Options market record
GDX options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 26, 2026, traders bought 18.37K GDX call contracts ($3.9M) and 15.01K put contracts ($5.3M). Calls were 0.7× and puts were 0.8× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $81.05 and 30-day implied volatility was 41.6%. On the call-buy top 10 on 1 of 487 trading days since Nov 11, 2024.
Each point is one trading day since Nov 11, 2024. Latest rankings
Daily contracts bought
Call contracts: min 6.65K, max 222.29K, latest 18.37K. Put contracts: min 4.08K, max 237.58K, latest 15.01K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 27.6%, max 64.4%, latest 41.6%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | — | 5 | 2.2× | 6.5× |
| Aug 5, 2026 | — | 8 | 3.9× | 6.6× |
| Jan 27, 2026 | — | 6 | 1.1× | 7.9× |
| Jan 23, 2026 | — | 4 | 2.2× | 7.2× |
| Dec 26, 2025 | — | 10 | 2.6× | 2.4× |
| Dec 23, 2025 | — | 3 | 1.0× | 8.1× |
| Apr 22, 2025 | — | 9 | 1.0× | 3.6× |
| Apr 17, 2025 | — | 9 | 1.1× | 3.7× |
| Dec 20, 2024 | 7 | — | 7.0× | 0.7× |
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