INTC Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, INTC traded between $39.42 and $53.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 61.7%, placing in the 43.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 67.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-23: Highest Volume — 2,451,138 contracts
  • 2026-01-23: Largest IV drop — 22.8% change
  • 2026-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 66.7%
  • 2026-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 21.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.77$39.42$53.99$39.59$46.36
Max Pain$36.55$30.00$40.00$30.00$40.00
ATM IV61.7%52.0%74.3%56.7%56.4%
Expected Move17.1%13.8%21.3%13.8%16.3%
HV 20d67.1%40.7%104.8%51.5%104.8%
HV 60d60.3%50.8%74.4%50.8%74.4%
IV Rank43.5%25.6%66.7%34.2%33.8%
IV Percentile73.4%44.4%94.8%65.9%66.3%
Term Structure-1.7%-3.7%0.8%-0.4%-1.5%
VWIV61.8%50.4%75.4%50.4%59.5%
Skew 25d-5.5%-9.7%-2.9%-5.3%-3.4%
Skew 10d-6.3%-17.7%20.7%3.6%-7.8%
Call IV 25d66.6%54.5%79.0%61.8%60.2%
Put IV 25d61.0%50.7%73.0%56.5%56.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.846.5214.926.5213.81
Gamma HHI0.100.070.170.100.09
Net GEX94.8M28.0M170.4M113.0M74.5M
Net DEX-7.82B-11.04B-3.92B-6.16B-6.24B
Net VEX-33.2M-36.6M-30.6M-30.6M-36.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.300.810.300.54
Total Volume867,941371,2612,451,138658,968704,210
Total OI5,983,8274,795,9076,733,1386,189,3795,977,583

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$39.59$30.0056.7%13.8%51.5%34.2%50.4%-5.3%-0.4%113.0M-6.16B-30.6M0.306.52504,961154,0073,654,6562,534,723
2026-01-05$39.42$35.0058.9%16.0%41.8%38.2%57.7%-5.1%-2.2%89.6M-5.85B-30.8M0.456.83319,424143,5593,597,7542,520,196
2026-01-06$40.19$35.0058.2%16.0%40.7%37.0%57.9%-5.9%-0.9%101.5M-6.35B-31.2M0.389.76269,789101,4723,665,6452,562,400
2026-01-07$42.47$35.0061.6%16.5%43.1%43.3%59.4%-5.7%-2.8%121.6M-7.92B-31.8M0.308.50933,858283,6133,693,6642,590,381
2026-01-08$41.25$35.0062.6%16.9%44.5%45.1%61.0%-6.0%-2.8%99.7M-6.76B-31.8M0.4114.20350,077143,1563,746,3352,665,868
2026-01-09$45.66$35.0067.1%18.2%57.0%53.4%63.1%-8.1%-2.3%170.4M-10.10B-32.5M0.549.11951,620510,0243,824,7182,687,296
2026-01-12$44.41$35.0064.0%17.7%56.0%47.8%64.0%-7.9%-2.6%102.8M-8.62B-32.6M0.668.80237,267157,6923,697,9212,701,571
2026-01-13$47.09$35.0070.1%19.1%56.5%59.1%68.9%-6.5%-1.2%119.6M-10.34B-33.1M0.4810.69560,610271,7273,719,1952,728,731
2026-01-14$48.42$36.0068.8%19.1%56.3%56.6%68.4%-6.3%-2.0%122.5M-10.94B-33.3M0.447.45459,574201,3343,738,1062,815,097
2026-01-15$48.58$37.0065.8%18.2%56.0%51.1%67.3%-9.7%-2.6%130.2M-11.04B-33.1M0.547.18512,671275,9533,782,4132,876,342
2026-01-16$47.07$37.0062.0%17.4%55.6%43.9%62.2%-4.3%-1.7%108.6M-9.82B-32.8M0.4411.56445,004195,8763,822,1402,910,998
2026-01-20$48.67$37.0067.4%19.2%56.1%53.9%69.7%-4.9%-3.7%75.0M-7.53B-32.8M0.4610.59421,641195,7282,633,4342,162,473
2026-01-21$53.86$37.0074.3%21.3%63.9%66.7%75.4%-6.0%-3.7%85.4M-10.04B-33.4M0.4910.25814,243395,8852,744,2072,226,427
2026-01-22$53.99$37.0068.3%19.6%61.9%55.7%70.4%-3.6%-1.6%87.2M-9.97B-34.2M0.816.84572,856463,6802,889,5682,354,413
2026-01-23$44.95$38.0052.7%15.2%94.9%26.9%55.9%-2.9%-0.5%28.0M-4.49B-33.0M0.668.441,474,280976,8583,067,8692,577,692
2026-01-26$42.52$38.0052.0%14.6%97.6%25.6%53.7%-3.8%-1.1%33.7M-3.92B-33.2M0.649.26534,181340,2032,921,1742,440,177
2026-01-27$43.95$39.0052.9%14.6%97.9%27.2%53.3%-2.9%-1.5%58.1M-4.90B-34.2M0.4310.17449,146192,1003,036,6302,505,034
2026-01-28$48.54$40.0057.1%16.5%103.0%35.0%58.9%-6.3%0.0%95.5M-7.96B-36.4M0.4911.88881,340435,7863,152,8492,572,289
2026-01-29$48.31$40.0057.5%16.6%103.2%35.7%59.5%-6.2%0.8%79.7M-7.54B-36.6M0.5014.92348,046175,3693,203,1532,675,418
2026-01-30$46.36$40.0056.4%16.3%104.8%33.8%59.5%-3.4%-1.5%74.5M-6.24B-36.3M0.5413.81458,605245,6053,292,1202,685,463