WMT Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, WMT traded between $17.25 and $18.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 23.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 15.8%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $18.33. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-18: Highest Volume — 595,068 contracts
  • 2011-02-10: Largest IV spike — 27.0% change
  • 2011-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 49.2%
  • 2011-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.27$17.25$18.91$18.78$17.33
Max Pain$18.29$17.50$18.33$18.33$17.50
ATM IV15.1%12.5%18.9%12.6%15.8%
Expected Move4.5%3.6%5.4%3.6%4.5%
HV 20d15.8%13.6%19.2%14.5%17.5%
HV 60d12.6%11.5%14.6%11.6%14.5%
IV Rank23.1%5.0%49.2%5.4%28.0%
IV Percentile43.6%4.0%87.3%4.0%57.9%
Term Structure0.1%-1.8%3.1%1.8%1.2%
VWIV16.2%12.8%18.4%12.8%17.2%
Skew 25d2.6%1.3%3.9%1.3%3.1%
Skew 10d6.3%4.9%7.5%7.5%7.0%
Call IV 25d15.0%12.6%17.2%12.6%15.9%
Put IV 25d17.6%13.9%20.4%13.9%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.603.288.023.613.70
Gamma HHI0.290.200.450.310.20
Net GEX36.4M-13.2M63.2M55.9M-11.1M
Net DEX-395.7M-787.0M172.9M-724.3M127.9M
Net VEX-5.6M-5.7M-5.4M-5.6M-5.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.161.830.161.27
Total Volume123,350.05317,556595,068104,823106,890
Total OI1,868,508.6321,723,3892,047,6141,724,0102,047,614

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$18.78$18.3312.6%3.6%14.5%5.4%12.8%1.3%1.8%55.9M-724.3M-5.6M0.163.6190,04214,7811,066,743657,267
2011-02-02$18.62$18.3313.7%3.9%14.9%12.9%13.7%1.4%2.4%50.9M-627.4M-5.6M0.814.2835,52028,6771,060,293663,096
2011-02-03$18.64$18.3313.3%3.8%14.6%10.3%13.4%1.5%3.1%49.8M-627.9M-5.7M1.494.5723,20834,6531,063,893674,994
2011-02-04$18.68$18.3312.9%4.5%14.2%7.6%15.6%3.4%-0.5%49.3M-646.0M-5.6M0.975.3310,41610,1161,065,132699,507
2011-02-07$18.69$18.3313.1%4.6%14.2%9.4%16.0%2.9%-1.2%50.6M-666.3M-5.6M0.985.1012,65412,3571,070,082699,582
2011-02-08$18.79$18.3312.8%4.2%13.9%7.2%15.6%2.7%-0.1%55.4M-727.6M-5.6M0.664.6610,5876,9691,074,594702,150
2011-02-09$18.91$18.3312.5%4.3%13.6%5.0%16.6%2.8%-0.2%57.5M-787.0M-5.6M0.828.0220,95817,2051,077,840704,193
2011-02-10$18.53$18.3315.9%4.6%15.4%28.3%16.4%2.7%-0.9%46.2M-548.7M-5.5M1.294.1771,11892,0191,087,740710,313
2011-02-11$18.56$18.3315.7%4.5%15.4%27.0%16.3%2.6%-1.0%50.0M-566.1M-5.7M0.695.0610,9837,5301,122,300769,053
2011-02-14$18.27$18.3315.9%4.6%16.6%28.3%16.1%2.5%-0.7%39.7M-324.3M-5.5M0.333.28118,94138,9461,122,582769,956
2011-02-15$18.32$18.3315.5%4.4%16.4%25.7%16.5%2.6%-0.2%48.0M-365.9M-5.5M0.724.4126,65519,2751,136,010784,803
2011-02-16$18.18$18.3315.3%4.4%16.6%24.0%15.7%2.4%-0.1%41.1M-251.1M-5.4M0.633.6159,01937,1221,141,623784,887
2011-02-17$18.25$18.3314.9%4.3%15.4%21.6%15.4%2.2%0.3%63.2M-296.7M-5.5M0.213.9586,36118,1591,156,428793,395
2011-02-18$18.46$18.3317.1%4.9%15.9%36.6%17.4%1.7%-1.2%49.0M-590.1M-5.7M0.206.50495,009100,0591,162,752796,077
2011-02-22$17.89$18.3318.9%5.4%19.2%49.2%18.4%3.9%-1.8%15.7M-146.8M-5.6M1.125.08135,999151,8931,204,401694,521
2011-02-23$17.68$18.3318.0%5.1%17.3%42.6%18.3%3.0%-1.0%807.2K-21.4M-5.5M1.223.7855,02066,9361,207,521758,982
2011-02-24$17.36$18.3316.8%4.8%17.9%34.8%17.9%3.1%0.6%-7.3M97.9M-5.4M1.834.7965,862120,6571,183,956787,017
2011-02-25$17.25$18.3316.9%4.9%17.6%35.5%18.1%3.5%0.5%-13.2M172.9M-5.4M1.003.4365,47265,5831,180,176820,191
2011-02-28$17.33$17.5015.8%4.5%17.5%28.0%17.2%3.1%1.2%-11.1M127.9M-5.4M1.273.7047,11559,7751,209,267838,347