Options market record
XLU options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 5, 2026, traders bought 43.32K XLU call contracts ($2.7M) and 7.62K put contracts ($552.3K). Calls were 2.9× and puts were 0.9× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $40.05 and 30-day implied volatility was 19.5%. On the call-buy top 10 on 15 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 987, max 238.16K, latest 43.32K. Put contracts: min 313, max 87.83K, latest 7.62K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 7.1%, max 59.9%, latest 19.5%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7 | — | 8.9× | 0.4× |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3 | — | 8.8× | 0.8× |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1 | — | 12.1× | 1.0× |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 3 | 6 | 9.4× | 4.1× |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 4 | — | 8.7× | 2.3× |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1 | — | 27.4× | 3.1× |
| Sep 23, 2026 | — | 2 | 2.9× | 10.5× |
| Sep 18, 2026 | — | 5 | 1.4× | 6.7× |
| Sep 17, 2026 | — | 10 | 1.5× | 7.2× |
| Aug 21, 2026 | — | 6 | 0.8× | 5.0× |
| Jun 11, 2026 | — | 9 | 0.7× | 3.7× |
| Jun 8, 2026 | — | 6 | 2.9× | 3.5× |
| May 4, 2026 | — | 5 | 0.7× | 9.9× |
| Apr 29, 2026 | — | 8 | 0.6× | 5.5× |
| Apr 14, 2026 | — | 4 | 0.9× | 6.2× |
| Mar 3, 2026 | — | 7 | 1.2× | 8.9× |
| Feb 27, 2026 | — | 8 | 1.6× | 6.3× |
| Feb 24, 2026 | — | 5 | 4.8× | 6.7× |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 4 | 6 | 7.9× | 6.8× |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 7 | 7 | 8.5× | 5.9× |
All 36 days
| Date | Call-buy rank | Put-buy rank | Call vs normal | Put vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | 3 | — | 21.5× | 1.2× |
| Jan 7, 2026 | — | 2 | 1.8× | 9.4× |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 3 | — | 25.4× | 4.2× |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 9 | — | 6.1× | 2.2× |
| Dec 8, 2025 | — | 1 | 1.5× | 10.4× |
| Dec 1, 2025 | — | 5 | 0.7× | 6.9× |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 3 | — | 16.9× | 1.0× |
| Nov 17, 2025 | 2 | — | 11.0× | 2.1× |
| Nov 6, 2025 | — | 3 | 0.4× | 19.4× |
| Oct 20, 2025 | — | 4 | 0.7× | 7.1× |
| Aug 4, 2025 | — | 4 | 2.3× | 9.9× |
| Jul 21, 2025 | — | 8 | 1.1× | 6.5× |
| Mar 25, 2025 | — | 4 | 1.9× | 5.3× |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 4 | — | 11.3× | 0.4× |
| Jan 27, 2025 | — | 8 | 1.4× | 6.9× |
| Dec 20, 2024 | 2 | — | 13.7× | 0.4× |
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