Options market record

Lists for Friday, October 16, 2026end of day.

On Oct 16, 2026, AI calls bought: 142.64K contracts, $1.3M, 29.0× its 20-day median; SILJ puts bought: 24.36K contracts, $1.1M, 19.8× 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	AI	142.64K	$1.3M	29.0×	$11.34	-$0.82	64.0%
2	IOT	20.4K	$2.5M	17.0×	$39.20	-$3.39	55.7%
3	PBR	158.31K	$19.8M	14.5×	$26.09	+$0.79	56.1%
4	MCHP	27.45K	$12.6M	13.0×	$73.87	-$0.39	65.3%
5	AA	29.87K	$3.1M	10.7×	$41.66	+$1.24	48.8%
6	BRUN	13.54K	$1.2M	8.5×	$8.85	-$1.23	116.9%
7	VXX	105.5K	$5.8M	8.3×	$18.44	+$1.36	96.0%
8	OXY	66.68K	$6.3M	7.8×	$62.23	+$1.56	36.6%
9	COP	16.39K	$24.6M	6.5×	$146.74	+$5.01	32.0%
10	IBRX	33.5K	$5.4M	5.8×	$9.25	-$0.75	100.2%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	SILJ	24.36K	$1.1M	19.8×	$25.65	+$0.01	51.7%
2	CORZ	47.96K	$4.5M	11.6×	$13.55	-$0.91	97.9%
3	APH	16.1K	$1.5M	10.8×	$79.22	-$2.27	46.3%
4	CRWV	339.12K	$110.5M	8.6×	$61.41	-$8.28	119.7%
5	CBRS	57.4K	$32.3M	7.3×	$126.74	-$15.43	90.0%
6	MGM	11.32K	$2.3M	6.8×	$28.63	-$0.85	43.3%
7	VXX	29.47K	$1.7M	6.7×	$18.44	+$1.36	96.0%
8	URA	6.66K	$4.5M	6.1×	$35.30	-$0.82	44.9%
9	XP	10.06K	$1.2M	5.5×	$29.41	-$0.63	102.5%
10	MAGS	7.14K	$1.8M	5.3×	$71.30	-$1.41	27.0%

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