WMT Options History — July 2007

In July 2007, WMT traded between $15.31 and $16.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 51.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 14.9%). Max pain ranged from $15.83 to $15.83. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2007-07-27: Highest Volume — 269,307 contracts
  • 2007-07-12: Largest IV spike — 15.6% change
  • 2007-07-30: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-07-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.97$15.31$16.38$16.11$15.32
Max Pain$15.83$15.83$15.83$15.83$15.83
ATM IV19.1%15.1%25.3%15.8%25.3%
Expected Move5.6%4.4%7.3%4.5%7.3%
HV 20d14.9%11.4%18.6%13.6%18.5%
HV 60d17.3%16.7%18.0%17.2%18.0%
IV Rank51.6%14.0%100.0%16.9%100.0%
IV Percentile72.9%17.3%100.0%27.0%99.3%
Term Structure-0.3%-3.0%3.5%2.8%-2.6%
VWIV19.4%14.4%24.9%14.4%24.9%
Skew 25d1.9%1.0%3.1%2.8%1.5%
Skew 10d3.5%-2.0%9.3%8.2%1.9%
Call IV 25d18.8%13.8%24.2%14.0%24.2%
Put IV 25d20.6%16.0%25.7%16.8%25.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.795.088.677.037.21
Gamma HHI0.160.120.360.170.12
Net GEX41.0M16.0M82.8M47.7M16.0M
Net DEX-1.72B-2.36B-958.1M-1.92B-958.1M
Net VEX-18.6M-19.7M-11.4M-19.1M-19.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.141.400.360.60
Total Volume107,684.28615,618269,30739,897183,408
Total OI5,420,144.2863,224,7725,748,6485,425,7105,686,971

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-07-02$16.11$15.8315.8%4.5%13.6%0.0%14.4%2.8%2.8%47.7M-1.92B-19.1M0.367.0329,28010,6173,410,9852,014,725
2007-07-03$16.16$15.8315.7%4.5%13.1%0.0%15.4%2.1%2.9%50.1M-1.98B-19.0M0.497.2410,5155,1033,422,6221,999,542
2007-07-05$16.03$15.8315.4%4.4%13.0%16.9%15.1%1.7%3.5%46.8M-1.90B-18.7M0.556.5725,54514,0883,423,3181,993,650
2007-07-06$16.13$15.8315.1%5.4%11.7%14.0%17.8%2.3%-0.5%49.1M-1.99B-18.6M0.316.6155,53617,2533,425,1661,993,608
2007-07-09$16.17$15.8316.4%5.4%11.4%25.0%18.4%1.7%-0.9%53.9M-2.02B-19.0M1.406.9019,68927,5193,457,6472,004,195
2007-07-10$15.86$15.8316.2%5.5%13.0%23.5%18.8%1.9%0.2%29.7M-1.60B-19.1M0.655.0867,37443,5783,464,2832,028,045
2007-07-11$15.89$15.8316.0%5.3%11.6%21.8%17.5%2.6%0.1%29.5M-1.62B-18.9M1.166.0647,41854,9513,477,4022,017,014
2007-07-12$16.28$15.8318.5%5.3%13.9%43.3%18.7%2.2%-0.2%61.5M-2.19B-18.8M0.146.68201,68428,2543,474,6662,029,344
2007-07-13$16.38$15.8318.5%5.3%14.1%43.6%18.5%2.0%-0.6%82.8M-2.36B-18.8M0.337.2973,44624,2433,583,1822,036,709
2007-07-16$16.31$15.8318.9%5.4%14.1%46.8%21.8%2.5%-0.7%65.0M-1.16B-11.4M0.537.8826,43313,9322,145,6091,079,163
2007-07-17$16.12$15.8319.8%5.7%14.7%54.5%19.2%1.8%-1.6%52.0M-2.00B-18.4M1.137.3952,37759,2113,588,3272,043,114
2007-07-18$16.01$15.8319.2%5.5%14.7%49.2%18.8%1.5%-0.6%37.6M-1.84B-18.6M1.055.6688,12892,2113,592,5122,073,150
2007-07-19$16.26$15.8319.4%5.6%15.7%50.7%19.5%1.3%-0.8%46.0M-2.17B-18.6M0.607.5861,79736,9213,613,0772,101,878
2007-07-20$16.02$15.8319.8%5.7%16.6%54.6%19.5%1.0%-0.8%34.4M-1.87B-18.8M0.855.5567,33257,0093,637,1072,111,541
2007-07-23$16.04$15.8320.1%5.8%16.0%57.4%19.9%1.9%-0.8%33.7M-1.79B-18.8M0.505.5645,26122,6893,309,2282,055,201
2007-07-24$16.01$15.8319.8%5.7%16.0%54.7%19.8%1.0%-0.2%33.6M-1.78B-18.9M0.758.6742,39931,8903,332,8082,070,573
2007-07-25$15.96$15.8320.1%5.8%16.0%57.2%20.2%1.0%-0.8%31.2M-1.68B-19.0M0.395.3372,13528,4013,344,2592,083,488
2007-07-26$15.61$15.8322.0%6.3%17.3%73.3%22.4%1.3%-0.3%24.7M-1.31B-19.3M1.278.4384,069106,5693,381,0422,092,857
2007-07-27$15.31$15.8324.4%7.0%18.4%94.0%23.9%1.9%-1.7%18.5M-998.6M-19.2M1.377.69113,550155,7573,419,5952,120,859
2007-07-30$15.40$15.8325.3%7.3%18.6%100.0%23.7%3.1%-3.0%16.9M-1.05B-19.4M0.586.1640,37723,4213,468,3272,216,241
2007-07-31$15.32$15.8325.3%7.3%18.5%100.0%24.9%1.5%-2.6%16.0M-958.1M-19.7M0.607.21114,56468,8443,483,9002,203,071