WMT Options History — July 2009

In July 2009, WMT traded between $15.86 and $16.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.8%, placing in the 4.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.9% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $15.83 to $16.67. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2009-07-30: Highest Volume — 184,632 contracts
  • 2009-07-16: Largest IV spike — 12.2% change
  • 2009-07-07: Highest IV Rank — 8.2%
  • 2009-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.20$15.86$16.66$16.12$16.63
Max Pain$15.87$15.83$16.67$15.83$16.67
ATM IV19.8%17.2%21.9%19.5%19.9%
Expected Move6.1%5.3%7.3%5.6%5.7%
HV 20d12.9%9.9%16.4%15.4%9.9%
HV 60d19.9%17.2%22.6%22.6%17.2%
IV Rank4.7%0.0%8.2%4.1%4.9%
IV Percentile3.6%0.4%8.3%1.2%6.3%
Term Structure0.9%-0.2%3.2%3.1%0.7%
VWIV21.4%18.8%25.7%18.8%20.2%
Skew 25d3.1%2.1%4.3%2.9%2.1%
Skew 10d5.7%3.2%8.6%4.4%3.7%
Call IV 25d19.9%17.9%22.7%18.1%19.4%
Put IV 25d22.9%20.8%27.0%21.0%21.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.331.754.552.623.34
Gamma HHI0.190.160.220.160.22
Net GEX9.1M-4.7M23.5M6.5M22.7M
Net DEX99.9M-141.9M278.9M145.6M-124.3M
Net VEX-6.9M-7.3M-6.6M-6.8M-7.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.421.700.710.61
Total Volume113,556.13660,666184,63285,28489,511
Total OI2,714,349.6822,507,4602,841,9842,573,4842,798,343

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-07-01$16.12$15.8319.5%5.6%15.4%4.1%18.8%2.9%3.1%6.5M145.6M-6.8M0.712.6249,98335,3011,396,4971,176,987
2009-07-02$15.93$15.8319.9%5.7%15.8%4.9%20.3%2.7%3.2%2.6M228.9M-6.8M0.754.0555,85442,0181,411,9531,198,050
2009-07-06$15.91$15.8320.5%6.8%15.6%5.9%23.8%3.6%-0.0%1.2M240.1M-6.6M0.862.7379,41368,1541,428,8791,206,024
2009-07-07$15.95$15.8321.9%7.1%15.7%8.2%25.7%4.0%-0.0%3.1M217.6M-6.8M0.843.1959,69450,1001,464,2941,240,098
2009-07-08$16.12$15.8321.9%7.3%16.4%8.2%25.7%4.3%-0.2%8.0M96.3M-7.1M1.003.8667,40467,1341,488,0361,258,386
2009-07-09$16.03$15.8320.3%7.0%16.2%5.6%23.8%3.9%-0.1%2.2M174.6M-6.9M0.723.5065,79047,4271,495,5301,282,560
2009-07-10$15.86$15.8319.9%6.9%15.8%4.8%24.5%3.5%0.1%-2.3M278.9M-6.8M0.683.6875,31251,0721,507,3501,294,476
2009-07-13$15.94$15.8319.4%6.6%15.4%4.0%22.6%3.7%0.1%-4.7M250.3M-6.6M1.103.6766,39973,3081,513,5271,302,486
2009-07-14$16.04$15.8317.2%6.4%12.2%0.0%21.8%3.6%0.2%-2.5M176.8M-6.6M0.963.6942,54340,8991,524,1381,305,177
2009-07-15$16.18$15.8319.2%6.3%12.5%3.6%21.2%4.0%0.3%6.5M82.2M-6.7M0.423.5173,88130,9601,530,2971,306,491
2009-07-16$16.17$15.8321.6%6.2%12.3%7.7%20.6%3.5%0.2%5.7M89.1M-6.7M0.673.4851,27334,3711,536,6271,305,357
2009-07-17$16.16$15.8321.1%6.0%12.2%6.8%20.7%3.6%0.7%7.9M115.7M-6.6M1.403.2548,87068,1961,527,7561,289,778
2009-07-20$16.27$15.8318.7%5.4%11.8%2.7%19.3%2.8%1.5%12.4M72.7M-6.6M0.693.5686,38559,3431,368,0151,139,445
2009-07-21$16.29$15.8318.9%5.4%11.4%3.0%20.4%2.9%1.2%13.7M62.0M-6.7M1.701.7534,44958,6021,396,4281,158,105
2009-07-22$16.39$15.8318.5%5.3%11.5%2.4%19.7%2.8%1.5%15.3M12.7M-6.8M1.094.5568,07674,2231,408,3111,177,170
2009-07-23$16.25$15.8318.7%5.4%11.9%2.8%19.3%2.5%1.9%13.3M79.2M-6.8M0.802.4994,86376,0771,438,4701,204,245
2009-07-24$16.31$15.8319.4%5.6%10.9%4.0%20.5%2.1%1.5%14.8M61.0M-7.1M1.213.4030,99037,5271,468,5811,239,855
2009-07-27$16.32$15.8319.6%5.6%10.2%4.2%20.5%2.2%1.4%15.2M57.5M-7.1M0.973.0032,23831,1431,467,4291,248,678
2009-07-28$16.31$15.8319.5%5.6%10.2%4.2%20.3%2.1%1.5%15.1M59.1M-7.0M0.962.7930,89429,7721,476,3811,246,374
2009-07-29$16.46$15.8320.1%5.8%10.4%5.1%20.5%2.1%1.2%19.1M-35.4M-7.2M0.773.8375,90958,2451,476,7111,250,118
2009-07-30$16.66$15.8320.5%5.9%11.1%5.9%21.1%2.4%0.4%23.5M-141.9M-7.3M0.733.25106,98077,6521,495,9351,266,345
2009-07-31$16.63$16.6719.9%5.7%9.9%4.9%20.2%2.1%0.7%22.7M-124.3M-7.2M0.613.3455,67433,8371,512,0271,286,316