WMT Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, WMT traded between $25.20 and $25.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.8%, placing in the 15.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 9.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-19: Highest Volume — 99,375 contracts
  • 2014-09-19: Largest IV drop — 13.2% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 29.9%
  • 2014-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.45$25.20$25.84$25.25$25.49
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV10.8%9.5%12.2%10.0%12.2%
Expected Move3.7%3.5%3.9%3.8%3.7%
HV 20d9.9%7.6%13.1%8.3%13.1%
HV 60d9.4%8.6%10.5%8.6%10.5%
IV Rank15.5%3.1%29.9%7.4%29.9%
IV Percentile21.4%2.0%49.6%6.0%49.6%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%1.0%0.4%0.1%
VWIV13.3%12.5%14.4%13.8%13.5%
Skew 25d1.6%0.9%2.2%1.3%2.1%
Skew 10d3.6%2.3%5.2%2.8%4.7%
Call IV 25d10.3%9.2%11.3%9.7%11.3%
Put IV 25d11.9%10.4%13.4%11.0%13.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.238.8512.519.109.16
Gamma HHI0.270.210.350.210.28
Net GEX64.9M51.1M81.7M51.4M74.4M
Net DEX-470.5M-780.2M-289.3M-356.3M-479.5M
Net VEX-4.1M-4.5M-3.7M-4.0M-4.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.191.580.620.69
Total Volume53,496.28616,09599,37522,21227,966
Total OI1,329,151.1431,164,2401,420,5661,282,8991,325,220

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$25.25$25.0010.0%3.8%8.3%7.4%13.8%1.3%0.4%51.4M-356.3M-4.0M0.629.1013,7108,502723,390559,509
2014-09-03$25.34$25.0010.2%3.8%8.2%9.2%13.3%1.0%-0.3%57.2M-425.5M-4.0M0.8410.3318,82815,843726,624563,853
2014-09-04$25.52$25.009.5%3.6%7.6%3.1%12.9%1.4%0.3%65.2M-553.3M-4.0M0.3711.2067,94725,182732,576572,469
2014-09-05$25.84$25.009.6%3.6%8.3%4.2%13.0%0.9%0.2%81.0M-780.2M-4.1M0.4110.5264,81526,310774,612581,022
2014-09-08$25.51$25.0010.2%3.6%9.4%9.7%13.4%1.4%0.4%72.4M-543.3M-4.1M0.688.9231,18521,252781,689573,924
2014-09-09$25.58$25.0010.4%3.6%9.2%11.6%14.4%1.2%0.1%81.0M-597.3M-4.1M0.6512.3826,58017,256795,069582,972
2014-09-10$25.50$25.0010.4%3.6%9.2%11.3%13.8%1.4%0.2%81.7M-537.1M-4.2M1.3712.5119,26026,328801,096587,817
2014-09-11$25.37$25.0011.1%3.8%9.5%18.4%12.6%1.1%0.8%61.5M-428.1M-4.2M0.3910.3822,7648,793808,821603,495
2014-09-12$25.26$25.0011.0%3.8%9.6%17.8%13.4%1.5%1.0%51.1M-358.0M-4.2M0.378.8630,94211,571817,227603,339
2014-09-15$25.27$25.0011.6%3.8%9.2%23.7%13.9%1.8%-0.5%51.6M-341.1M-4.1M0.479.5710,9595,136794,310586,860
2014-09-16$25.44$25.0010.7%3.6%9.0%14.7%13.8%2.0%0.6%61.4M-444.8M-4.0M0.458.8523,80810,620797,478587,130
2014-09-17$25.41$25.0011.3%3.8%9.0%20.5%13.0%2.1%-0.1%64.1M-466.2M-3.9M0.5711.4138,08521,585800,685589,431
2014-09-18$25.41$25.0011.2%3.7%9.0%19.6%13.8%1.7%-0.5%56.1M-444.0M-3.8M0.1911.1440,0897,476796,254601,218
2014-09-19$25.61$25.009.7%3.5%9.0%5.0%12.9%1.5%0.5%76.1M-584.7M-3.9M0.4811.4467,01432,361817,812602,277
2014-09-22$25.44$25.0010.4%3.5%9.4%11.6%12.8%2.0%0.1%66.3M-426.6M-3.8M0.8911.0523,17820,706689,928474,312
2014-09-23$25.20$25.0010.5%3.7%10.0%12.3%12.6%1.7%0.0%55.4M-289.3M-3.7M1.509.4125,78238,607700,764490,797
2014-09-24$25.69$25.0010.8%3.6%12.1%15.7%12.5%1.9%0.2%71.9M-570.9M-4.0M0.7210.1954,96939,381708,795518,475
2014-09-25$25.37$25.0011.8%3.9%12.9%25.3%13.9%1.4%-0.2%56.3M-411.2M-4.2M1.569.6618,42028,728728,868544,776
2014-09-26$25.50$25.0011.7%3.7%13.0%24.7%13.0%2.2%-0.2%64.3M-463.0M-4.2M1.589.6322,92936,264733,413559,095
2014-09-29$25.36$25.0012.2%3.9%13.0%29.6%13.1%1.9%-0.1%61.5M-380.8M-4.3M0.239.1958,74313,548726,030548,742
2014-09-30$25.49$25.0012.2%3.7%13.1%29.9%13.5%2.1%0.1%74.4M-479.5M-4.5M0.699.1616,50011,466767,889557,331