Options market record
ET options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 7.84K ET call contracts ($207.5K) and 1.34K put contracts ($96.6K). Calls were 1.0× and puts were 0.6× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $20.66 and 30-day implied volatility was 23.1%. On the call-buy top 10 on 8 of 473 trading days since Nov 11, 2024.
Each point is one trading day since Nov 11, 2024. Latest rankings
Daily contracts bought
Call contracts: min 1.61K, max 744.1K, latest 7.84K. Put contracts: min 369, max 44.4K, latest 1.34K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 15.1%, max 66.1%, latest 23.1%.
Days in a top-10 list
Ranked by contracts bought today compared with the stock's own median over the previous 20 trading days.
| Date | Call-buy rank | Put-buy rank | Call vs normal | Put vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | 2 | — | 30.3× | 1.5× |
| May 7, 2026 | 1 | — | 38.5× | 1.9× |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 7 | — | 6.9× | 5.3× |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 1 | — | 39.7× | 0.9× |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 1 | — | 46.5× | 1.5× |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 3 | — | 13.1× | 1.3× |
| May 8, 2025 | 4 | — | 16.2× | 1.5× |
| Apr 9, 2025 | — | 6 | 3.3× | 8.2× |
| Apr 8, 2025 | — | 9 | 1.0× | 5.9× |
| Apr 7, 2025 | — | 5 | 2.1× | 5.8× |
| Feb 24, 2025 | — | 8 | 1.1× | 4.2× |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 1 | — | 19.2× | 0.8× |
| Jan 31, 2025 | — | 4 | 0.8× | 6.6× |
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