LOW Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, LOW traded between $244.68 and $277.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.6%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 22.8%). Max pain ranged from $240.00 to $270.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-09: Highest Volume — 21,956 contracts
  • 2026-01-26: Largest IV spike — 9.9% change
  • 2026-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 36.1%
  • 2026-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$266.64$244.68$277.79$245.82$266.81
Max Pain$255.75$240.00$270.00$240.00$270.00
ATM IV25.6%22.1%31.3%22.1%31.2%
Expected Move6.8%6.2%7.2%6.2%6.9%
HV 20d22.8%15.6%28.2%15.9%27.9%
HV 60d24.7%22.5%26.0%22.7%25.7%
IV Rank21.0%11.6%36.1%11.6%35.7%
IV Percentile51.0%22.2%88.9%22.2%88.5%
Term Structure0.6%-1.5%6.3%-0.4%-0.6%
VWIV23.9%21.5%25.7%21.5%24.2%
Skew 25d2.7%0.8%4.5%2.0%3.3%
Skew 10d6.0%-0.2%10.1%7.1%5.6%
Call IV 25d24.5%21.4%30.5%21.4%29.4%
Put IV 25d27.1%23.4%33.6%23.4%32.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.9444.3980.8159.9563.66
Gamma HHI0.110.070.170.080.07
Net GEX17.7M145.6K33.5M6.9M145.6K
Net DEX-488.4M-964.8M-130.1M-159.8M-205.6M
Net VEX-3.4M-3.8M-2.9M-2.9M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.241.990.771.02
Total Volume8,472.352,46621,9563,3323,708
Total OI111,222.3594,117137,580111,943105,620

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$245.82$240.0022.1%6.2%15.9%11.6%21.5%2.0%-0.4%6.9M-159.8M-2.9M0.7759.95N/AN/A1,8811,45156,38355,560
2026-01-05$244.68$240.0022.4%6.8%15.9%12.5%23.5%2.4%-0.1%4.1M-130.1M-2.9M0.7280.81N/AN/A1,6951,21655,61154,338
2026-01-06$247.49$240.0024.1%6.6%16.0%17.4%24.1%4.5%-0.4%10.2M-185.2M-2.9M1.3766.19N/AN/A1,9082,61356,06354,654
2026-01-07$247.59$240.0023.3%6.8%15.6%15.1%24.4%1.8%-0.3%11.8M-213.9M-3.0M0.6278.93N/AN/A4,3562,70956,82456,144
2026-01-08$255.63$240.0024.2%6.5%18.3%17.6%24.4%2.5%-0.4%25.6M-400.9M-3.0M0.2477.90N/AN/A11,7052,85557,28356,898
2026-01-09$266.92$250.0023.5%6.4%22.5%15.6%22.6%3.4%-0.3%31.1M-853.9M-3.1M0.5275.67N/AN/A14,4257,53165,23557,946
2026-01-12$270.29$250.0023.6%6.7%22.7%15.9%22.6%2.8%-0.2%30.2M-781.1M-3.2M0.2772.27N/AN/A8,8902,39061,00061,323
2026-01-13$273.41$250.0023.0%6.6%22.6%14.2%23.3%2.4%0.3%33.5M-859.0M-3.4M0.7166.24N/AN/A3,5332,50464,08362,721
2026-01-14$274.15$260.0025.1%6.9%22.6%20.3%24.4%2.7%-0.8%30.4M-877.2M-3.4M0.4271.31N/AN/A6,0452,56964,53064,355
2026-01-15$277.48$260.0023.7%6.6%22.4%16.2%22.8%3.2%-1.1%33.3M-964.8M-3.3M0.5071.85N/AN/A7,1683,61366,47565,936
2026-01-16$277.37$260.0023.3%6.4%22.4%14.9%23.2%4.2%-1.5%25.0M-944.8M-3.5M0.4676.74N/AN/A5,3982,47069,07568,505
2026-01-20$268.42$260.0025.3%7.2%26.3%20.7%25.7%2.1%4.8%13.1M-358.0M-3.6M0.2760.73N/AN/A15,5614,21249,21947,184
2026-01-21$276.61$260.0024.5%7.0%25.8%18.5%24.1%2.4%6.3%22.8M-540.3M-3.6M0.3962.11N/AN/A8,1953,17048,83150,225
2026-01-22$275.52$260.0025.2%6.9%25.8%20.4%24.3%1.8%5.3%20.2M-473.3M-3.4M0.3351.41N/AN/A6,9552,31346,24751,398
2026-01-23$275.89$265.0026.1%6.9%25.7%22.1%23.7%2.0%4.8%19.5M-468.8M-3.5M0.7054.83N/AN/A2,7751,94449,39552,299
2026-01-26$277.79$265.0028.7%7.0%25.7%28.2%25.6%0.8%-0.7%16.9M-467.5M-3.5M1.1144.39N/AN/A1,4771,63444,91049,207
2026-01-27$274.54$267.5030.2%6.9%26.5%32.6%23.5%2.8%-1.5%12.5M-382.8M-3.5M1.9959.70N/AN/A2,1064,19345,16049,571
2026-01-28$269.58$267.5030.5%7.2%27.8%33.6%25.0%2.7%-0.4%3.9M-254.1M-3.7M0.4273.91N/AN/A6,8982,91545,85253,445
2026-01-29$266.89$270.0031.3%7.0%28.2%36.1%25.2%3.8%-0.4%2.1M-247.1M-3.8M1.3070.24N/AN/A1,0741,39251,33153,611
2026-01-30$266.81$270.0031.2%6.9%27.9%35.7%24.2%3.3%-0.6%145.6K-205.6M-3.8M1.0263.66N/AN/A1,8321,87651,64753,973