WM Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, WM traded between $216.60 and $231.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 28.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 14.6%). Max pain ranged from $210.00 to $220.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-28: Highest Volume — 5,852 contracts
  • 2026-01-29: Largest IV drop — 23.4% change
  • 2026-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 40.5%
  • 2026-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$222.41$216.60$231.41$217.94$221.53
Max Pain$218.50$210.00$220.00$210.00$220.00
ATM IV20.5%15.6%24.2%15.6%18.3%
Expected Move6.1%4.5%6.9%4.5%5.2%
HV 20d14.6%13.1%20.5%14.0%20.1%
HV 60d19.2%16.0%20.2%20.0%17.5%
IV Rank28.9%13.2%40.5%13.2%21.8%
IV Percentile64.0%8.7%91.3%8.7%50.4%
Term Structure-1.0%-2.8%4.8%4.8%0.4%
VWIV21.9%16.8%24.8%16.8%18.2%
Skew 25d2.2%0.8%3.3%0.8%2.4%
Skew 10d4.8%2.0%6.7%2.5%4.2%
Call IV 25d20.8%16.3%23.2%16.3%17.3%
Put IV 25d23.0%17.1%25.7%17.1%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.4266.2782.5174.3577.06
Gamma HHI0.230.190.350.210.20
Net GEX6.9M3.4M15.0M5.9M3.5M
Net DEX-109.7M-163.3M-70.5M-86.7M-70.5M
Net VEX-994.5K-1.1M-946.5K-971.5K-972.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.252.232.230.59
Total Volume2,130.658855,8521,0931,900
Total OI36,468.527,25245,39639,83131,275

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$217.94$210.0015.6%4.5%14.0%13.2%16.8%0.8%4.8%5.9M-86.7M-971.5K2.2374.35N/AN/A33875525,52814,303
2026-01-05$219.32$210.0017.5%6.0%13.5%19.2%21.5%2.3%-1.7%6.2M-94.7M-961.7K0.6879.18N/AN/A83356325,55414,648
2026-01-06$219.93$210.0015.9%5.7%13.5%14.2%20.8%0.8%0.3%6.7M-103.3M-955.5K0.5279.40N/AN/A97250325,75914,754
2026-01-07$216.60$220.0018.0%5.8%13.5%20.8%21.2%2.8%-0.9%4.7M-71.7M-950.2K0.7880.83N/AN/A93373225,77514,928
2026-01-08$218.25$220.0018.3%6.0%13.5%21.9%21.5%1.2%-1.3%6.1M-92.4M-964.9K0.5876.42N/AN/A62836626,24215,218
2026-01-09$221.24$220.0017.0%5.8%14.1%17.7%20.9%2.0%-0.9%7.4M-121.5M-978.9K0.3073.01N/AN/A1,03831226,27015,379
2026-01-12$218.71$220.0020.2%6.1%14.7%27.8%22.1%2.1%-1.3%6.8M-97.6M-950.0K0.9275.95N/AN/A81274426,58715,415
2026-01-13$216.79$220.0021.8%6.3%13.6%32.9%22.3%1.9%-1.8%5.7M-74.0M-946.5K0.9670.97N/AN/A1,3381,29126,79615,600
2026-01-14$217.85$220.0021.9%6.3%13.1%33.3%22.1%2.5%-1.5%7.2M-86.6M-991.5K0.7582.51N/AN/A1,19088927,49216,506
2026-01-15$219.16$220.0021.9%6.3%13.1%33.3%22.0%2.6%-1.4%10.1M-104.5M-1.0M0.4275.38N/AN/A62326228,15117,156
2026-01-16$220.87$220.0022.2%6.4%13.4%34.3%22.1%2.3%-1.4%15.0M-140.1M-1.0M0.4372.25N/AN/A1,20352228,15417,242
2026-01-20$221.41$220.0024.2%6.9%13.3%40.5%24.0%3.0%-2.4%4.6M-91.3M-1.0M0.6869.04N/AN/A80154816,37210,880
2026-01-21$225.47$220.0022.8%6.5%14.4%36.1%23.8%3.3%-2.3%6.2M-119.2M-1.0M0.2574.21N/AN/A1,64840416,82111,077
2026-01-22$228.63$220.0022.6%6.5%14.8%35.4%23.5%2.4%-1.8%7.3M-146.9M-1.0M0.4270.56N/AN/A1,67470917,05811,291
2026-01-23$229.08$220.0023.6%6.8%14.8%38.5%24.1%3.2%-2.5%7.1M-142.6M-1.0M0.9173.48N/AN/A2,1251,94016,84611,108
2026-01-26$230.50$220.0023.2%6.6%14.8%37.2%24.6%1.5%-2.8%7.7M-150.2M-1.0M0.8775.54N/AN/A1,12798117,43211,905
2026-01-27$231.41$220.0023.6%6.8%14.8%38.8%23.7%2.4%-1.4%8.4M-161.3M-1.0M0.4772.56N/AN/A87041217,97412,469
2026-01-28$231.17$220.0023.6%6.8%14.6%38.8%24.8%2.5%-1.0%8.5M-163.3M-1.1M1.4669.34N/AN/A2,3833,46918,15012,541
2026-01-29$222.41$220.0018.1%5.2%20.5%21.3%18.3%2.4%0.4%3.4M-75.9M-997.8K1.1866.27N/AN/A2,1952,58018,87613,838
2026-01-30$221.53$220.0018.3%5.2%20.1%21.8%18.2%2.4%0.4%3.5M-70.5M-972.3K0.5977.06N/AN/A1,19270818,53112,744