BlackRock Options Trading Surge
On June 18, 2026 at 3:01 p.m. New York time, exchange data compiled by Bloomberg showed that total options contracts traded for Blackrock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) rose to 3,546. Call contracts accounted for 2,669 contracts and put contracts for 877 contracts. The most actively traded series was the January 15, 2027 $1,760 call, which saw 1,371 contracts traded and held an open interest of 10 contracts as of the previous trading day.
Blackrock’s common stock closed at $1,067.56, representing a 1.46 % increase from the prior close. The three‑month implied volatility of the stock increased by 0.47 percentage points to 28.78 %. Over the same three‑month horizon, the 90/110 skew narrowed by 0.22 percentage points to 3.71 percentage points.
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