WMT Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, WMT traded between $17.57 and $18.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-14: Highest Volume — 147,918 contracts
  • 2011-07-14: Largest IV spike — 58.1% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 67.5%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.92$17.57$18.17$17.84$17.57
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV14.8%10.7%19.1%12.4%19.1%
Expected Move4.4%3.6%5.5%3.6%5.5%
HV 20d11.8%10.9%13.5%12.0%11.3%
HV 60d11.3%11.0%11.5%11.1%11.4%
IV Rank31.7%0.0%67.5%9.5%67.5%
IV Percentile47.6%0.0%97.6%6.3%97.6%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.3%2.0%2.0%-1.5%
VWIV15.6%13.7%19.6%13.7%19.6%
Skew 25d3.3%1.4%4.3%1.4%3.9%
Skew 10d7.0%5.4%11.3%8.1%7.8%
Call IV 25d13.9%11.5%17.7%11.5%17.7%
Put IV 25d17.3%12.9%21.6%12.9%21.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.522.645.845.604.16
Gamma HHI0.250.200.310.200.21
Net GEX17.4M6.9M30.3M9.5M6.9M
Net DEX-237.9M-402.4M-63.1M-172.5M-63.1M
Net VEX-6.0M-6.1M-5.8M-5.8M-5.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.362.270.371.70
Total Volume62,252.8533,282147,91876,79474,121
Total OI1,915,070.251,834,1612,007,0871,857,7441,940,187

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$17.84$17.5012.4%3.6%12.0%9.5%13.7%1.4%2.0%9.5M-172.5M-5.8M0.375.6056,24720,5471,001,199856,545
2011-07-05$17.80$17.5014.0%4.3%12.0%22.5%15.0%4.3%-1.0%11.5M-164.7M-5.8M1.673.7932,68254,4681,018,998858,408
2011-07-06$17.91$17.5014.9%4.4%12.3%30.4%14.4%4.2%-1.3%15.7M-230.2M-6.0M0.662.6453,55935,3251,033,305883,089
2011-07-07$18.16$17.5011.6%3.9%13.2%2.8%14.6%3.2%-0.4%30.3M-402.4M-6.0M0.645.4850,37632,3371,046,451889,203
2011-07-08$18.03$17.5012.2%3.9%13.5%7.3%15.0%3.1%-0.3%24.5M-311.7M-5.9M1.013.5224,44724,7261,061,673891,996
2011-07-11$17.96$17.5015.4%4.1%12.0%34.9%15.5%3.8%-0.2%20.7M-271.3M-5.9M0.795.1436,55228,7821,065,912902,220
2011-07-12$17.98$17.5014.1%4.1%12.0%23.4%15.1%4.1%-0.1%22.3M-289.1M-5.9M0.685.7525,42217,2681,072,068903,879
2011-07-13$18.01$17.5010.7%4.1%11.9%0.0%16.3%3.9%-0.2%23.9M-305.4M-5.9M0.593.2222,41913,1941,074,903903,411
2011-07-14$17.88$17.5016.8%4.8%11.4%49.3%16.1%3.7%-1.1%14.9M-213.5M-6.0M1.105.1870,28777,6311,075,176903,777
2011-07-15$17.88$17.5016.4%4.7%10.9%45.8%16.6%3.5%-1.2%15.6M-230.7M-6.1M0.863.8323,70020,4421,090,035917,052
2011-07-18$17.77$17.5016.4%4.7%11.2%46.1%16.2%3.4%-1.0%13.9M-187.6M-6.1M2.274.0914,86833,7681,021,842812,319
2011-07-19$17.99$17.5013.2%3.8%11.9%20.4%15.0%3.7%0.3%18.5M-233.1M-5.9M1.033.9831,24832,3251,027,062824,073
2011-07-20$17.96$17.5013.8%3.9%11.8%24.7%14.6%3.3%-0.1%17.6M-242.6M-6.1M0.924.4722,66520,8381,029,606830,166
2011-07-21$18.16$17.5014.3%4.1%12.1%29.1%14.9%2.6%-0.3%24.9M-363.4M-6.1M0.365.8441,65215,1321,034,229838,869
2011-07-22$18.17$17.5013.9%4.0%12.0%25.5%14.8%2.6%0.0%24.7M-372.3M-6.0M1.004.7817,92817,8411,042,923843,783
2011-07-25$17.99$17.5014.5%4.2%10.9%31.1%14.9%3.5%-0.2%19.8M-284.0M-6.1M0.695.1219,73413,5481,044,378848,313
2011-07-26$17.86$17.5016.8%4.8%11.3%48.9%15.7%2.5%-2.1%14.3M-196.8M-6.0M0.574.4935,90420,4721,044,222849,042
2011-07-27$17.75$17.5017.7%5.1%11.5%56.3%17.2%2.7%-2.3%10.6M-128.5M-5.8M0.714.5335,49925,2511,048,722850,422
2011-07-28$17.66$17.5017.9%5.1%11.7%57.7%17.1%2.8%-1.9%8.3M-94.9M-5.9M0.544.8333,73518,1171,061,907860,040
2011-07-29$17.57$17.5019.1%5.5%11.3%67.5%19.6%3.9%-1.5%6.9M-63.1M-5.9M1.704.1627,44446,6771,072,953867,234