WMT Options History — July 2010

In July 2010, WMT traded between $16.00 and $17.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 33.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 18.5%). Max pain ranged from $16.67 to $16.67. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2010-07-19: Highest Volume — 151,128 contracts
  • 2010-07-15: Largest IV spike — 23.7% change
  • 2010-07-06: Highest IV Rank — 57.2%
  • 2010-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.70$16.00$17.22$16.11$17.06
Max Pain$16.67$16.67$16.67$16.67$16.67
ATM IV17.6%14.0%21.3%21.1%18.4%
Expected Move5.3%4.5%6.3%6.0%5.3%
HV 20d18.5%16.2%21.1%18.9%16.2%
HV 60d18.3%17.0%19.4%17.0%19.2%
IV Rank33.2%9.8%57.2%55.6%38.6%
IV Percentile54.4%9.5%88.1%87.3%67.9%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%2.6%2.4%-1.5%
VWIV18.8%16.8%21.0%21.0%18.4%
Skew 25d3.6%2.1%5.0%4.1%2.3%
Skew 10d7.9%4.0%12.5%6.1%5.2%
Call IV 25d16.7%14.9%19.0%19.0%16.5%
Put IV 25d20.3%18.2%23.7%23.1%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.592.386.013.905.18
Gamma HHI0.190.160.240.160.22
Net GEX-2.9M-12.4M9.2M-9.0M6.8M
Net DEX127.6M-114.9M436.5M382.3M-29.1M
Net VEX-5.6M-5.9M-5.4M-5.6M-5.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.481.930.930.98
Total Volume79,582.71427,333151,12872,29432,052
Total OI2,133,650.7141,991,8472,252,2532,020,3172,252,253

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-07-01$16.11$16.6721.1%6.0%18.9%55.6%21.0%4.1%2.4%-9.0M382.3M-5.6M0.933.9037,40734,8871,014,1471,006,170
2010-07-02$16.00$16.6719.6%5.6%17.1%46.1%19.4%3.5%2.6%-10.0M436.5M-5.4M0.793.9828,66822,7731,022,5891,018,275
2010-07-06$16.19$16.6721.3%6.3%17.5%57.2%20.6%4.8%-0.8%-10.0M363.9M-5.4M0.846.0152,17043,7131,025,3971,021,371
2010-07-07$16.31$16.6717.5%5.5%17.8%32.6%20.6%4.5%-0.1%-10.1M317.1M-5.4M0.712.4936,49525,9831,033,0561,019,268
2010-07-08$16.39$16.6715.9%5.2%17.9%22.1%19.3%4.7%0.1%-9.9M282.8M-5.4M1.433.7026,56237,9621,043,6881,025,232
2010-07-09$16.48$16.6714.2%5.1%17.9%11.4%18.6%4.3%-0.1%-10.4M242.2M-5.4M0.652.3822,99214,9131,059,3121,043,772
2010-07-12$16.71$16.6716.6%5.2%18.6%26.9%18.6%3.6%0.0%-8.9M119.1M-5.6M0.662.4356,80537,7311,063,4581,044,522
2010-07-13$16.85$16.6715.1%5.1%18.7%17.2%19.5%4.1%-0.3%-5.8M27.0M-5.5M0.753.3538,79029,0281,082,5531,056,681
2010-07-14$16.78$16.6714.0%5.1%18.4%9.8%17.8%4.3%-0.2%-9.2M59.3M-5.7M0.943.3239,34837,0021,094,7751,055,823
2010-07-15$16.80$16.6717.3%5.0%17.9%31.2%19.6%4.1%-0.1%-12.4M35.2M-5.7M0.934.5371,65266,4951,098,3751,070,079
2010-07-16$16.56$16.6718.0%5.2%18.2%35.6%19.1%5.0%0.1%-7.8M246.4M-5.7M0.723.1963,83445,8341,130,5771,098,816
2010-07-19$16.51$16.6715.8%4.5%18.2%21.7%17.7%3.5%0.8%-2.1M213.6M-5.4M1.113.8771,50579,623998,736993,111
2010-07-20$16.96$16.6717.2%4.9%20.6%30.4%16.8%3.0%-0.8%5.1M8.2M-5.7M0.602.7194,31156,5711,023,7831,046,709
2010-07-21$16.78$16.6718.3%5.2%20.8%37.5%18.5%3.0%-0.3%1.1M81.4M-5.9M1.933.3232,91363,5791,045,7311,075,578
2010-07-22$16.95$16.6718.2%5.2%21.1%36.9%17.9%3.0%-0.9%2.7M25.0M-5.9M0.482.6237,39817,9371,050,3931,105,623
2010-07-23$17.22$16.6716.2%4.6%21.0%24.0%18.6%3.3%-0.3%9.2M-114.9M-5.9M0.504.5058,13729,2621,061,5201,113,492
2010-07-26$17.04$16.6718.8%5.4%19.1%41.0%18.2%2.9%-1.5%5.2M-9.0M-5.9M0.923.3944,93741,5531,075,4101,128,009
2010-07-27$16.99$16.6718.8%5.4%18.5%40.8%18.8%2.6%-1.3%3.2M26.4M-5.8M0.763.4532,21724,4081,085,0041,141,626
2010-07-28$17.04$16.6719.0%5.4%17.7%42.3%18.4%2.9%-1.6%5.6M-23.8M-5.6M0.913.6414,32813,0051,094,8081,144,098
2010-07-29$17.02$16.6718.5%5.3%16.2%38.9%18.0%2.1%-1.1%4.8M-10.6M-5.7M0.873.4730,24026,2171,099,4821,143,363
2010-07-30$17.06$16.6718.4%5.3%16.2%38.6%18.4%2.3%-1.5%6.8M-29.1M-5.8M0.985.1816,16715,8851,104,9571,147,296