Options market record
USO options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 25.79K USO call contracts ($29.9M) and 60.16K put contracts ($8.9M). Calls were 0.4× and puts were 0.9× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $144.04 and 30-day implied volatility was 49.5%. On the call-buy top 10 on 6 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 1.46K, max 276.66K, latest 25.79K. Put contracts: min 1.28K, max 180.1K, latest 60.16K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 24.5%, max 124.2%, latest 49.5%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | — | 4 | 4.3× | 5.0× |
| Mar 9, 2026 | — | 4 | 6.6× | 6.1× |
| Mar 6, 2026 | — | 6 | 9.2× | 7.5× |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 10 | — | 4.4× | 1.0× |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7 | — | 7.0× | 3.9× |
| Jun 24, 2025 | — | 4 | 3.3× | 4.8× |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 5 | 5 | 7.8× | 4.3× |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 5 | — | 8.0× | 2.9× |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 10 | 7 | 10.0× | 7.2× |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 8 | — | 6.3× | 2.9× |
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