Options market record
IAU options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 26, 2026, traders bought 13.49K IAU call contracts ($9.3M) and 375 put contracts ($32.7K). Calls were 9.9× and puts were — their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $75.44 and 30-day implied volatility was 21.1%. On the call-buy top 10 on 10 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 60, max 21.56K, latest 13.49K. Put contracts: min 7, max 23.04K, latest 375.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 9.9%, max 41.3%, latest 21.1%.
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 26, 2026 | 2 | — | 9.9× | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 4 | — | 10.1× | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 4 | — | 9.1× | — |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 7 | — | 5.8× | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 7 | — | 6.4× | — |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 9 | — | 4.3× | — |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 9 | — | 3.4× | — |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 10 | — | 3.8× | — |
| Apr 14, 2025 | 9 | — | 3.1× | — |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 4 | — | 10.4× | — |
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