.14	13.9%
8	HD	11.49K	$3.5M	4.5×	$338.88	+$0.02	30.0%
9	XLI	11.45K	$1.4M	4.4×	$186.17	-$0.34	19.7%
10	MO	17.26K	$1.8M	4.1×	$64.15	-$1.55	26.2%

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