Options market record
MS options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 4.01K MS call contracts ($2.8M) and 3.91K put contracts ($1.8M). Calls were 1.2× and puts were 1.1× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $190.19 and 30-day implied volatility was 34.0%. On the call-buy top 10 on 5 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 1.03K, max 83.12K, latest 4.01K. Put contracts: min 652, max 28.46K, latest 3.91K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 21.2%, max 73.0%, latest 34.0%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | 7 | — | 6.5× | 1.7× |
| Jul 14, 2026 | — | 9 | 3.7× | 3.3× |
| Feb 9, 2026 | — | 9 | 0.7× | 4.7× |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 4 | — | 17.5× | 0.6× |
| Oct 15, 2025 | 7 | — | 10.4× | 3.4× |
| Oct 14, 2025 | — | 10 | 5.1× | 4.4× |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5 | — | 15.9× | 1.2× |
| Jun 26, 2025 | — | 8 | 3.9× | 4.4× |
| Jun 16, 2025 | — | 3 | 0.7× | 6.5× |
| Jun 10, 2025 | — | 6 | 0.9× | 4.5× |
| Mar 10, 2025 | — | 8 | 1.2× | 5.6× |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 5 | — | 7.4× | 4.8× |
| Jan 15, 2025 | — | 3 | 5.9× | 9.7× |
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