WMT Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, WMT traded between $15.24 and $16.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.8%, placing in the 45.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.83. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-10: Highest Volume — 352,641 contracts
  • 2008-01-04: Largest IV spike — 17.8% change
  • 2008-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 55.8%
  • 2008-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.96$15.24$16.91$15.63$16.91
Max Pain$15.28$15.00$15.83$15.00$15.83
ATM IV28.8%25.9%32.5%26.5%27.9%
Expected Move8.2%7.4%9.2%7.6%8.0%
HV 20d22.0%14.9%28.3%15.5%28.3%
HV 60d23.9%22.8%25.0%22.9%25.0%
IV Rank45.2%36.6%55.8%38.4%42.5%
IV Percentile93.0%84.1%98.0%88.4%90.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.3%0.6%0.0%0.1%
VWIV28.9%25.7%33.7%27.7%27.3%
Skew 25d5.7%3.8%7.8%4.9%6.1%
Skew 10d12.0%7.0%18.0%11.4%12.4%
Call IV 25d26.1%22.7%28.8%24.4%25.0%
Put IV 25d31.8%28.4%36.1%29.3%31.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.517.4718.028.2710.40
Gamma HHI0.180.130.250.190.20
Net GEX17.1M3.1M30.7M13.0M28.3M
Net DEX-1.24B-1.89B-792.7M-1.36B-1.38B
Net VEX-13.8M-15.7M-13.0M-14.1M-13.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.371.811.810.37
Total Volume166,262.28629,082352,641157,623230,145
Total OI4,930,158.7143,309,4085,926,1015,706,1203,547,479

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$15.63$15.0026.5%7.6%15.5%38.4%27.7%4.9%0.0%13.0M-1.36B-14.1M1.818.2756,046101,5773,255,1892,450,931
2008-01-03$15.46$15.0025.9%7.4%15.6%36.6%28.4%4.3%-0.0%8.3M-1.10B-14.3M1.307.5068,22988,6953,223,2062,482,701
2008-01-04$15.24$15.0030.5%8.4%14.9%50.1%28.9%5.0%-0.4%3.1M-792.7M-14.4M1.0113.91121,530122,4093,239,5892,490,939
2008-01-07$15.52$15.0029.0%7.9%16.4%45.8%29.0%5.4%-1.0%10.7M-1.20B-14.3M1.089.8367,86973,3713,284,4692,504,748
2008-01-08$15.32$15.0032.5%8.7%16.7%55.8%28.3%5.3%-1.1%5.5M-922.3M-14.4M0.7318.0231,89923,3883,319,0802,536,464
2008-01-09$15.63$15.0031.3%8.1%18.2%52.3%29.6%6.0%-1.1%13.3M-1.33B-14.2M1.059.9195,499100,3233,307,7702,523,474
2008-01-10$16.13$15.0026.3%7.5%21.7%37.6%25.7%5.7%-0.0%30.7M-1.89B-14.9M0.8512.64190,263162,3783,338,1392,572,443
2008-01-11$15.91$15.0026.6%7.6%21.5%38.5%27.7%5.1%-0.2%19.4M-1.71B-15.7M0.789.34122,76096,1173,361,5812,564,520
2008-01-14$15.89$15.0027.2%7.8%21.5%40.3%26.3%5.6%-0.2%24.0M-1.64B-13.5M0.6011.02110,24166,5673,324,5192,576,805
2008-01-15$15.66$15.0027.1%7.8%21.5%40.1%28.0%4.5%0.6%25.7M-1.03B-14.1M0.9413.5285,90881,1383,240,3902,569,347
2008-01-16$15.83$15.0028.0%8.0%21.8%42.8%28.4%4.7%0.4%17.4M-1.49B-13.2M0.579.0959,87433,9483,257,0702,588,574
2008-01-17$15.83$15.0027.8%8.0%21.5%42.0%27.9%4.9%0.1%13.6M-1.52B-13.1M0.479.42110,70352,4643,255,2462,585,853
2008-01-18$15.86$15.0028.0%8.0%21.6%42.6%28.4%3.8%0.3%4.5M-1.67B-13.0M0.607.47139,71383,3913,248,3432,573,919
2008-01-22$16.40$15.0031.4%9.0%24.6%52.6%33.7%7.8%-2.3%19.1M-1.05B-13.2M0.738.58182,034132,8491,859,7031,449,705
2008-01-23$16.72$15.8329.7%8.5%25.3%47.8%30.5%7.1%-0.9%21.4M-1.21B-13.4M0.4211.57160,59968,1241,919,3401,514,967
2008-01-24$16.30$15.8329.1%8.4%26.9%46.0%30.3%6.7%-0.7%20.0M-985.2M-13.5M0.648.9160,03338,5321,955,3641,536,798
2008-01-25$16.03$15.8332.0%9.2%27.4%54.5%30.7%5.8%-1.0%17.4M-808.7M-13.4M1.248.5034,52442,9331,961,7001,547,520
2008-01-28$16.24$15.8331.7%9.1%27.4%53.6%30.3%7.8%-0.9%19.3M-907.0M-13.4M0.4912.4119,4979,5851,956,7141,568,187
2008-01-29$16.34$15.8328.4%8.1%27.4%43.8%30.0%7.6%-0.3%20.7M-987.0M-13.1M0.4410.8467,96229,8081,951,7491,543,275
2008-01-30$16.39$15.8328.7%8.2%27.0%44.9%30.8%6.5%-0.7%22.7M-1.02B-13.1M1.039.4733,78634,7971,987,9441,557,579
2008-01-31$16.91$15.8327.9%8.0%28.3%42.5%27.3%6.1%0.1%28.3M-1.38B-13.0M0.3710.40168,44461,7011,984,5511,562,928