WMT Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, WMT traded between $23.96 and $25.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.7%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $24.17 to $25.33. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.14.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-15: Highest Volume — 105,300 contracts
  • 2013-10-10: Largest IV drop — 14.3% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 22.5%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.99$23.96$25.71$24.53$25.58
Max Pain$24.94$24.17$25.33$24.67$25.33
ATM IV14.7%13.8%17.0%14.0%13.9%
Expected Move4.2%3.9%4.9%4.0%4.0%
HV 20d14.5%11.7%15.9%11.7%15.3%
HV 60d12.2%10.6%13.3%10.8%13.1%
IV Rank14.1%10.7%22.5%11.4%11.3%
IV Percentile46.2%29.0%76.2%34.5%31.7%
Term Structure0.1%-1.6%1.8%1.8%0.2%
VWIV15.1%13.4%17.4%15.0%13.9%
Skew 25d2.3%1.7%3.6%2.6%1.8%
Skew 10d5.8%3.3%8.9%7.3%3.3%
Call IV 25d13.9%12.8%16.1%13.2%13.2%
Put IV 25d16.2%14.6%19.3%15.8%15.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.084.2020.4015.6314.89
Gamma HHI0.150.100.250.110.22
Net GEX16.1M-4.1M34.3M2.0M26.1M
Net DEX-233.8M-494.0M149.0M-25.2M-395.9M
Net VEX-3.4M-3.6M-3.1M-3.4M-3.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.402.221.140.64
Total Volume54,246.1316,668105,30039,36616,668
Total OI1,201,231.0431,136,8531,288,0531,136,8531,205,391

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$24.53$24.6714.0%4.0%11.7%11.4%15.0%2.6%1.8%2.0M-25.2M-3.4M1.1415.6318,43520,931571,620565,233
2013-10-02$24.57$24.6714.3%4.1%11.7%12.5%14.3%2.0%1.8%1.7M-46.7M-3.4M1.1013.3814,91016,473576,885572,037
2013-10-03$24.39$24.6714.5%4.2%12.0%13.3%14.7%2.2%1.7%-1.6M17.1M-3.3M1.3113.8518,60624,288581,451577,707
2013-10-04$24.27$24.6714.1%4.0%12.1%11.9%14.4%2.2%1.8%-3.2M57.9M-3.3M1.5710.5215,86124,933585,738589,038
2013-10-07$23.96$24.6715.8%4.5%12.0%18.3%16.7%2.7%1.0%-3.9M149.0M-3.4M1.0112.5644,50244,757574,683586,734
2013-10-08$24.30$24.5017.0%4.9%13.0%22.5%17.1%2.5%1.2%-3.7M25.2M-3.6M1.499.7922,78534,035594,738607,302
2013-10-09$24.33$24.3316.7%4.8%13.0%21.7%16.7%2.7%0.9%-4.1M6.7M-3.6M1.2012.6124,16228,953600,066617,976
2013-10-10$24.93$0.0014.3%4.1%15.7%12.8%15.3%2.1%1.3%8.0M-233.5M-3.6M0.474.2050,43023,811613,299631,827
2013-10-11$24.94$24.1714.0%3.9%15.6%11.5%14.1%2.1%1.4%12.6M-228.5M-3.5M1.5715.2623,48736,759614,916641,892
2013-10-14$24.89$25.0015.4%4.5%15.5%16.8%17.4%3.0%-0.9%9.8M-183.6M-3.5M2.2210.8323,52652,152603,474629,367
2013-10-15$24.79$25.0016.2%4.7%15.4%19.8%17.2%3.6%-1.4%688.6K-147.8M-3.5M0.9612.4753,79351,507614,592652,884
2013-10-16$25.20$25.0015.2%4.4%15.4%15.9%16.4%2.8%-0.9%19.8M-353.5M-3.5M0.7311.4246,34433,867629,418658,635
2013-10-17$25.26$25.0014.6%4.2%15.4%13.9%14.7%2.7%-0.2%31.5M-393.3M-3.3M0.8111.2718,36914,880623,274657,573
2013-10-18$25.24$25.0014.2%4.1%15.3%12.4%14.5%2.7%-0.4%33.1M-381.5M-3.3M0.405.8652,12520,754626,745660,453
2013-10-21$25.05$25.3314.4%4.1%15.2%13.2%14.4%2.2%-0.7%20.2M-260.8M-3.2M0.7915.1928,29622,281561,054577,074
2013-10-22$25.44$25.0013.9%4.0%15.9%11.1%14.1%2.1%-1.6%32.8M-394.5M-3.2M0.5516.6630,65416,767567,669589,167
2013-10-23$25.30$25.0014.7%4.2%15.1%14.1%14.9%2.2%-0.5%25.7M-343.6M-3.3M1.3218.3221,02427,648581,583593,028
2013-10-24$25.47$25.3314.4%4.2%15.2%13.0%14.5%2.0%-0.7%34.3M-425.3M-3.2M1.2212.2214,23517,352587,862602,658
2013-10-25$25.36$25.3314.3%4.2%15.3%12.7%14.5%2.0%-0.8%34.3M-406.3M-3.2M1.2112.2225,84231,149592,053608,409
2013-10-28$25.71$25.3313.8%3.9%15.7%10.7%14.2%1.8%-0.8%32.3M-494.0M-3.1M1.1420.4021,76824,765564,537584,259
2013-10-29$25.69$25.3313.8%3.9%15.5%10.9%13.4%1.7%-1.0%30.5M-458.9M-3.3M1.5415.8420,05530,837570,420595,626
2013-10-30$25.64$25.3314.0%4.0%15.6%11.5%14.5%1.8%-1.0%31.5M-461.6M-3.2M1.8315.5615,15027,735579,711608,256
2013-10-31$25.58$25.3313.9%4.0%15.3%11.3%13.9%1.8%0.2%26.1M-395.9M-3.3M0.6414.8910,1916,477585,195620,196