Options market record
XLB options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 795 XLB call contracts ($67.6K) and 643 put contracts ($62.7K). Calls were — and puts were 0.5× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $49.53 and 30-day implied volatility was 22.3%. On the call-buy top 10 on 14 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 76, max 116.28K, latest 795. Put contracts: min 61, max 219.02K, latest 643.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 6.9%, max 63.5%, latest 22.3%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | — | 4 | — | 6.2× |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 4 | — | 13.4× | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 10 | — | 4.3× | — |
| May 21, 2026 | — | 1 | — | 24.6× |
| May 14, 2026 | 1 | — | 104.1× | 1.1× |
| May 1, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.7× | 31.4× |
| Apr 30, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 95.6× |
| Apr 20, 2026 | 1 | — | 67.7× | 0.9× |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 5 | — | 12.3× | 1.3× |
| Apr 14, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.3× | 84.0× |
| Mar 20, 2026 | — | 1 | 2.2× | 39.3× |
| Mar 13, 2026 | — | 1 | 3.2× | 29.1× |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 7 | — | 15.1× | 3.6× |
| Mar 5, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.6× | 23.3× |
| Mar 3, 2026 | — | 5 | 1.0× | 9.5× |
| Feb 25, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.4× | 28.2× |
| Feb 11, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.9× | 65.0× |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 2 | — | 61.8× | 1.1× |
| Feb 3, 2026 | — | 1 | 2.1× | 42.8× |
| Jan 23, 2026 | — | 6 | 1.0× | 6.0× |
All 46 days
| Date | Call-buy rank | Put-buy rank | Call vs normal | Put vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | — | 1 | 0.7× | 115.5× |
| Jan 13, 2026 | — | 2 | 2.4× | 12.8× |
| Dec 16, 2025 | — | 2 | — | 16.0× |
| Dec 12, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 70.5× |
| Sep 5, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 63.7× |
| Aug 22, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 61.5× | 29.4× |
| Jul 2, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 95.4× |
| Jun 23, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 101.0× |
| Jun 9, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 49.6× |
| May 30, 2025 | — | 1 | — | 83.5× |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 25.7× | 38.8× |
| Apr 16, 2025 | — | 9 | — | 5.4× |
| Apr 9, 2025 | — | 5 | — | 8.9× |
| Apr 8, 2025 | — | 3 | — | 9.7× |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 3 | 1 | 20.0× | 23.0× |
| Mar 26, 2025 | — | 2 | 16.9× | 19.0× |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 2 | — | 9.4× | 4.2× |
| Mar 5, 2025 | — | 5 | — | 6.3× |
| Mar 3, 2025 | — | 2 | — | 14.0× |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 2 | 4 | 21.2× | 9.3× |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 9 | 4 | 7.6× | 6.6× |
| Jan 2, 2025 | 3 | 2 | 18.8× | 7.7× |
| Dec 19, 2024 | — | 1 | — | 37.8× |
| Dec 16, 2024 | — | 1 | — | 26.1× |
| Dec 5, 2024 | — | 1 | — | 82.7× |
| Nov 25, 2024 | — | 1 | — | 43.8× |
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