WMT Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, WMT traded between $14.39 and $16.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.7%, placing in the 68.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 29.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.83. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-28: Highest Volume — 432,927 contracts
  • 2007-08-14: Largest IV drop — 24.9% change
  • 2007-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.93$14.39$16.14$15.41$14.54
Max Pain$15.62$15.00$15.83$15.83$15.00
ATM IV25.7%20.7%33.9%27.7%23.3%
Expected Move7.0%5.9%8.3%7.9%6.7%
HV 20d29.1%18.6%33.1%18.6%32.0%
HV 60d22.7%18.0%25.0%18.0%22.7%
IV Rank68.0%35.6%100.0%100.0%48.1%
IV Percentile93.6%83.2%100.0%100.0%88.0%
Term Structure1.0%-3.1%2.8%-3.1%1.8%
VWIV23.7%19.6%27.6%26.3%23.0%
Skew 25d3.9%0.1%7.1%7.1%2.0%
Skew 10d7.5%0.5%16.5%16.5%5.1%
Call IV 25d22.3%18.8%25.1%21.2%22.2%
Put IV 25d26.2%21.7%31.5%28.3%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.825.5015.629.085.90
Gamma HHI0.140.120.170.120.16
Net GEX13.4M469.7K39.4M18.1M13.4M
Net DEX-678.8M-1.82B18.1M-1.06B-510.4M
Net VEX-19.4M-20.6M-18.3M-19.8M-18.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.352.961.010.57
Total Volume205,804.43586,307432,927223,056130,293
Total OI6,008,856.9135,722,1496,213,4415,722,1496,155,547

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$15.41$15.8327.7%7.9%18.6%100.0%26.3%7.1%-3.1%18.1M-1.06B-19.8M1.019.08110,952112,1043,502,5272,219,622
2007-08-02$15.58$15.8323.4%6.7%19.1%69.4%24.1%5.0%-0.6%21.4M-1.27B-20.1M0.819.9798,44879,9833,530,4482,279,721
2007-08-03$15.17$15.8327.7%7.9%20.8%99.8%27.6%4.5%-2.4%12.0M-816.5M-20.0M0.738.7965,55348,0723,544,6172,313,651
2007-08-06$15.67$15.8326.3%6.9%24.3%90.3%24.1%6.1%1.6%22.4M-1.27B-20.6M0.647.18134,72486,0883,560,8712,318,160
2007-08-07$15.69$15.8326.5%6.9%23.3%91.6%24.1%4.3%0.8%25.1M-1.37B-20.4M1.1710.3579,80093,3333,587,1962,334,882
2007-08-08$16.14$15.8326.5%6.4%25.5%91.4%22.0%5.1%1.0%39.4M-1.82B-20.5M0.519.8390,67246,0683,596,5862,350,701
2007-08-09$15.48$15.8329.3%7.2%28.1%100.0%26.2%5.0%0.8%19.9M-1.18B-20.2M1.999.4295,847190,8723,606,4292,351,721
2007-08-10$15.36$15.8333.2%8.0%28.0%100.0%26.2%5.4%0.0%15.4M-979.5M-20.5M1.666.8666,345110,1993,618,6332,411,592
2007-08-13$15.39$15.8333.9%7.5%28.0%100.0%26.6%4.1%0.4%12.9M-903.1M-20.4M1.698.7357,91897,8663,628,8572,450,040
2007-08-14$14.61$15.8325.5%6.8%33.0%58.7%24.1%4.1%1.9%469.7K-54.8M-18.9M0.6710.73219,042146,9673,655,2302,417,295
2007-08-15$14.43$15.8327.4%7.3%33.1%68.4%24.7%3.2%2.1%2.5M18.1M-19.1M0.8010.57167,433133,5543,743,5502,463,720
2007-08-16$14.50$15.8328.8%8.3%32.4%75.3%27.3%6.4%0.9%7.6M-281.1M-19.5M1.2215.6270,20085,3653,772,8572,417,925
2007-08-17$14.50$15.8327.0%7.7%32.3%66.4%25.7%4.8%0.7%7.1M-159.6M-19.4M0.887.4388,92078,0543,789,9722,423,469
2007-08-20$14.53$15.8324.5%7.0%32.3%54.1%22.7%4.8%1.1%5.8M-298.9M-18.9M0.4212.91182,28676,6293,606,8582,305,425
2007-08-21$14.57$15.8323.1%6.6%32.4%47.2%20.1%3.4%2.8%9.5M-375.9M-19.0M2.969.3874,685221,3163,681,2102,300,853
2007-08-22$14.58$15.8321.7%6.2%32.4%40.2%19.6%3.0%1.9%9.4M-451.4M-18.8M1.697.56106,146179,8203,679,3892,267,352
2007-08-23$14.39$15.8320.7%5.9%32.0%35.6%20.4%2.5%2.4%6.6M-254.9M-18.3M1.106.7992,055101,5773,670,9052,263,014
2007-08-24$14.58$15.0021.4%6.1%32.0%39.1%19.8%2.8%2.2%8.6M-469.7M-18.6M0.396.90140,83554,9213,683,0072,287,911
2007-08-27$14.61$15.0021.5%6.2%31.9%39.5%21.5%0.1%1.3%11.6M-532.3M-18.7M0.357.0571,65525,0533,750,0062,305,899
2007-08-28$14.47$15.0024.3%7.0%32.0%53.2%22.9%1.5%2.3%11.7M-474.8M-18.9M2.819.96113,772319,1553,768,3842,314,074
2007-08-29$14.73$15.0022.4%6.4%32.7%43.7%22.4%1.9%1.2%16.9M-706.6M-19.0M0.556.3255,61130,6963,799,9892,333,394
2007-08-30$14.44$15.0024.2%6.9%32.9%52.6%23.9%2.8%1.8%10.7M-386.1M-18.6M0.395.5073,58129,0373,808,1132,332,107
2007-08-31$14.54$15.0023.3%6.7%32.0%48.1%23.0%2.0%1.8%13.4M-510.4M-18.8M0.575.9083,19947,0943,830,6132,324,934