WMT Options History — June 2013

In June 2013, WMT traded between $24.34 and $25.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 15.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.83. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2013-06-07: Highest Volume — 95,439 contracts
  • 2013-06-10: Largest IV spike — 21.7% change
  • 2013-06-05: Highest IV Rank — 32.0%
  • 2013-06-20: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.99$24.34$25.44$25.23$24.83
Max Pain$25.17$25.00$25.83$25.83$25.00
ATM IV15.1%11.7%19.5%17.7%11.7%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%4.6%4.3%3.6%
HV 20d14.0%12.0%15.2%13.7%14.4%
HV 60d13.5%13.0%14.2%13.1%14.2%
IV Rank15.5%2.8%32.0%25.3%2.8%
IV Percentile46.3%6.0%88.9%78.6%6.0%
Term Structure1.6%-0.1%2.6%-0.1%2.6%
VWIV14.3%12.3%16.1%15.0%12.3%
Skew 25d2.2%1.8%2.9%2.1%1.8%
Skew 10d5.0%2.7%6.6%5.9%5.1%
Call IV 25d13.6%12.0%14.9%14.0%12.2%
Put IV 25d15.8%14.0%17.6%16.1%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.584.3511.946.5311.94
Gamma HHI0.210.150.320.270.17
Net GEX14.6M-5.3M28.6M14.9M10.8M
Net DEX-150.7M-286.9M89.5M-171.5M-141.6M
Net VEX-4.4M-4.5M-4.2M-4.2M-4.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.311.510.500.31
Total Volume48,173.128,12895,43974,44539,876
Total OI1,232,528.11,061,4211,335,4021,175,2171,104,474

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-06-03$25.23$25.8317.7%4.3%13.7%25.3%15.0%2.1%-0.1%14.9M-171.5M-4.2M0.506.5349,75224,693603,396571,821
2013-06-04$25.31$25.8317.9%4.3%13.8%26.1%14.9%2.2%-0.1%19.8M-226.2M-4.5M0.765.6724,78318,735626,280578,490
2013-06-05$25.08$25.8319.5%4.4%14.0%32.0%16.1%2.4%-0.0%13.9M-143.3M-4.4M1.085.5120,13621,837634,008588,435
2013-06-06$25.21$25.8316.3%4.4%14.1%19.9%15.1%1.8%-0.1%18.3M-212.8M-4.5M0.985.6931,25430,501637,122597,447
2013-06-07$25.44$25.0013.7%3.9%14.6%10.6%14.1%2.1%2.0%28.6M-286.9M-4.5M0.316.4273,08322,356653,310604,686
2013-06-10$25.25$25.0016.7%4.2%14.4%21.6%14.4%2.1%1.8%24.7M-229.5M-4.5M0.806.6415,72912,636675,603606,156
2013-06-11$25.08$25.0017.0%4.2%14.5%22.6%14.3%2.1%1.8%18.9M-166.7M-4.4M0.628.9123,00414,223678,384607,002
2013-06-12$24.95$25.0014.6%4.2%14.4%13.9%14.8%2.2%2.0%12.4M-110.8M-4.4M0.605.8028,76117,313683,121610,359
2013-06-13$25.00$25.0014.7%4.2%13.2%14.2%14.1%2.1%1.9%16.5M-152.0M-4.5M0.337.5028,0299,255694,725613,626
2013-06-14$24.96$25.0014.5%4.2%12.1%13.3%14.4%2.3%2.0%14.0M-136.4M-4.5M0.824.6920,21416,491696,891615,288
2013-06-17$24.98$25.0014.2%4.1%12.0%12.1%14.3%2.0%2.1%15.2M-142.6M-4.4M1.516.1016,64425,080697,323616,404
2013-06-18$25.24$25.0014.0%4.0%12.6%11.5%13.8%2.3%2.2%22.6M-235.4M-4.5M0.576.2324,04213,707702,738625,317
2013-06-19$24.82$25.0013.3%3.8%13.8%9.0%13.4%1.9%2.1%8.7M-69.1M-4.3M0.734.3540,80329,889703,596628,791
2013-06-20$24.34$25.0016.0%4.6%15.1%18.9%15.6%2.7%1.6%-5.3M89.5M-4.2M0.526.7153,25927,546706,434627,642
2013-06-21$24.50$25.0015.5%4.4%15.2%17.0%14.7%2.6%1.6%4.1M23.4M-4.2M1.126.0122,95025,599708,261627,141
2013-06-24$24.73$25.0014.3%4.1%14.8%12.6%14.8%2.9%1.8%8.8M-122.8M-4.3M0.685.3729,87120,379564,438496,983
2013-06-25$24.79$25.0013.9%4.0%14.9%11.1%14.2%2.4%1.8%11.5M-143.4M-4.3M0.817.2115,95412,882574,155501,921
2013-06-26$25.00$25.0013.0%3.7%14.6%7.7%13.8%2.2%2.2%15.4M-200.8M-4.3M0.336.8425,7048,364579,816506,028
2013-06-27$25.09$25.0012.8%3.7%14.4%7.0%12.8%2.1%2.5%17.8M-235.4M-4.4M0.837.4715,39612,732594,780508,170
2013-06-28$24.83$25.0011.7%3.6%14.4%2.8%12.3%1.8%2.6%10.8M-141.6M-4.3M0.3111.9430,4629,414592,191512,283