WMT Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, WMT traded between $24.95 and $26.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 27.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 13.8%). Max pain ranged from $24.17 to $25.83. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-07: Highest Volume — 1,811,607 contracts
  • 2013-05-16: Largest IV drop — 65.1% change
  • 2013-05-15: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2013-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.94$24.95$26.62$26.02$24.95
Max Pain$25.57$24.17$25.83$25.00$25.83
ATM IV18.0%12.1%37.9%18.2%14.5%
Expected Move4.1%3.5%5.3%5.3%4.0%
HV 20d13.8%12.2%15.0%14.7%13.5%
HV 60d13.2%12.6%13.6%13.6%12.9%
IV Rank27.7%4.6%100.0%28.8%13.3%
IV Percentile52.7%11.1%100.0%82.9%38.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-3.2%0.5%-3.2%0.3%
VWIV14.8%12.4%20.0%19.8%14.1%
Skew 25d2.3%1.7%3.1%3.0%2.1%
Skew 10d5.8%4.5%7.7%7.7%5.3%
Call IV 25d13.7%11.8%17.4%17.4%13.6%
Put IV 25d15.9%13.5%20.4%20.4%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.104.357.786.057.22
Gamma HHI0.320.170.470.270.17
Net GEX25.3M5.5M38.0M26.4M5.5M
Net DEX-506.6M-862.2M-62.8M-687.2M-62.8M
Net VEX-4.3M-4.5M-4.1M-4.2M-4.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.011.511.200.75
Total Volume151,805.04528,9171,811,60744,70339,525
Total OI1,221,531.1361,078,6141,343,2981,224,8641,174,533

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$26.02$25.0018.2%5.3%14.7%28.8%19.8%3.0%-3.2%26.4M-687.2M-4.2M1.206.0520,29224,411659,166565,698
2013-05-02$26.15$25.0015.9%5.3%14.7%19.9%20.0%2.9%-3.2%28.8M-747.8M-4.2M0.306.5050,73314,997668,052582,348
2013-05-03$26.42$25.0013.4%4.9%15.0%9.9%19.9%3.1%-2.5%30.8M-862.2M-4.3M0.426.9739,09616,404680,205589,425
2013-05-06$26.28$24.1717.6%3.9%14.8%26.5%15.9%2.9%-0.5%32.3M-799.7M-4.2M0.316.62116,33435,772688,770592,710
2013-05-07$26.28$24.1723.7%3.9%14.3%50.8%14.0%1.9%-1.0%38.0M-841.4M-4.2M0.015.431,785,64225,965712,851612,909
2013-05-08$26.08$25.8321.4%4.3%14.1%41.7%15.2%2.4%-0.8%24.6M-532.6M-4.3M0.805.3447,13337,497611,535623,532
2013-05-09$26.13$25.8322.3%4.3%14.0%45.2%15.1%2.5%-0.8%25.5M-562.4M-4.3M1.094.8813,85415,063629,793641,814
2013-05-10$26.30$25.8321.9%4.0%13.8%43.6%14.6%2.4%-0.7%29.6M-638.4M-4.3M1.374.3516,07422,029631,323645,177
2013-05-13$26.17$25.8329.6%4.4%13.9%74.2%15.3%2.8%-1.0%26.7M-576.7M-4.3M1.024.8828,29028,848633,747641,265
2013-05-14$26.26$25.8331.1%4.2%13.9%80.0%15.5%2.8%-1.0%27.7M-619.3M-4.2M1.515.6630,23145,654631,536637,632
2013-05-15$26.62$25.8337.9%4.5%14.7%100.0%15.9%2.3%-1.6%31.1M-780.8M-4.2M0.887.4294,77383,718636,054651,162
2013-05-16$26.17$25.8313.2%3.8%14.6%8.6%13.0%2.0%-0.0%20.2M-575.3M-4.1M1.206.6688,377105,843662,220674,826
2013-05-17$25.96$25.8312.8%3.7%14.0%6.9%12.6%1.9%0.2%28.7M-448.9M-4.3M0.895.5070,50662,712679,893663,405
2013-05-20$25.80$25.8312.3%3.5%14.1%5.3%12.4%1.8%0.3%28.4M-379.4M-4.1M1.195.0821,70225,929564,876513,738
2013-05-21$25.80$25.8312.5%3.6%13.0%5.8%12.8%1.7%0.3%26.7M-365.0M-4.4M0.695.9829,64920,523571,839528,777
2013-05-22$25.68$25.8312.1%3.5%12.3%4.6%12.6%2.0%0.4%23.1M-327.8M-4.2M0.747.7840,39529,946575,700538,533
2013-05-23$25.44$25.8312.5%3.6%12.2%5.8%13.1%2.0%0.4%19.1M-239.4M-4.3M0.956.0221,39620,334578,889553,761
2013-05-24$25.77$25.8312.3%3.5%13.0%5.0%12.6%1.7%0.5%26.0M-355.5M-4.4M0.856.6622,04418,720586,233559,752
2013-05-28$25.77$25.8313.0%3.7%12.7%7.8%13.3%1.8%0.2%26.2M-358.6M-4.5M1.106.8523,70026,154584,913558,405
2013-05-29$25.41$25.8314.6%4.2%13.3%13.9%13.8%2.0%-0.2%17.7M-221.8M-4.4M0.516.4530,35715,486591,744571,419
2013-05-30$25.21$25.8314.3%4.1%13.4%12.6%14.0%2.2%0.0%14.5M-162.5M-4.3M1.395.9814,06419,539598,347575,178
2013-05-31$24.95$25.8314.5%4.0%13.5%13.3%14.1%2.1%0.3%5.5M-62.8M-4.3M0.757.2222,62916,896601,284573,249