SPY Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, SPY traded between $677.07 and $695.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 9.8%). Max pain ranged from $670.00 to $686.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-21: Highest Volume — 11,688,548 contracts
  • 2026-01-20: Largest IV spike — 32.6% change
  • 2026-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 17.2%
  • 2026-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$690.26$677.07$695.90$682.60$691.45
Max Pain$683.80$670.00$686.00$670.00$686.00
ATM IV13.3%11.9%17.0%12.5%14.6%
Expected Move3.8%3.3%4.8%3.3%4.0%
HV 20d9.8%7.4%11.4%8.5%11.2%
HV 60d11.6%11.0%12.4%12.3%11.7%
IV Rank6.8%2.9%17.2%4.5%10.4%
IV Percentile31.6%8.3%77.0%15.1%58.3%
Term Structure0.2%-0.1%0.4%0.3%0.1%
VWIV15.2%11.6%19.1%11.6%17.2%
Skew 25d4.8%3.8%6.9%3.8%5.8%
Skew 10d10.5%7.2%15.0%7.9%12.1%
Call IV 25d11.1%10.2%13.5%10.5%11.7%
Put IV 25d15.9%14.1%20.3%14.3%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.731.562.502.501.88
Gamma HHI0.030.020.090.030.02
Net GEX-1.15B-14.89B13.69B-6.45B-6.04B
Net DEX-29.26B-74.24B59.51B-22.55B-8.47B
Net VEX-804.9M-859.7M-748.0M-758.3M-859.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.931.550.931.23
Total Volume8,971,732.156,752,26911,688,5488,784,4559,161,881
Total OI15,293,575.5513,515,48917,001,84913,755,95916,210,169

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$682.60$670.0012.5%3.3%8.5%4.5%11.6%3.8%0.3%-6.45B-22.55B-758.3M0.932.50N/AN/A4,547,8984,236,5574,737,9589,018,001
2026-01-05$687.97$680.0012.7%3.7%8.9%5.0%14.7%3.9%0.2%9.12B-51.98B-748.0M1.281.58N/AN/A3,310,1404,224,8724,601,6658,913,824
2026-01-06$692.05$680.0012.3%3.6%9.0%4.1%14.1%3.8%0.3%12.73B-67.22B-754.1M1.531.69N/AN/A3,879,4885,922,3694,616,3869,106,720
2026-01-07$689.50$684.0012.9%3.8%8.9%5.6%14.9%4.1%0.3%-5.67B-40.01B-790.0M1.121.59N/AN/A4,259,2104,752,2394,750,02510,464,053
2026-01-08$689.43$685.0012.9%3.7%8.9%5.6%14.5%4.5%0.2%-1.62B-37.90B-792.8M1.161.63N/AN/A3,674,7994,262,3734,853,15810,759,074
2026-01-09$694.83$685.0011.9%3.5%9.0%2.9%13.9%3.9%0.4%13.69B-74.24B-767.0M1.351.70N/AN/A3,963,8435,366,3514,913,86610,794,202
2026-01-12$695.33$685.0012.5%3.6%9.0%4.5%13.8%4.2%-0.1%6.07B-61.67B-773.4M1.251.66N/AN/A3,317,4854,133,0944,741,18111,053,465
2026-01-13$692.06$685.0013.2%3.8%8.3%6.6%14.9%5.1%-0.0%-7.62B-33.42B-802.9M1.001.66N/AN/A4,597,8694,585,3964,863,73211,250,056
2026-01-14$688.86$685.0013.8%3.9%8.5%8.1%16.4%5.2%-0.1%-12.22B-13.62B-818.8M0.981.56N/AN/A5,080,0654,981,0214,916,60911,454,664
2026-01-15$691.75$685.0012.9%3.7%8.5%5.7%14.4%5.0%-0.0%-283.7M-44.22B-802.3M1.181.61N/AN/A3,995,2264,726,5665,050,37611,746,358
2026-01-16$691.91$685.0012.8%3.7%7.4%5.4%14.6%5.1%0.0%-3.22B-39.83B-815.9M1.221.61N/AN/A3,749,2324,573,3195,054,61911,947,230
2026-01-20$677.07$685.0017.0%4.8%10.6%17.2%19.1%6.9%0.0%-14.89B59.51B-843.5M1.081.64N/AN/A5,100,3075,512,9484,096,1309,913,621
2026-01-21$685.38$685.0014.2%4.1%11.4%9.4%16.4%5.1%0.3%-3.26B-4.54B-823.8M1.041.78N/AN/A5,731,2035,957,3454,409,93010,216,401
2026-01-22$688.47$685.0013.3%3.8%11.3%6.9%16.0%4.6%0.3%-476.3M-17.95B-817.3M1.161.68N/AN/A4,347,7675,044,3864,440,24610,380,284
2026-01-23$689.22$685.0013.1%3.7%11.2%6.3%14.5%4.9%0.4%-3.72B-13.70B-818.7M1.221.70N/AN/A3,975,9184,835,9914,434,31910,647,688
2026-01-26$693.70$685.0013.1%3.6%11.3%6.2%15.5%4.8%0.3%4.00B-34.21B-810.8M1.551.74N/AN/A3,235,0395,007,9944,329,25610,314,513
2026-01-27$695.90$685.0013.2%3.7%11.4%6.5%15.0%4.9%0.3%3.97B-39.30B-822.3M1.431.82N/AN/A3,368,2554,802,1964,357,49710,861,787
2026-01-28$695.22$685.0013.5%3.7%11.3%7.4%15.9%5.0%0.3%-1.52B-27.80B-835.7M1.061.89N/AN/A3,277,4873,474,7824,400,42611,339,942
2026-01-29$692.55$686.0014.0%3.9%11.4%8.8%16.9%5.6%0.2%-5.50B-12.11B-843.3M1.201.73N/AN/A4,764,4915,697,2414,515,09111,396,989
2026-01-30$691.45$686.0014.6%4.0%11.2%10.4%17.2%5.8%0.1%-6.04B-8.47B-859.7M1.231.88N/AN/A4,102,2595,059,6224,607,63011,602,539