MSFT Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, MSFT traded between $357.00 and $409.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.4%, placing in the 36.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $390.00 to $420.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-27: Highest Volume — 1,403,763 contracts
  • 2026-03-27: Largest IV spike — 11.8% change
  • 2026-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 60.7%
  • 2026-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$390.14$357.00$409.56$397.40$371.75
Max Pain$407.95$390.00$420.00$420.00$390.00
ATM IV29.4%24.9%38.0%29.9%35.6%
Expected Move8.5%7.1%10.9%8.7%10.2%
HV 20d25.1%20.0%36.0%35.4%23.8%
HV 60d34.6%34.1%35.8%34.7%35.8%
IV Rank36.5%24.0%60.7%38.1%54.0%
IV Percentile76.5%57.5%98.4%84.9%96.4%
Term Structure1.4%-0.8%6.8%-0.6%-0.5%
VWIV27.9%24.4%32.0%30.3%28.4%
Skew 25d5.5%4.1%7.1%4.1%4.5%
Skew 10d10.6%8.0%13.6%8.0%9.1%
Call IV 25d27.0%23.1%36.8%28.0%34.5%
Put IV 25d32.5%27.7%43.7%32.1%39.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.443.2520.4816.445.74
Gamma HHI0.040.030.100.030.03
Net GEX245.5M-263.0M1.23B361.8M420.0M
Net DEX538.4M-9.23B10.83B-953.7M2.61B
Net VEX-206.1M-237.2M-174.6M-205.2M-186.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.392.500.890.87
Total Volume768,403.182498,9731,403,763719,073648,025
Total OI3,623,676.1363,332,1523,790,1623,332,1523,622,019

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$397.40$420.0029.9%8.7%35.4%38.1%30.3%4.1%-0.6%361.8M-953.7M-205.2M0.8916.44N/AN/A381,134337,9392,177,5021,154,650
2026-03-03$403.79$415.0029.6%8.7%36.0%37.2%30.6%5.2%-0.4%541.9M-4.64B-213.2M0.4419.23N/AN/A615,512272,7242,197,3081,152,833
2026-03-04$406.88$415.0029.5%8.6%34.1%37.0%29.3%4.8%-0.5%873.7M-7.99B-231.3M0.6215.53N/AN/A507,663315,0952,506,1571,175,195
2026-03-05$409.43$415.0029.5%8.5%33.8%37.0%27.1%5.7%-0.5%899.1M-9.23B-237.2M1.2412.37N/AN/A372,178460,6392,528,4401,177,697
2026-03-06$409.56$415.0030.7%8.7%26.8%40.1%28.9%7.1%-0.7%1.23B-8.84B-236.3M0.7911.20N/AN/A462,279365,0282,542,3751,207,623
2026-03-09$408.91$415.0029.1%8.3%26.1%35.9%29.4%5.8%0.1%597.9M-6.27B-230.1M0.7114.64N/AN/A292,367206,6062,439,9671,158,026
2026-03-10$405.08$415.0028.8%8.3%23.5%34.9%27.7%5.7%0.3%439.0M-3.91B-222.1M0.3920.48N/AN/A673,995264,3332,435,5401,155,200
2026-03-11$404.33$415.0026.9%7.8%23.5%29.6%26.5%5.5%0.4%262.4M-3.73B-226.5M0.8512.56N/AN/A306,476259,2502,591,6301,193,999
2026-03-12$403.04$410.0028.1%8.5%21.9%32.9%24.9%5.9%0.3%374.0M-3.30B-220.6M2.506.15N/AN/A249,934624,4812,468,7771,178,180
2026-03-13$394.87$410.0028.7%8.3%23.1%34.6%27.2%6.0%0.2%-263.0M1.94B-209.7M0.985.44N/AN/A412,821405,5712,506,5081,206,537
2026-03-16$399.10$410.0026.4%7.6%23.3%28.1%26.0%4.9%0.7%309.7M-960.6M-211.0M1.207.15N/AN/A309,526372,7512,469,2291,176,727
2026-03-17$399.42$410.0024.9%7.1%23.1%24.0%24.4%4.6%0.7%327.5M-1.04B-208.0M1.236.00N/AN/A247,182305,0262,487,8221,178,232
2026-03-18$391.17$410.0027.5%7.9%24.0%31.3%26.9%5.5%0.4%-86.3M3.21B-202.9M0.976.16N/AN/A307,008298,9002,535,1201,192,822
2026-03-19$388.54$410.0026.2%7.5%24.0%27.6%25.5%5.2%0.8%-141.6M3.96B-199.9M1.437.16N/AN/A266,509379,9052,553,0401,200,862
2026-03-20$380.70$405.0028.8%8.3%24.9%34.9%28.0%5.9%0.1%-259.2M6.35B-193.9M0.849.98N/AN/A348,126292,4742,603,9361,186,226
2026-03-23$383.76$405.0025.8%7.4%21.7%26.4%24.6%5.9%6.8%61.5M3.19B-194.2M0.763.52N/AN/A348,594265,0482,264,0541,071,143
2026-03-24$373.46$405.0028.0%8.1%23.2%32.6%27.5%5.5%6.1%-102.0M6.70B-184.7M0.685.34N/AN/A475,767322,1492,321,1201,084,865
2026-03-25$370.55$400.0028.2%8.1%20.0%33.2%27.3%5.5%6.1%-158.7M7.24B-183.1M0.676.21N/AN/A449,442302,0362,436,7101,134,923
2026-03-26$365.85$400.0031.1%8.9%20.0%41.4%28.8%5.8%6.5%-64.8M8.00B-182.8M1.298.01N/AN/A400,786516,6002,461,9321,125,168
2026-03-27$357.00$395.0034.8%9.9%20.4%51.7%31.4%5.1%6.1%-235.8M10.83B-174.6M0.515.06N/AN/A929,245474,5182,533,6981,142,601
2026-03-30$358.50$390.0038.0%10.9%20.0%60.7%32.0%6.9%-0.8%9.9M8.68B-180.4M0.993.25N/AN/A432,818426,4102,645,2501,139,232
2026-03-31$371.75$390.0035.6%10.2%23.8%54.0%28.4%4.5%-0.5%420.0M2.61B-186.5M0.875.74N/AN/A347,180300,8452,474,9201,147,099