Options market record

Lists for Monday, August 24, 2026end of day.

On Aug 24, 2026, MCHP calls bought: 154.22K contracts, $89.6M, 57.7× its 20-day median; MRNA puts bought: 43.71K contracts, $28.9M, 9.3× 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	MCHP	154.22K	$89.6M	57.7×	$74.18	-$1.90	48.3%
2	PBR	219.44K	$72.2M	22.3×	$18.67	-$0.48	35.5%
3	PURR	25.47K	$3.9M	14.3×	$10.65	+$0.07	120.2%
4	XLB	14.34K	$1.6M	13.4×	$53.46	-$0.08	23.3%
5	PCT	24.93K	$3.4M	12.3×	$6.70	-$0.10	87.8%
6	VALE	50.82K	$2.6M	11.9×	$15.03	+$0.44	35.7%
7	AS	14.61K	$2.1M	9.6×	$31.33	-$1.30	45.4%
8	ASST	35.29K	$7.8M	8.3×	$19.90	+$1.68	809.2%
9	PSKY	47.72K	$3.4M	6.9×	$10.35	+—	42.0%
10	MRNA	45.06K	$57.6M	6.5×	$138.96	-$6.17	94.9%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	MRNA	43.71K	$28.9M	9.3×	$138.96	-$6.17	94.9%
2	NIO	41.91K	$1M	7.5×	$4.38	-$0.25	62.5%
3	FXI	50.78K	$2.9M	5.9×	$35.51	-$0.35	21.4%
4	VALE	16.74K	$1.5M	5.7×	$15.03	+$0.44	35.7%
5	SERV	9.01K	$1.2M	5.3×	$4.69	-$0.29	79.0%
6	XLI	19.56K	$6.8M	5.3×	$179.30	-$0.95	15.8%
7	AKAM	5.12K	$2.6M	5.0×	$105.66	-$4.76	52.0%
8	FLEX	8.04K	$4.7M	4.4×	$106.81	-$3.64	64.0%
9	W	4.62K	$4.7M	4.0×	$103.00	+$1.48	54.6%
10	VOO	4.01K	$1.1M	4.0×	$702.56	-$1.15	14.9%

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