Options market record

Lists for Tuesday, August 18, 2026end of day.

On Aug 18, 2026, CVX calls bought: 194.41K contracts, $420.5M, 16.7× its 20-day median; BIDU puts bought: 33.48K contracts, $16.9M, 10.6× 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	CVX	194.41K	$420.5M	16.7×	$205.65	+$2.95	26.4%
2	STUB	27.31K	$1.1M	13.1×	$7.10	-$0.02	92.1%
3	CSX	24.36K	$1.1M	11.6×	$50.24	-$0.34	24.3%
4	BP	28.71K	$5.9M	9.4×	$43.58	+$0.73	30.6%
5	SU	7.53K	$1.2M	7.3×	$67.68	+$1.02	29.6%
6	APA	13.69K	$2.5M	7.3×	$42.29	+$0.71	43.4%
7	XOP	10.02K	$22.5M	6.4×	$185.51	+$2.16	34.4%
8	BIDU	41.56K	$8.3M	5.9×	$91.05	-$13.07	47.3%
9	DAL	21.69K	$1.7M	5.1×	$85.92	-$1.67	34.1%
10	WOLF	25.6K	$21.9M	5.1×	$31.50	-$3.46	117.1%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	BIDU	33.48K	$16.9M	10.6×	$91.05	-$13.07	47.3%
2	WOLF	23.17K	$5.4M	10.1×	$31.50	-$3.46	117.1%
3	TGT	21.91K	$7.1M	7.0×	$153.32	+$2.31	40.7%
4	CVNA	63.81K	$12.4M	6.9×	$65.60	-$4.49	63.6%
5	KEEL	19.16K	$1.5M	6.4×	$3.18	-$0.59	119.4%
6	SOXS	43.52K	$8.1M	6.1×	$44.52	+$6.16	126.4%
7	KRE	105.52K	$5.4M	5.8×	$76.94	-$0.45	23.1%
8	CBRS	24.91K	$14.1M	5.8×	$220.01	-$31.97	96.4%
9	KLAC	16.09K	$59.1M	5.5×	$194.06	-$11.70	61.9%
10	VLO	7.19K	$12.8M	5.5×	$350.50	+$3.31	44.3%

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