Options market record
IEF options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 9.8K IEF call contracts ($206K) and 98.9K put contracts ($4.5M). Calls were 0.5× and puts were 3.9× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $88.93 and 30-day implied volatility was 9.2%. On the call-buy top 10 on 21 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 113, max 157.81K, latest 9.8K. Put contracts: min 66, max 239.56K, latest 98.9K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 5.0%, max 12.0%, latest 9.2%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | — | 10 | 0.5× | 3.9× |
| Sep 30, 2026 | — | 4 | 1.4× | 5.8× |
| Sep 24, 2026 | — | 4 | 0.9× | 7.1× |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 8 | — | 7.5× | 2.4× |
| Sep 16, 2026 | — | 4 | 3.9× | 11.0× |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 2 | 8 | 13.4× | 7.5× |
| Sep 9, 2026 | — | 4 | 2.1× | 5.0× |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 9 | 2 | 4.7× | 13.2× |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 3 | — | 7.2× | 0.3× |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 7 | — | 10.1× | 1.7× |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 1 | — | 9.5× | 3.1× |
| Jun 9, 2026 | — | 7 | 6.9× | 3.9× |
| Jun 8, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.5× | 10.6× |
| May 19, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 14.4× |
| May 15, 2026 | — | 2 | 1.3× | 11.8× |
| May 14, 2026 | — | 9 | 10.3× | 5.5× |
| May 12, 2026 | — | 7 | 0.3× | 5.1× |
| May 5, 2026 | — | 1 | 1.0× | 45.5× |
| May 4, 2026 | — | 3 | 0.6× | 11.4× |
| Apr 29, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 14.7× |
All 53 days
| Date | Call-buy rank | Put-buy rank | Call vs normal | Put vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | — | 3 | 4.0× | 10.0× |
| Apr 1, 2026 | — | 4 | 0.4× | 16.1× |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 4 | — | 5.3× | 0.1× |
| Mar 27, 2026 | — | 1 | 1.2× | 25.0× |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 4 | — | 9.4× | 1.4× |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 6 | 2 | 8.7× | 22.9× |
| Feb 25, 2026 | — | 4 | 4.2× | 8.0× |
| Feb 24, 2026 | — | 8 | 3.2× | 5.0× |
| Feb 18, 2026 | — | 3 | 1.4× | 10.4× |
| Jan 20, 2026 | — | 2 | 3.5× | 8.9× |
| Jan 16, 2026 | — | 4 | 9.6× | 8.5× |
| Jan 6, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.7× | 26.2× |
| Dec 29, 2025 | — | 5 | 1.2× | 5.5× |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | — | 46.8× | 1.2× |
| Dec 12, 2025 | — | 8 | 0.6× | 6.0× |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | — | 5.4× | 3.1× |
| Nov 19, 2025 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 38.1× |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 6 | — | 12.3× | 6.5× |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 3 | — | 20.3× | 0.4× |
| Oct 6, 2025 | — | 3 | 2.0× | 9.7× |
| Sep 18, 2025 | — | 9 | 1.4× | 7.7× |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1 | — | 58.3× | 0.0× |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 6 | — | 11.7× | 0.1× |
| Jul 23, 2025 | — | 10 | 0.3× | 8.3× |
| May 14, 2025 | — | 6 | 0.6× | 5.1× |
| May 12, 2025 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 21.8× |
| May 6, 2025 | 1 | — | 31.1× | 0.3× |
| Apr 14, 2025 | 5 | — | 4.0× | 0.5× |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 1 | — | 28.0× | 10.3× |
| Apr 7, 2025 | — | 2 | 1.5× | 16.6× |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 1 | — | 66.6× | — |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 1 | — | 16.8× | — |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 1 | — | 65.9× | 5.3× |
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