WMT Options History — June 2010

In June 2010, WMT traded between $16.02 and $17.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.9%, placing in the 35.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $16.67 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2010-06-07: Highest Volume — 170,355 contracts
  • 2010-06-04: Largest IV spike — 43.5% change
  • 2010-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 64.7%
  • 2010-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.88$16.02$17.24$16.97$16.02
Max Pain$16.78$16.67$17.50$17.50$16.67
ATM IV17.9%13.6%22.5%21.3%21.6%
Expected Move5.1%3.9%6.3%6.1%6.2%
HV 20d19.4%15.6%22.2%21.4%18.7%
HV 60d15.4%14.7%17.0%14.8%17.0%
IV Rank35.3%7.1%64.7%56.9%59.0%
IV Percentile51.8%4.0%92.9%82.1%90.1%
Term Structure1.7%-0.7%3.3%-0.7%2.0%
VWIV18.2%14.1%22.3%22.3%20.4%
Skew 25d4.0%1.9%6.0%4.8%4.5%
Skew 10d8.5%4.8%13.1%8.8%7.5%
Call IV 25d16.7%13.7%19.7%19.0%19.7%
Put IV 25d20.7%16.2%25.2%23.8%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.211.907.234.683.05
Gamma HHI0.210.170.270.170.17
Net GEX-7.0M-11.7M-1.7M-5.7M-10.8M
Net DEX190.6M51.2M419.9M170.0M419.9M
Net VEX-5.8M-6.3M-5.3M-6.2M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.421.550.450.57
Total Volume78,457.22737,815170,35562,69188,533
Total OI2,226,550.9091,795,2872,509,1252,331,0991,966,392

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-06-01$16.97$17.5021.3%6.1%21.4%56.9%22.3%4.8%-0.7%-5.7M170.0M-6.2M0.454.6843,18219,5091,196,3971,134,702
2010-06-02$17.24$17.5016.5%4.7%22.2%26.0%18.8%2.7%0.7%-1.7M53.1M-6.3M0.951.9026,66425,2331,194,9451,129,824
2010-06-03$17.24$17.5015.7%4.5%21.4%20.7%17.4%2.2%1.1%-1.8M51.2M-6.2M0.452.6333,12314,7421,201,1011,136,478
2010-06-04$16.80$16.6722.5%6.3%21.0%64.7%22.1%5.3%0.2%-7.5M242.0M-6.1M0.687.2396,18365,3281,206,6181,140,921
2010-06-07$16.91$16.6722.4%6.3%20.6%64.0%22.0%6.0%0.2%-6.3M198.8M-6.2M1.065.4382,85187,5041,220,4271,174,548
2010-06-08$16.93$16.6720.5%6.0%20.6%52.1%20.7%5.7%0.5%-9.9M219.1M-6.2M1.314.9924,02131,4551,226,9431,203,117
2010-06-09$17.00$16.6720.8%5.8%20.7%54.2%20.0%5.3%1.0%-7.5M182.8M-6.2M1.555.9124,65738,1271,223,9461,208,262
2010-06-10$17.07$16.6719.4%5.6%20.8%45.1%18.6%5.0%1.0%-7.9M164.0M-6.0M0.854.5823,46320,0371,228,3801,220,394
2010-06-11$16.95$16.6718.7%5.4%20.9%40.0%17.9%4.9%1.5%-11.4M232.9M-6.0M0.706.0244,02230,8881,231,8031,222,644
2010-06-14$17.08$16.6718.3%5.2%21.1%37.4%17.1%4.7%1.6%-9.1M169.1M-5.9M0.804.3526,46621,0781,242,3001,236,027
2010-06-15$17.21$16.6714.8%4.2%20.8%15.3%16.7%4.1%2.6%-5.4M112.0M-5.9M1.063.4529,74531,4431,248,6391,237,416
2010-06-16$16.99$16.6717.3%5.0%19.9%31.5%16.8%4.2%1.8%-10.9M219.1M-5.7M0.463.0753,97324,9931,249,8271,240,512
2010-06-17$17.14$16.6713.7%3.9%19.9%7.9%15.4%3.8%3.0%-3.9M141.2M-5.8M0.835.4220,61317,2021,261,1041,243,038
2010-06-18$17.18$16.6713.6%3.9%16.0%7.1%14.1%2.3%2.6%-2.5M112.5M-5.6M0.623.9055,61434,2871,264,0531,245,072
2010-06-21$17.01$16.6716.0%4.6%16.4%23.1%15.5%2.9%2.3%-2.3M100.7M-5.5M0.873.7753,14846,359892,917902,370
2010-06-22$16.89$16.6716.9%4.9%16.4%28.9%16.8%3.1%2.1%-4.5M144.7M-5.5M0.873.7236,73531,797903,234916,440
2010-06-23$16.94$16.6716.7%4.8%15.6%27.6%16.5%3.3%2.5%-3.6M121.6M-5.6M0.823.9137,59630,912912,768925,128
2010-06-24$16.68$16.6716.6%4.8%16.5%26.6%16.8%3.7%2.6%-9.1M228.9M-5.5M1.193.0631,35937,437925,020940,128
2010-06-25$16.27$16.6715.7%4.5%17.9%20.7%16.4%3.4%3.3%-11.7M320.1M-5.4M0.823.9254,33644,577932,787948,012
2010-06-28$16.52$16.6716.4%4.7%18.9%25.6%17.3%1.9%3.0%-10.2M267.5M-5.5M0.423.4933,32113,956957,609960,507
2010-06-29$16.30$16.6718.9%5.4%19.2%41.4%20.5%4.3%2.1%-9.5M322.1M-5.5M1.134.1065,46074,130967,173964,197
2010-06-30$16.02$16.6721.6%6.2%18.7%59.0%20.4%4.5%2.0%-10.8M419.9M-5.3M0.573.0556,26832,265980,610985,782