WMT Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, WMT traded between $21.83 and $23.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 17.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.41.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-08: Highest Volume — 286,134 contracts
  • 2012-06-06: Largest IV drop — 27.3% change
  • 2012-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 47.3%
  • 2012-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.50$21.83$23.24$21.85$23.24
Max Pain$21.90$20.00$22.50$20.00$22.50
ATM IV16.0%11.7%23.2%19.2%11.7%
Expected Move4.5%3.7%5.4%5.2%3.7%
HV 20d17.3%15.7%20.7%16.4%18.0%
HV 60d19.7%18.5%20.5%18.5%20.5%
IV Rank22.5%7.6%47.3%33.3%7.6%
IV Percentile42.7%6.0%92.9%73.0%6.0%
Term Structure1.5%0.3%2.6%0.7%2.6%
VWIV16.1%13.7%19.8%18.9%13.7%
Skew 25d3.0%2.1%4.5%3.2%2.4%
Skew 10d7.0%5.2%9.8%7.8%6.5%
Call IV 25d14.5%12.4%17.1%17.1%12.5%
Put IV 25d17.6%14.9%21.1%20.3%14.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.013.398.278.275.85
Gamma HHI0.290.200.420.200.40
Net GEX27.3M19.8M34.8M29.4M34.8M
Net DEX-1.17B-1.48B-919.9M-1.03B-1.31B
Net VEX-5.9M-6.3M-5.5M-6.3M-5.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.410.503.441.940.90
Total Volume92,722.85733,789286,13494,25776,659
Total OI1,936,191.4291,728,0302,161,3231,981,5031,882,215

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$21.85$20.0019.2%5.2%16.4%33.3%18.9%3.2%0.7%29.4M-1.03B-6.3M1.948.2732,06162,196993,213988,290
2012-06-04$22.00$21.6723.2%5.4%16.0%47.3%19.8%4.3%0.9%31.2M-1.10B-6.2M3.445.7126,45191,122973,032964,791
2012-06-05$21.83$21.6721.7%5.2%16.6%42.0%17.7%4.5%0.9%23.9M-997.5M-6.3M1.545.6316,14324,783978,4111,019,055
2012-06-06$21.98$21.6715.8%4.8%16.4%21.7%16.6%4.0%1.0%26.2M-1.09B-6.1M1.974.5321,17441,718983,1991,019,325
2012-06-07$21.96$21.6714.6%4.6%16.4%17.7%15.6%3.8%1.4%29.3M-1.12B-5.9M1.433.9336,30952,035984,1171,027,026
2012-06-08$22.74$21.6716.3%4.8%19.4%23.3%16.4%3.2%0.6%32.3M-1.48B-5.5M0.745.24164,745121,389999,0271,022,805
2012-06-11$22.51$21.6718.9%5.0%20.3%32.5%17.5%3.4%0.3%31.9M-1.34B-5.8M0.774.3591,97770,3651,038,1081,028,856
2012-06-12$22.57$21.6716.6%4.9%19.9%24.3%17.3%3.3%0.7%28.1M-1.39B-6.0M0.863.7848,48941,6221,062,7171,058,217
2012-06-13$22.36$21.6715.9%4.9%20.7%22.1%17.7%3.6%0.8%26.3M-1.27B-6.1M1.314.7331,42841,1181,065,3121,065,144
2012-06-14$22.54$21.6717.0%4.9%20.5%25.8%17.6%3.1%0.8%22.9M-1.36B-6.1M1.384.6530,88842,6781,066,5181,075,356
2012-06-15$22.58$21.6716.0%4.6%15.9%22.2%15.7%2.5%1.1%19.8M-1.40B-6.1M0.547.7867,75836,8851,064,2171,097,106
2012-06-18$22.71$21.6714.4%4.1%15.7%16.8%14.7%2.8%2.1%28.4M-1.09B-5.9M1.094.6739,90043,632897,072830,958
2012-06-19$22.60$22.5013.6%3.9%15.9%14.1%14.6%2.7%2.0%27.8M-1.06B-5.7M2.144.0415,09032,256906,432842,109
2012-06-20$22.84$21.6713.8%4.0%15.8%15.0%13.9%2.6%2.2%31.3M-1.17B-5.6M1.655.1119,99832,982911,754857,244
2012-06-21$22.57$22.5014.3%4.1%16.3%16.6%15.8%2.6%2.0%23.5M-1.03B-5.9M1.604.6538,27761,434918,723871,155
2012-06-22$22.43$22.5013.5%3.9%16.5%13.7%13.7%2.1%2.1%21.8M-919.9M-5.9M1.305.0229,56538,331914,325885,363
2012-06-25$22.73$22.5015.2%4.4%16.9%19.7%15.8%2.8%2.1%25.0M-1.08B-5.7M1.814.8237,87868,565916,008876,420
2012-06-26$22.86$22.5015.4%4.4%16.9%20.5%15.8%2.4%2.2%25.7M-1.11B-5.9M0.504.1477,82939,084927,237905,775
2012-06-27$22.86$22.5015.1%4.3%16.8%19.2%14.8%2.5%2.6%29.4M-1.15B-5.8M1.013.3916,79116,998952,176915,294
2012-06-28$22.77$22.5014.6%4.2%16.9%17.6%14.6%2.5%2.6%24.7M-1.07B-6.1M1.765.0124,87943,698955,965919,953
2012-06-29$23.24$22.5011.7%3.7%18.0%7.6%13.7%2.4%2.6%34.8M-1.31B-5.7M0.905.8540,33236,327959,448922,767