WMT Options History — June 2011

In June 2011, WMT traded between $17.43 and $18.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.5%, placing in the 27.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 12.0%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $18.33. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2011-06-16: Highest Volume — 146,238 contracts
  • 2011-06-02: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2011-06-16: Highest IV Rank — 40.5%
  • 2011-06-16: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.70$17.43$18.10$18.10$17.71
Max Pain$17.92$17.50$18.33$18.33$17.50
ATM IV14.5%12.0%16.1%13.4%12.0%
Expected Move4.2%3.4%4.6%3.8%3.4%
HV 20d12.0%10.8%13.7%10.8%11.8%
HV 60d10.7%10.3%11.1%10.3%11.0%
IV Rank27.3%6.1%40.5%17.7%6.1%
IV Percentile38.7%3.2%68.3%23.0%3.2%
Term Structure1.2%-0.4%2.4%0.1%2.4%
VWIV15.0%13.3%17.9%13.8%13.8%
Skew 25d2.5%1.7%3.0%2.7%1.9%
Skew 10d5.9%4.6%7.3%6.4%5.4%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.3%15.3%13.7%12.3%
Put IV 25d16.5%14.2%18.2%16.3%14.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.163.3811.166.714.12
Gamma HHI0.220.170.320.250.20
Net GEX161.5K-20.3M21.9M21.9M2.9M
Net DEX-58.6M-235.1M94.4M-235.1M-76.1M
Net VEX-6.1M-6.5M-5.7M-6.5M-5.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.432.752.430.69
Total Volume67,287.95528,752146,23893,65758,065
Total OI1,944,000.2731,687,9922,149,6591,992,2551,833,192

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-06-01$18.10$18.3313.4%3.8%10.8%17.7%13.8%2.7%0.1%21.9M-235.1M-6.5M2.436.7127,30666,3511,103,085889,170
2011-06-02$17.85$18.3315.3%4.4%11.7%34.1%15.1%2.6%-0.4%6.3M-55.9M-6.2M2.0711.1627,44156,9131,107,279919,971
2011-06-03$17.89$18.3315.3%4.5%11.7%33.7%15.3%2.6%0.3%10.1M-97.4M-6.4M0.664.8057,21637,5781,113,045926,079
2011-06-06$17.92$18.3314.7%4.1%11.8%28.9%15.1%2.3%0.4%12.2M-128.7M-6.4M0.435.4721,5139,1771,126,692928,662
2011-06-07$17.94$18.3314.2%4.1%11.8%24.5%15.0%2.3%0.5%12.8M-142.8M-6.4M0.726.1822,26016,0501,126,326930,198
2011-06-08$17.90$18.3315.9%4.4%11.3%38.3%15.1%2.5%0.6%9.5M-115.0M-6.3M2.753.4814,16038,8801,126,725933,762
2011-06-09$17.87$18.3315.3%4.4%11.1%33.2%15.0%2.7%0.6%7.9M-92.7M-6.3M0.435.0724,09310,4611,127,283933,939
2011-06-10$17.57$18.3315.3%4.4%11.6%33.7%17.0%2.9%0.6%-11.7M55.8M-5.9M2.465.9819,68348,3601,126,860927,030
2011-06-13$17.54$18.3315.4%4.4%11.5%34.5%16.2%2.4%0.5%-17.4M55.6M-6.0M1.274.4220,43326,0371,129,524946,485
2011-06-14$17.64$18.3314.7%4.2%11.5%28.7%14.3%2.6%0.9%-12.5M584.3K-5.8M0.564.6023,41813,0111,133,277939,408
2011-06-15$17.44$18.3314.9%4.3%11.6%30.1%16.0%2.4%1.4%-20.3M94.4M-5.8M1.505.1750,30175,4951,140,897935,088
2011-06-16$17.61$17.5016.1%4.6%12.4%40.5%17.9%2.9%1.2%-14.9M-20.7M-6.0M2.254.8844,997101,2411,146,459941,829
2011-06-17$17.61$17.5015.4%4.4%12.1%34.8%15.7%3.0%1.3%-20.2M-31.3M-6.1M1.215.2026,22031,7551,157,829991,830
2011-06-20$17.68$17.5014.7%4.2%12.3%28.3%15.0%2.9%1.9%2.6M-81.6M-5.8M0.503.5369,97835,067901,044786,948
2011-06-21$17.76$17.5014.1%4.0%12.5%23.8%13.8%2.6%1.8%4.9M-105.7M-5.8M0.615.4040,10124,312921,096799,710
2011-06-22$17.67$17.5013.6%3.9%12.4%19.4%14.1%2.5%1.8%4.0M-92.5M-5.9M0.935.8229,54427,351928,716806,601
2011-06-23$17.76$17.5014.2%4.1%12.6%24.6%14.4%2.5%1.9%6.5M-128.1M-6.1M0.744.5449,31136,411945,984804,306
2011-06-24$17.47$17.5014.3%4.1%13.7%25.4%14.7%2.2%1.7%454.8K-26.8M-6.0M0.805.2055,61444,730961,299814,530
2011-06-27$17.43$17.5014.2%4.1%13.6%24.4%14.5%2.5%1.7%-976.2K-1.9M-5.9M1.634.6311,90119,380978,762827,679
2011-06-28$17.51$17.5013.7%3.9%13.2%20.1%14.9%1.8%1.9%426.9K-27.7M-5.8M0.663.8023,71815,750985,155838,113
2011-06-29$17.55$17.5013.1%3.7%12.1%14.9%13.3%1.7%2.1%-983.9K-36.7M-5.9M0.513.3818,9849,768979,806846,333
2011-06-30$17.71$17.5012.0%3.4%11.8%6.1%13.8%1.9%2.4%2.9M-76.1M-5.7M0.694.1234,39823,667984,522848,670