WMT Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, WMT traded between $23.78 and $24.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 61.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Max pain ranged from $23.33 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-01: Highest Volume — 256,092 contracts
  • 2015-07-24: Largest IV spike — 9.7% change
  • 2015-07-27: Highest IV Rank — 81.4%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.26$23.78$24.64$23.96$24.00
Max Pain$23.90$23.33$25.00$25.00$24.17
ATM IV16.3%13.8%18.6%15.8%17.1%
Expected Move5.0%4.4%5.7%4.6%5.1%
HV 20d11.3%9.4%12.6%10.2%11.7%
HV 60d14.5%14.1%15.0%14.2%14.1%
IV Rank61.7%39.8%81.4%57.0%68.1%
IV Percentile71.2%34.1%93.7%71.4%79.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.8%3.3%0.7%-0.8%
VWIV17.9%15.6%20.2%16.3%18.1%
Skew 25d1.3%0.1%1.8%0.6%0.3%
Skew 10d2.3%0.5%3.6%0.7%0.5%
Call IV 25d15.9%12.9%18.2%16.0%17.2%
Put IV 25d17.2%14.0%19.8%16.6%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.484.1212.8912.899.55
Gamma HHI0.200.100.380.190.10
Net GEX51.0M-5.5M109.6M34.0M37.1M
Net DEX-2.4M-327.6M285.0M266.9M159.4M
Net VEX-7.2M-8.1M-6.6M-7.3M-6.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.231.880.230.87
Total Volume103,084.36460,717256,092256,09289,850
Total OI2,242,187.8642,000,6042,456,5442,218,7912,180,136

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$23.96$25.0015.8%4.6%10.2%57.0%16.3%0.6%0.7%34.0M266.9M-7.3M0.2312.89208,95347,1391,391,283827,508
2015-07-02$23.96$25.0015.8%4.6%9.9%56.7%16.5%0.1%0.8%55.5M147.9M-7.8M0.3711.0376,21228,2901,531,701837,726
2015-07-06$24.19$23.3316.8%5.2%9.4%66.0%18.4%1.1%-0.5%58.7M2.3M-7.7M0.586.8769,03040,0231,453,965828,141
2015-07-07$24.58$23.3317.0%5.4%10.8%67.6%18.8%0.8%-0.5%85.4M-311.8M-8.1M0.5010.3895,31047,5141,470,963842,952
2015-07-08$24.37$23.3318.2%5.7%11.3%77.7%20.2%1.5%-0.4%71.5M-154.3M-8.0M1.1610.8756,24164,9561,496,220855,909
2015-07-09$24.30$23.3317.6%5.6%11.1%72.6%19.5%0.9%-0.6%65.2M-95.1M-7.9M0.836.5135,11229,1451,512,903884,838
2015-07-10$24.39$23.3316.5%5.4%11.2%63.1%19.0%1.5%-0.5%80.3M-145.3M-7.8M0.715.8051,54936,5731,520,025887,967
2015-07-13$24.64$23.3315.3%4.9%11.5%53.1%18.0%1.3%2.4%109.6M-327.6M-7.6M0.456.5766,22229,5531,507,725865,524
2015-07-14$24.58$23.3314.5%5.0%11.1%45.8%17.9%1.5%3.3%98.4M-214.0M-7.3M0.654.1259,46338,7361,512,297870,924
2015-07-15$24.53$23.3314.5%4.9%11.1%45.6%17.3%1.3%3.0%83.1M-163.7M-7.5M0.548.5654,68129,6761,523,451880,626
2015-07-16$24.62$23.3313.8%4.5%11.0%39.8%16.3%1.4%2.6%82.5M-237.5M-7.2M1.887.7753,520100,6891,536,564881,241
2015-07-17$24.47$24.1714.1%4.5%11.2%42.7%15.6%1.1%2.5%-5.5M-51.9M-7.1M0.506.3765,59232,9971,548,546907,998
2015-07-20$24.37$24.1714.9%4.4%11.3%49.6%16.1%1.2%-0.3%32.7M-30.0M-6.9M0.3910.2070,08027,3871,210,497790,107
2015-07-21$24.27$24.1715.6%4.5%11.4%55.0%16.1%1.6%-0.6%31.2M42.5M-6.8M0.948.2747,19044,5141,249,350796,017
2015-07-22$24.40$24.1716.4%4.7%11.4%62.3%17.0%1.5%-0.6%36.4M-39.3M-7.0M1.289.5541,60453,0521,267,860792,594
2015-07-23$24.17$24.1716.6%4.8%11.9%64.1%17.2%1.8%-0.4%31.2M96.3M-6.8M0.898.0532,10028,6171,287,204796,689
2015-07-24$23.87$24.1718.2%5.3%12.4%78.2%18.5%1.5%-0.6%25.1M254.2M-6.7M1.028.7957,93659,2891,298,127801,735
2015-07-27$23.78$24.1718.6%5.6%12.4%81.4%19.8%1.6%-0.8%19.4M285.0M-6.6M0.707.2945,97832,2501,282,155814,203
2015-07-28$24.02$24.1717.9%5.4%12.6%75.5%19.3%1.7%-0.1%25.7M189.3M-6.7M0.729.5444,52332,0761,294,251819,669
2015-07-29$24.08$24.1717.4%5.2%12.3%70.6%19.1%1.6%-0.5%30.4M141.4M-6.6M0.6210.4640,96225,2931,306,194818,802
2015-07-30$24.08$24.1716.8%5.2%11.6%65.8%18.8%1.7%-0.5%33.1M133.2M-6.6M0.747.0144,88333,0961,320,516825,030
2015-07-31$24.00$24.1717.1%5.1%11.7%68.1%18.1%0.3%-0.8%37.1M159.4M-6.6M0.879.5548,16241,6881,342,476837,660