Deere & Company (DE) Volatility Skew
Implied volatility skew shows how IV varies across strike prices for a given expiration. Steeper skews indicate higher demand for downside protection relative to upside speculation.
Deere & Company (DE) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Agricultural - Machinery industry, with a market capitalization near $156.84B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 73,100 people, carrying a beta of 0.97 to the broader market. Deere & Company manufactures and distributes various equipment worldwide. Led by John C. May, public since 1972-06-01.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $563.17
- ATM IV
- 40.3%
- IV Skew 25Δ
- 0.001
- IV Rank
- 93.1%
- IV Percentile
- 99.2%
- Term Structure Slope
- -0.004
As of May 15, 2026, Deere & Company (DE) at-the-money implied volatility is 40.3%. IV rank is 93.1% (where 0% is the 52-week low and 100% is the 52-week high). IV percentile is 99.2%. The 25-delta skew is +0.001: skew is roughly flat across the 25-delta wings. High IV rank typically favors premium-selling strategies; low IV rank favors premium-buying.
DE Strategy Selection at Current Volatility Levels
For Deere & Company options at 40.3% ATM IV, high IV rank (93.1%) favors premium-selling structures: credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls, cash-secured puts. The risk: a continued vol expansion through high-rank levels is rare but expensive when it happens. Pair the vol-rank read with the dealer-gamma view and the upcoming-events calendar to confirm the strategy fits both the structural regime and the path-dependent risk. The variance risk premium - the persistent gap between implied and subsequently realized vol - is positive in equity markets on average; high IV rank typically reflects a stretch where the premium is wider than usual.
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Frequently asked DE volatility skew questions
- What is the current DE ATM implied volatility?
- As of May 15, 2026, Deere & Company (DE) at-the-money implied volatility is 40.3%. IV rank is 93.1% on a 0-100% scale anchored to the 1-year IV range. ATM IV is the volatility input that makes a Black-Scholes-equivalent model reproduce the listed at-the-money option prices.
- Is DE IV high or low historically?
- IV is elevated relative to its 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling strategies (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls).
- What does DE volatility skew tell options traders?
- Volatility skew is the pattern by which IV varies across strikes for a given expiration. Deere & Company skew is roughly flat across the 25-delta wings. Skew matters for risk-defined strategy selection: when downside puts are rich, put-credit spreads capture more premium; when upside calls are rich, call-credit spreads or covered-call writes harvest more.