WMT Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, WMT traded between $24.86 and $26.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.2%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 12.8%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.67. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-19: Highest Volume — 92,283 contracts
  • 2013-07-11: Largest IV spike — 26.1% change
  • 2013-07-23: Highest IV Rank — 16.0%
  • 2013-07-23: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.71$24.86$26.18$24.86$25.98
Max Pain$25.26$25.00$26.67$25.00$26.67
ATM IV14.2%11.5%15.2%12.8%14.7%
Expected Move4.2%3.6%4.4%3.6%4.2%
HV 20d12.8%10.1%15.0%13.8%10.2%
HV 60d13.6%12.7%14.4%14.2%12.7%
IV Rank12.1%2.3%16.0%7.0%14.2%
IV Percentile40.4%4.8%53.6%22.2%49.6%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.0%2.6%2.5%-0.8%
VWIV14.7%12.6%15.9%12.7%14.9%
Skew 25d2.4%1.7%3.2%2.0%1.8%
Skew 10d4.6%3.0%6.1%5.8%3.1%
Call IV 25d13.5%12.1%14.3%12.3%14.3%
Put IV 25d15.9%14.1%16.8%14.3%16.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.433.7310.626.5210.62
Gamma HHI0.330.160.530.160.39
Net GEX30.6M9.7M57.0M9.7M20.9M
Net DEX-419.7M-584.1M-136.9M-136.9M-452.7M
Net VEX-4.0M-4.3M-3.8M-4.3M-3.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.331.940.690.97
Total Volume42,361.09116,70792,28325,74932,946
Total OI1,120,434.4091,028,2831,178,0251,097,3431,137,267

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$24.86$25.0012.8%3.6%13.8%7.0%12.7%2.0%2.5%9.7M-136.9M-4.3M0.696.5215,24910,500586,527510,816
2013-07-02$24.90$25.0012.0%3.6%13.7%4.2%12.6%2.0%2.6%11.7M-151.5M-4.3M0.933.7316,47015,342591,006514,269
2013-07-03$24.92$25.0013.1%3.6%13.4%8.2%12.6%1.7%2.5%13.1M-166.7M-4.2M0.9310.1711,03710,284595,251518,028
2013-07-05$25.07$25.0012.3%4.4%13.4%5.3%15.4%2.9%-0.5%14.2M-203.9M-4.2M0.427.0724,88810,512594,888517,527
2013-07-08$25.57$25.0014.4%4.2%14.9%13.2%15.4%2.7%-0.5%30.3M-401.9M-4.1M0.676.0944,57729,955595,263517,467
2013-07-09$25.68$25.0013.7%4.3%14.6%10.6%14.9%3.0%-0.7%34.9M-451.4M-4.0M0.506.1425,69212,846602,556524,367
2013-07-10$25.59$25.0011.5%4.2%14.4%2.3%15.0%3.2%-0.4%31.2M-411.8M-4.0M1.196.2520,90124,885604,206529,836
2013-07-11$25.88$25.0014.5%4.2%14.7%13.5%14.8%2.7%-0.9%44.0M-539.6M-3.9M0.585.7328,48516,479614,274530,835
2013-07-12$25.88$25.0014.5%4.2%14.7%13.5%14.7%2.8%-1.0%50.1M-544.2M-3.9M0.905.8429,08526,271618,591530,064
2013-07-15$25.68$25.0014.6%4.2%15.0%13.9%14.9%2.7%-1.0%38.6M-452.6M-3.8M0.655.7817,34311,289620,859537,168
2013-07-16$25.79$25.0014.6%4.2%15.0%13.9%14.7%2.5%-0.9%42.8M-498.0M-3.8M0.556.3617,9949,846621,429537,408
2013-07-17$25.73$25.0014.6%4.2%14.7%13.7%14.6%2.4%-0.9%45.4M-454.9M-3.9M1.945.9113,95927,123623,364539,358
2013-07-18$25.78$25.0014.6%4.2%13.1%13.9%14.3%2.3%-1.1%57.0M-469.3M-3.8M0.403.9341,54116,458621,828545,664
2013-07-19$26.03$25.0014.7%4.2%10.7%14.2%14.1%2.2%-1.5%40.0M-584.1M-3.9M0.334.3569,56122,722627,510550,515
2013-07-22$25.96$25.0014.9%4.3%10.8%14.9%15.0%2.3%-1.7%28.9M-458.1M-3.8M0.994.0512,00311,868539,685488,598
2013-07-23$26.18$25.0015.2%4.4%10.8%16.0%14.7%2.6%-2.0%31.8M-537.8M-3.8M0.665.9032,22621,144545,826494,748
2013-07-24$26.08$25.0014.9%4.3%11.1%14.7%14.8%2.3%-1.8%31.1M-479.6M-3.9M0.596.1524,69614,691565,590505,641
2013-07-25$26.00$0.0014.9%4.3%11.0%14.8%15.6%2.5%-0.3%29.2M-476.3M-4.0M1.588.3028,24844,709571,566508,797
2013-07-26$26.00$25.5014.9%4.3%11.0%14.8%15.2%2.3%-0.5%24.0M-474.4M-3.8M1.727.8918,78332,334579,330531,618
2013-07-29$26.00$26.6715.0%4.2%10.1%15.2%15.9%2.0%-0.9%22.6M-438.3M-4.0M0.606.8512,6637,632582,492545,040
2013-07-30$25.96$26.6714.9%4.2%10.1%14.8%15.4%2.3%-0.8%21.8M-450.4M-3.9M0.907.838,7967,911587,859544,626
2013-07-31$25.98$26.6714.7%4.2%10.2%14.2%14.9%1.8%-0.8%20.9M-452.7M-3.9M0.9710.6216,70116,245589,605547,662