WMT Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, WMT traded between $22.92 and $23.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.2%, placing in the 25.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 12.4%). Max pain ranged from $23.33 to $23.33. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-15: Highest Volume — 311,400 contracts
  • 2013-02-07: Largest IV spike — 45.7% change
  • 2013-02-26: Highest IV Rank — 44.5%
  • 2013-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.54$22.92$23.89$23.50$23.59
Max Pain$23.33$23.33$23.33$23.33$23.33
ATM IV16.2%11.2%21.3%12.1%18.1%
Expected Move4.6%3.9%5.6%4.4%4.4%
HV 20d12.4%9.2%15.1%9.2%15.1%
HV 60d15.1%14.0%16.2%15.9%14.0%
IV Rank25.3%6.4%44.5%9.8%32.4%
IV Percentile57.5%2.0%94.0%11.5%81.7%
Term Structure-1.8%-3.5%-0.0%-1.7%-1.8%
VWIV16.5%15.0%19.8%15.9%16.6%
Skew 25d3.3%2.5%4.9%2.5%3.3%
Skew 10d6.9%5.3%9.1%6.9%8.0%
Call IV 25d14.6%12.9%18.1%14.2%13.8%
Put IV 25d17.9%16.1%22.2%16.6%17.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.596.2611.756.947.64
Gamma HHI0.210.170.260.210.21
Net GEX16.2M1.1M28.0M13.4M16.7M
Net DEX-238.2M-363.7M4.1M-230.7M-228.3M
Net VEX-3.6M-4.0M-3.4M-3.5M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.381.651.130.95
Total Volume79,826.84216,620311,40032,21154,858
Total OI1,124,507.8421,023,6811,252,2811,025,2921,252,281

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$23.50$23.3312.1%4.4%9.2%9.8%15.9%2.5%-1.7%13.4M-230.7M-3.5M1.136.9415,09917,112546,444478,848
2013-02-04$23.21$23.3315.4%4.5%10.3%22.1%16.4%2.7%-1.8%8.1M-137.7M-3.4M1.627.6222,67136,774546,528477,153
2013-02-05$23.59$23.3315.7%4.6%11.0%23.5%15.9%2.8%-2.1%15.7M-263.4M-3.6M0.537.9045,60624,201551,262484,341
2013-02-06$23.77$23.3311.2%4.3%11.2%6.4%15.7%3.0%-1.2%21.1M-336.3M-3.6M1.067.1618,81319,950571,455489,090
2013-02-07$23.74$23.3316.3%4.7%11.2%25.6%15.7%2.8%-2.2%20.2M-320.7M-3.6M1.077.7012,02112,912576,009496,506
2013-02-08$23.83$23.3314.7%4.2%11.1%19.8%15.0%3.1%-1.0%21.1M-363.7M-3.5M0.787.4918,93014,706577,494501,321
2013-02-11$23.80$23.3315.0%4.3%11.1%20.7%15.5%3.1%-1.5%20.7M-344.6M-3.4M0.388.3922,9778,733578,709501,924
2013-02-12$23.80$23.3314.8%4.2%10.8%20.0%16.0%2.7%-1.6%20.4M-337.7M-3.5M1.106.2610,58711,661580,884504,015
2013-02-13$23.80$23.3314.6%4.2%10.5%19.1%16.0%2.7%-1.4%21.2M-342.6M-3.5M0.777.519,3877,233584,619507,636
2013-02-14$23.61$23.3316.2%4.6%11.0%25.1%15.2%3.2%-2.2%17.3M-277.7M-3.5M0.407.8340,48816,359584,916502,878
2013-02-15$23.10$23.3318.6%5.3%13.5%34.4%19.8%4.9%-2.6%10.8M-68.2M-3.4M1.6511.25117,585193,815603,003510,666
2013-02-19$22.92$23.3318.5%5.3%13.7%34.0%19.7%3.9%-3.0%1.1M4.1M-3.6M1.069.1751,03053,889605,361520,242
2013-02-20$23.07$23.3319.6%5.6%13.8%37.9%19.8%4.1%-3.5%4.5M-70.5M-3.6M1.1711.7578,42991,890616,926541,776
2013-02-21$23.42$23.3316.0%4.6%14.8%24.5%16.6%4.3%-1.0%15.6M-188.2M-3.8M1.129.6498,748111,033634,848567,960
2013-02-22$23.47$23.3314.5%4.3%14.7%18.8%15.1%3.8%-0.8%14.7M-214.9M-3.7M0.699.4248,86733,639655,236583,236
2013-02-25$23.48$23.3319.7%4.8%14.1%38.5%17.1%3.7%-1.8%15.3M-198.0M-3.9M1.499.8333,69650,343641,250543,813
2013-02-26$23.70$23.3321.3%4.7%14.3%44.5%16.0%3.0%-2.4%21.6M-263.5M-4.0M1.379.6628,14638,634655,416553,428
2013-02-27$23.89$23.3315.5%3.9%14.3%22.7%15.3%3.2%-0.0%28.0M-343.0M-4.0M0.9710.1223,33122,557668,442569,733
2013-02-28$23.59$23.3318.1%4.4%15.1%32.4%16.6%3.3%-1.8%16.7M-228.3M-4.0M0.957.6428,09826,760675,018577,263