W Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, W traded between $102.93 and $118.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.4%, placing in the 19.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.0% (HV 20d: 40.4%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.23.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-08: Highest Volume — 13,549 contracts
  • 2026-01-21: Largest IV spike — 19.2% change
  • 2026-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 35.7%
  • 2026-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 24.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.83$102.93$118.58$106.48$102.93
Max Pain$96.88$70.00$100.00$70.00$100.00
ATM IV66.4%52.4%80.5%52.4%78.9%
Expected Move20.3%15.0%24.0%15.0%23.7%
HV 20d40.4%33.6%46.8%37.6%46.8%
HV 60d61.4%51.1%66.0%65.9%51.9%
IV Rank19.5%3.4%35.7%3.4%33.9%
IV Percentile49.2%6.3%88.1%6.3%84.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-8.6%10.5%-0.2%-7.4%
VWIV70.5%52.4%82.1%52.4%79.4%
Skew 25d1.9%-3.1%6.0%0.3%-0.6%
Skew 10d4.0%-9.8%42.4%8.5%-2.8%
Call IV 25d64.9%52.2%78.4%52.5%78.4%
Put IV 25d66.8%52.8%82.2%52.8%77.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.0935.6868.8855.1544.95
Gamma HHI0.100.050.210.080.18
Net GEX3.7M-7.0M9.7M5.1M-7.0M
Net DEX-527.0M-873.7M-148.9M-624.9M-148.9M
Net VEX-1.8M-1.9M-1.8M-1.8M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.230.243.220.721.39
Total Volume7,325.42,47413,5497,7085,336
Total OI184,822.25133,741236,593211,577144,439

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$106.48$70.0052.4%15.0%37.6%3.4%52.4%0.3%-0.2%5.1M-624.9M-1.8M0.7255.15N/AN/A4,4833,22593,662117,915
2026-01-05$105.85$95.0053.8%19.0%37.3%5.0%66.4%1.2%-1.4%3.5M-593.3M-1.8M1.8060.69N/AN/A1,6913,05291,428115,579
2026-01-06$108.48$95.0059.5%19.7%37.9%11.6%69.3%-0.5%0.7%3.9M-650.6M-1.8M0.7658.98N/AN/A7,0565,35191,687117,595
2026-01-07$109.97$95.0057.0%18.4%37.6%8.7%64.9%2.2%2.6%5.0M-691.4M-1.8M0.4859.24N/AN/A4,5222,18397,551120,723
2026-01-08$112.17$95.0058.5%18.1%37.6%10.4%63.6%2.7%-4.1%6.3M-755.4M-1.9M1.6360.64N/AN/A5,1488,401100,682121,659
2026-01-09$115.94$95.0055.1%17.5%38.5%6.5%61.6%3.5%-0.9%9.7M-842.3M-1.8M0.7263.72N/AN/A7,5295,398102,930124,290
2026-01-12$115.09$95.0058.7%18.8%34.8%10.6%67.1%2.2%7.4%6.9M-789.1M-1.9M1.5754.13N/AN/A1,9153,014100,737121,486
2026-01-13$118.58$97.5060.0%18.5%33.6%12.1%66.0%4.8%4.5%7.5M-873.7M-1.8M1.3058.25N/AN/A2,7133,525101,594123,603
2026-01-14$114.51$100.0061.2%18.5%36.9%13.5%65.5%0.7%2.6%7.9M-782.7M-1.8M1.7766.42N/AN/A2,4724,370102,881124,791
2026-01-15$117.63$100.0059.9%18.5%37.6%12.0%66.1%4.0%5.9%9.5M-859.0M-1.8M0.2461.50N/AN/A6,2831,489103,234128,002
2026-01-16$114.87$100.0059.4%18.9%39.0%11.4%64.8%3.2%10.5%8.8M-802.0M-1.9M0.8568.88N/AN/A4,0993,489107,907128,686
2026-01-20$107.61$100.0067.5%19.6%45.0%20.8%69.7%-3.1%3.2%224.7K-225.6M-1.8M0.5759.54N/AN/A6,1763,49559,46676,159
2026-01-21$110.45$100.0080.5%23.1%44.7%35.7%79.3%6.0%-4.8%1.1M-273.3M-1.8M0.5651.99N/AN/A3,4371,92061,12977,352
2026-01-22$110.09$100.0077.4%22.4%44.4%32.1%77.6%0.5%-7.0%1.1M-274.5M-1.8M0.7544.69N/AN/A6,6394,99563,66478,161
2026-01-23$109.31$100.0078.0%22.8%43.7%32.8%76.3%2.3%-2.5%-1.4M-243.9M-1.8M0.4945.81N/AN/A3,7381,83365,07380,492
2026-01-26$109.61$100.0077.4%23.0%43.4%32.1%79.8%-1.3%-5.3%2.4M-294.3M-1.8M2.0535.68N/AN/A1,9113,91760,03373,708
2026-01-27$111.14$100.0078.8%24.0%43.4%33.7%79.0%2.7%-3.7%2.0M-309.5M-1.8M1.8135.92N/AN/A8801,59461,21276,248
2026-01-28$108.88$100.0077.3%23.8%44.1%32.0%82.1%2.1%-2.8%1.1M-268.4M-1.8M3.2253.97N/AN/A9633,10261,51977,449
2026-01-29$107.02$100.0077.2%23.0%44.8%32.0%79.0%4.5%-8.6%-286.1K-236.9M-1.8M2.0141.63N/AN/A1,7153,44961,79379,926
2026-01-30$102.93$100.0078.9%23.7%46.8%33.9%79.4%-0.6%-7.4%-7.0M-148.9M-1.8M1.3944.95N/AN/A2,2333,10362,80881,631