Options market record

GDX options flowcalls and puts bought each day.

On Oct 23, 2026, traders bought 67.02K GDX call contracts ($9.4M) and 22.99K put contracts ($9M). Calls were 2.6× and puts were 1.2× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $80.23 and 30-day implied volatility was 44.1%. On the call-buy top 10 on 1 of 486 trading days since Nov 11, 2024.

Each point is one trading day since Nov 11, 2024. Latest rankings

Daily contracts bought

Call contracts: min 6.65K, max 222.29K, latest 67.02K. Put contracts: min 4.08K, max 237.58K, latest 22.99K.

30-day implied volatility

30-day IV: min 27.6%, max 64.4%, latest 44.1%.

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 19, 2026	—	5	2.2×	6.5×
Aug 5, 2026	—	8	3.9×	6.6×
Jan 27, 2026	—	6	1.1×	7.9×
Jan 23, 2026	—	4	2.2×	7.2×
Dec 26, 2025	—	10	2.6×	2.4×
Dec 23, 2025	—	3	1.0×	8.1×
Apr 22, 2025	—	9	1.0×	3.6×
Apr 17, 2025	—	9	1.1×	3.7×
Dec 20, 2024	7	—	7.0×	0.7×

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