Options market record

SPY options flowcalls and puts bought each day.

On Oct 6, 2026, traders bought 3.42M SPY call contracts ($594.6M) and 3.11M put contracts ($397.6M). Calls were 1.2× and puts were 1.0× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $779.79 and 30-day implied volatility was 14.9%.

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

Daily contracts bought

Call contracts: min 1.13M, max 5.43M, latest 3.42M. Put contracts: min 1.09M, max 5.48M, latest 3.11M.

30-day implied volatility

30-day IV: min 12.9%, max 70.1%, latest 14.9%.

Days in a top-10 list

SPY has not been on either top-10 list since Nov 11, 2024. Its latest 20 trading days are below.

Date	Calls bought	Puts bought	Call ratio vs 20-day median	Put ratio vs 20-day median	Price	30-day IV
Oct 6, 2026	3.42M	3.11M	1.2×	1.0×	$779.79	14.9%
Oct 5, 2026	3.25M	3.07M	1.2×	1.0×	$774.91	15.4%
Oct 2, 2026	3.04M	3.82M	1.1×	1.3×	$769.50	15.2%
Oct 1, 2026	3.57M	3.9M	1.4×	1.3×	$764.02	16.3%
Sep 30, 2026	2.81M	2.96M	1.1×	1.0×	$762.97	16.3%
Sep 29, 2026	2.96M	2.83M	1.2×	0.9×	$764.85	15.9%
Sep 28, 2026	3.03M	3.48M	1.2×	1.2×	$765.86	16.0%
Sep 25, 2026	3.42M	3.33M	1.4×	1.1×	$771.55	14.8%
Sep 24, 2026	3.32M	3.63M	1.4×	1.3×	$766.50	15.5%
Sep 23, 2026	2.84M	3.65M	1.2×	1.3×	$767.72	15.1%
Sep 22, 2026	2.53M	2.23M	1.1×	0.8×	$773.16	14.1%
Sep 21, 2026	3.8M	3.01M	1.7×	1.1×	$773.21	14.8%
Sep 18, 2026	2.33M	2.71M	1.1×	1.0×	$762.75	15.0%
Sep 17, 2026	2.99M	2.87M	1.4×	1.0×	$762.30	15.5%
Sep 16, 2026	2.49M	3.15M	1.2×	1.1×	$754.10	17.9%
Sep 15, 2026	2.32M	2.68M	1.1×	1.0×	$758.00	17.3%
Sep 14, 2026	2.48M	3.01M	1.2×	1.1×	$761.32	17.2%
Sep 11, 2026	2.14M	3.08M	1.0×	1.1×	$764.21	15.8%
Sep 10, 2026	2.27M	3.03M	1.1×	1.1×	$758.26	17.7%
Sep 9, 2026	2M	2.74M	0.9×	1.0×	$762.61	16.3%

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