WMT Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, WMT traded between $24.22 and $25.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.4%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $21.67 to $23.33. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-20: Highest Volume — 194,541 contracts
  • 2014-02-14: Largest IV drop — 8.3% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 32.6%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.69$24.22$25.26$24.22$24.90
Max Pain$22.13$21.67$23.33$23.33$21.67
ATM IV15.4%12.4%19.3%19.3%12.5%
Expected Move4.7%4.5%4.9%4.9%4.5%
HV 20d14.5%12.5%16.8%12.5%16.3%
HV 60d11.3%10.7%12.1%11.1%12.1%
IV Rank18.2%7.4%32.6%32.6%7.6%
IV Percentile63.7%26.2%95.6%95.6%27.0%
Term Structure-0.6%-1.6%0.4%-1.6%0.2%
VWIV17.4%15.7%21.1%17.0%18.9%
Skew 25d2.4%1.5%3.8%3.5%1.6%
Skew 10d4.6%2.9%7.1%3.1%3.0%
Call IV 25d14.4%11.9%17.5%17.4%11.9%
Put IV 25d16.7%13.5%20.9%20.9%13.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.133.7732.7613.184.42
Gamma HHI0.190.140.290.140.29
Net GEX15.5M-106.8K37.4M-106.8K37.4M
Net DEX33.0M-242.4M244.9M244.9M-125.3M
Net VEX-3.7M-3.9M-3.3M-3.4M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.321.220.321.13
Total Volume60,661.57929,433194,541137,47238,985
Total OI1,156,200.3161,050,9991,289,4481,050,9991,161,678

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$24.22$23.3319.3%4.9%12.5%32.6%17.0%3.5%-1.6%-106.8K244.9M-3.4M0.3213.18103,76433,708604,284446,715
2014-02-04$24.24$23.3318.8%4.8%12.6%30.4%17.3%3.2%-1.6%3.5M219.6M-3.6M0.8719.3219,50016,932663,774455,631
2014-02-05$24.29$23.3318.9%4.8%12.6%30.9%17.2%3.2%-1.2%4.5M190.2M-3.7M1.0923.6218,11119,674669,177458,337
2014-02-06$24.27$23.3318.6%4.8%12.5%29.8%21.1%3.3%-1.3%3.6M214.0M-3.7M1.207.4020,96425,119676,635468,549
2014-02-07$24.58$21.6717.5%4.8%13.6%25.8%15.7%3.8%-1.2%6.0M109.9M-3.7M1.167.6026,15130,255681,786483,675
2014-02-10$24.59$21.6716.9%4.7%13.6%23.7%17.1%3.2%-1.3%5.0M104.9M-3.8M0.586.4718,64810,785672,363479,547
2014-02-11$24.93$21.6716.0%4.7%14.7%20.4%16.5%2.2%-0.9%14.2M-57.7M-3.9M0.4913.5034,60816,872677,466477,567
2014-02-12$24.99$21.6716.0%4.7%14.5%20.3%18.1%2.0%-1.0%16.7M-89.9M-3.8M1.226.1214,85918,165689,970479,373
2014-02-13$25.12$21.6715.6%4.7%14.7%19.1%17.7%2.1%-0.5%22.4M-168.9M-3.9M0.588.5522,80313,254696,399485,445
2014-02-14$25.26$21.6714.3%4.7%14.4%14.3%17.0%1.9%0.4%31.0M-242.4M-3.8M0.616.2635,27721,672703,806490,167
2014-02-18$25.11$21.6714.5%4.7%14.3%15.0%16.8%2.1%-0.2%24.3M-130.0M-3.7M0.969.0621,27920,457696,603476,844
2014-02-19$24.95$21.6714.7%4.6%14.4%15.7%16.8%2.3%-0.2%20.5M-45.0M-3.6M1.056.2636,22238,175705,621482,664
2014-02-20$24.51$21.6714.6%4.7%15.6%15.3%18.3%2.3%-0.7%1.2M185.6M-3.3M0.467.29133,46761,074703,602491,145
2014-02-21$24.37$21.6713.9%4.8%15.6%12.8%18.4%1.6%-0.4%6.8M202.6M-3.4M1.087.3729,52331,842788,718500,730
2014-02-24$24.45$0.0012.8%4.5%15.5%8.8%17.3%1.9%0.2%12.1M116.7M-3.4M0.5832.7649,52128,773630,384454,953
2014-02-25$24.45$23.3312.6%4.5%15.4%8.1%17.3%1.5%0.3%12.4M123.1M-3.4M0.505.7022,72811,307653,988468,360
2014-02-26$24.93$21.6712.6%4.6%16.8%7.9%16.2%1.6%0.1%36.9M-134.0M-3.8M0.813.8436,14429,379667,002473,235
2014-02-27$24.85$21.6712.4%4.5%16.6%7.4%15.8%1.6%-0.0%35.8M-91.8M-3.8M0.653.7725,86016,713673,173478,440
2014-02-28$24.90$21.6712.5%4.5%16.3%7.6%18.9%1.6%0.2%37.4M-125.3M-3.8M1.134.4218,33320,652677,424484,254