Options market record
VXX options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 23, 2026, traders bought 34.54K VXX call contracts ($1.8M) and 6.9K put contracts ($461.6K). Calls were 2.5× and puts were 1.4× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $18.58 and 30-day implied volatility was 86.7%. 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 2.61K, max 105.5K, latest 34.54K. Put contracts: min 1.45K, max 100.62K, latest 6.9K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 33.4%, max 244.8%, latest 86.7%.
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 16, 2026 | 7 | 7 | 8.3× | 6.7× |
| Jul 2, 2026 | — | 4 | 1.9× | 8.4× |
| Jun 29, 2026 | — | 3 | 1.4× | 5.7× |
| Jun 23, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.8× | 14.6× |
| Jun 22, 2026 | — | 6 | 0.7× | 5.3× |
| Jun 15, 2026 | — | 5 | 1.0× | 6.9× |
| Dec 24, 2024 | — | 10 | 0.7× | 1.2× |
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