SPY Options History — February 2026

In February 2026, SPY traded between $677.05 and $695.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 13.6%). Max pain ranged from $675.00 to $687.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.29.

Notable Days

  • 2026-02-12: Highest Volume — 11,576,148 contracts
  • 2026-02-06: Largest IV drop — 20.9% change
  • 2026-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 21.7%
  • 2026-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$687.37$677.05$695.57$695.57$685.25
Max Pain$681.21$675.00$687.00$687.00$684.00
ATM IV16.0%13.5%18.5%13.5%16.3%
Expected Move4.6%3.6%5.4%3.6%4.9%
HV 20d13.6%11.3%15.3%11.3%14.1%
HV 60d11.6%11.2%12.1%11.5%11.3%
IV Rank14.4%7.5%21.7%7.5%15.3%
IV Percentile66.3%38.9%81.3%38.9%69.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.4%0.4%0.2%-0.3%
VWIV19.0%15.7%20.8%15.7%20.3%
Skew 25d6.9%5.5%8.2%5.5%8.0%
Skew 10d14.0%11.7%16.4%11.7%16.4%
Call IV 25d12.7%11.2%14.8%11.2%12.9%
Put IV 25d19.6%16.8%22.4%16.8%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.681.412.001.901.92
Gamma HHI0.030.020.040.020.04
Net GEX-6.46B-17.74B7.19B1.74B-11.97B
Net DEX8.01B-37.43B68.73B-29.42B25.32B
Net VEX-862.4M-913.8M-830.6M-830.6M-886.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.291.031.581.581.22
Total Volume9,482,630.4217,377,37811,576,1488,162,3319,093,196
Total OI15,512,172.63214,303,20216,620,71814,766,25515,822,929

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-02-02$695.57$687.0013.5%3.6%11.3%7.5%15.7%5.5%0.2%1.74B-29.42B-830.6M1.581.90N/AN/A3,165,9334,996,3984,346,84610,419,409
2026-02-03$688.63$687.0015.2%4.3%11.6%12.1%17.6%6.0%0.0%-11.43B15.02B-860.0M1.102.00N/AN/A5,430,8755,979,6944,416,81710,622,110
2026-02-04$687.76$687.0015.8%4.5%11.4%13.9%18.2%6.3%-0.0%-8.19B11.16B-877.0M1.332.00N/AN/A4,108,7745,470,9424,597,46810,777,014
2026-02-05$677.05$678.0018.5%5.2%12.6%21.7%20.5%7.3%-0.3%-17.74B68.73B-913.8M1.261.97N/AN/A4,388,1775,509,8574,659,96411,023,591
2026-02-06$690.87$675.0014.7%4.3%14.7%10.7%18.6%5.9%0.1%2.99B-23.79B-868.3M1.301.51N/AN/A3,946,4355,130,1914,973,51811,011,874
2026-02-09$694.73$678.0014.2%4.2%14.5%9.2%16.9%5.8%0.4%7.19B-37.43B-847.3M1.121.59N/AN/A3,875,1994,330,1434,842,59310,560,713
2026-02-10$693.11$680.0014.5%4.3%14.6%10.2%17.0%6.2%0.4%-3.94B-17.60B-855.2M1.031.53N/AN/A4,050,5774,171,7934,842,97310,819,856
2026-02-11$692.49$680.0014.6%4.3%14.5%10.4%18.1%6.2%0.4%-4.70B-12.09B-856.2M1.261.48N/AN/A4,096,2525,147,4224,836,13010,863,922
2026-02-12$682.29$680.0017.1%5.0%15.3%17.7%19.6%7.1%0.2%-15.24B48.67B-883.5M1.261.51N/AN/A5,127,6556,448,4934,867,19810,903,950
2026-02-13$680.23$680.0017.6%5.1%15.3%19.2%20.1%7.6%0.1%-14.44B49.46B-898.1M1.301.69N/AN/A4,009,4255,227,7855,031,28410,985,984
2026-02-17$682.79$680.0017.2%4.9%15.3%17.8%19.6%7.7%-0.4%-8.59B24.23B-842.9M1.381.56N/AN/A4,122,2385,704,5824,940,44710,543,416
2026-02-18$685.85$680.0016.6%4.8%13.3%16.2%20.0%7.4%-0.3%-3.56B3.43B-846.0M1.391.41N/AN/A3,829,9225,328,6625,091,98310,708,798
2026-02-19$683.37$680.0017.6%5.1%12.6%19.0%20.1%8.0%-0.4%-9.91B22.79B-857.1M1.351.54N/AN/A4,064,0365,495,9325,238,39510,923,138
2026-02-20$689.03$680.0016.0%4.6%12.9%14.3%19.6%7.6%-0.2%-193.8M-11.34B-854.0M1.441.80N/AN/A4,414,0946,373,1275,381,28611,239,432
2026-02-23$681.41$680.0018.3%5.4%13.4%20.9%20.8%8.2%-0.4%-13.67B38.15B-857.7M1.071.52N/AN/A4,892,6285,250,8004,853,9819,449,221
2026-02-24$687.29$682.0016.3%4.8%13.6%15.3%20.4%7.4%-0.3%-2.79B-1.37B-847.4M1.391.56N/AN/A3,798,3595,280,5995,019,0179,588,156
2026-02-25$693.17$682.0014.6%4.3%13.9%10.6%18.0%6.5%-0.2%3.50B-28.36B-850.6M1.411.68N/AN/A3,054,9434,322,4354,986,4809,785,933
2026-02-26$689.20$683.0015.0%4.4%14.1%11.6%19.5%7.1%-0.2%-11.84B6.59B-854.3M1.281.78N/AN/A4,626,0175,906,3884,965,63810,789,816
2026-02-27$685.25$684.0016.3%4.9%14.1%15.3%20.3%8.0%-0.3%-11.97B25.32B-886.4M1.221.92N/AN/A4,091,0895,002,1075,123,82410,699,105