WMT Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, WMT traded between $16.25 and $17.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 36.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.83. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-05: Highest Volume — 287,382 contracts
  • 2008-02-19: Largest IV drop — 17.2% change
  • 2008-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 55.9%
  • 2008-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.68$16.25$17.14$17.06$16.53
Max Pain$15.58$15.00$15.83$15.83$15.83
ATM IV25.8%19.2%32.5%26.6%22.8%
Expected Move7.3%5.5%8.8%7.6%6.5%
HV 20d26.5%22.5%28.8%27.8%22.5%
HV 60d23.7%22.0%26.1%25.0%22.7%
IV Rank36.2%16.9%55.9%38.6%27.5%
IV Percentile70.8%31.3%98.0%81.7%53.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-3.1%2.0%1.1%0.8%
VWIV25.9%20.9%31.6%26.5%24.0%
Skew 25d4.9%3.3%7.3%4.4%3.3%
Skew 10d9.0%4.8%13.5%8.6%9.3%
Call IV 25d23.5%18.7%28.0%23.8%21.7%
Put IV 25d28.5%22.3%34.9%28.2%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.855.0313.517.178.75
Gamma HHI0.230.160.370.210.16
Net GEX31.4M19.9M53.6M31.3M19.9M
Net DEX-1.11B-1.49B-784.2M-1.49B-892.1M
Net VEX-12.9M-13.3M-12.3M-13.0M-13.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.242.111.981.95
Total Volume147,701.2558,275287,382152,652121,785
Total OI3,778,140.453,594,3964,073,8773,630,1534,073,877

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$17.06$15.8326.6%7.6%27.8%38.6%26.5%4.4%1.1%31.3M-1.49B-13.0M1.987.1751,186101,4662,036,5531,593,600
2008-02-04$16.69$15.0027.4%8.0%28.6%41.0%25.0%6.9%-1.8%26.5M-1.23B-12.9M1.129.4027,46830,8072,045,8141,641,828
2008-02-05$16.52$15.0031.9%8.8%28.6%54.1%31.3%7.1%-3.1%23.8M-1.07B-13.1M0.246.39232,29955,0832,045,7871,632,777
2008-02-06$16.28$15.0032.5%8.7%28.8%55.9%31.4%6.8%-3.0%27.4M-926.0M-13.3M0.387.77130,43150,0792,121,9781,644,417
2008-02-07$16.61$15.0029.9%8.7%28.8%48.2%31.6%7.3%-1.5%31.6M-1.09B-13.2M1.029.98116,961119,4272,076,3031,668,993
2008-02-08$16.25$15.0028.7%8.4%28.0%44.9%30.0%5.8%-2.5%25.0M-784.2M-13.2M1.397.9681,702113,6552,085,0991,735,056
2008-02-11$16.53$15.8329.9%8.4%28.1%48.2%30.3%7.1%-2.1%31.9M-1.02B-13.0M1.089.0545,12048,8252,108,3431,761,021
2008-02-12$16.75$15.0031.1%8.4%28.3%51.9%27.7%6.0%-1.5%37.5M-1.20B-12.8M0.6013.51132,96979,7882,086,3531,716,834
2008-02-13$16.89$15.8327.7%8.2%27.7%41.9%28.3%6.5%-1.8%39.5M-1.32B-12.7M0.357.2669,53124,0752,115,6301,747,452
2008-02-14$16.66$15.8328.2%8.1%28.2%43.4%28.0%4.7%-1.3%53.6M-1.12B-13.0M0.696.5355,95338,8082,158,2661,753,185
2008-02-15$16.48$15.8328.1%8.1%28.6%43.0%29.1%4.2%-1.1%31.7M-932.3M-12.9M1.337.15105,786140,3282,137,1341,761,852
2008-02-19$16.55$15.8323.3%6.7%28.6%28.8%23.2%3.6%1.0%23.5M-945.3M-12.6M0.666.06120,02179,6921,960,2481,634,148
2008-02-20$16.57$15.8322.2%6.4%26.1%25.6%22.9%4.0%0.7%28.5M-989.8M-12.7M0.687.2944,05530,1022,015,0251,655,649
2008-02-21$16.60$15.8322.1%6.3%25.1%25.5%22.2%3.3%1.2%27.2M-996.3M-12.6M1.125.9128,86332,1992,004,1771,662,234
2008-02-22$16.66$15.8321.9%6.3%23.4%24.8%21.8%3.4%2.0%28.4M-1.05B-12.7M2.117.5228,92360,9992,010,2761,676,532
2008-02-25$16.78$15.8321.2%6.1%22.5%22.7%21.3%3.7%1.9%30.4M-1.13B-12.5M0.9412.6637,16435,0072,018,4871,719,108
2008-02-26$17.13$15.8319.7%5.6%23.2%18.2%21.7%3.5%1.9%36.6M-1.41B-12.3M1.035.0372,51975,0182,039,1271,718,373
2008-02-27$17.14$15.8319.2%5.5%23.1%16.9%20.9%3.6%1.7%38.2M-1.42B-12.6M0.675.5638,08225,5212,080,0861,759,662
2008-02-28$16.90$15.8321.4%6.1%23.9%23.4%21.1%3.6%0.8%35.7M-1.27B-12.7M1.596.06105,267167,0612,097,1231,764,402
2008-02-29$16.53$15.8322.8%6.5%22.5%27.5%24.0%3.3%0.8%19.9M-892.1M-13.2M1.958.7541,24780,5382,158,1131,915,764