Thursday was a historic session in the US options market: US put option trading volume on CBOE surged to a record 11.23 million contracts on Thursday. This surpassed the previous all-time high of 10.22 million contracts set on April 4th, 2025. As a result, the 20-day average of put option volume rose to ~7 million contracts, near its highest on record. By comparison, the 20-day average oscillated around 4 million contracts in 2022. 8 of the 10 highest daily put option volume readings have occurred in 2026. We are seeing unprecedented options activity right now.
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