WMT Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, WMT traded between $18.81 and $20.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 56.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 26.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $21.67. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-17: Highest Volume — 352,620 contracts
  • 2015-11-17: Largest IV drop — 24.4% change
  • 2015-11-16: Highest IV Rank — 96.5%
  • 2015-11-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.67$18.81$20.31$19.18$19.61
Max Pain$21.10$20.00$21.67$20.00$20.83
ATM IV20.2%15.7%25.9%20.9%16.6%
Expected Move5.8%4.5%7.4%6.1%4.8%
HV 20d26.9%13.7%38.5%37.8%23.1%
HV 60d28.7%28.2%29.9%28.6%28.5%
IV Rank56.6%25.2%96.5%61.7%31.3%
IV Percentile76.3%36.9%98.8%91.3%46.0%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.7%0.5%-1.0%0.1%
VWIV20.5%16.7%25.6%21.3%17.0%
Skew 25d2.7%1.8%4.0%2.3%2.7%
Skew 10d5.1%2.7%8.0%5.2%4.7%
Call IV 25d19.2%15.0%24.4%20.0%15.9%
Put IV 25d22.0%17.9%28.4%22.3%18.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.854.5411.856.9311.85
Gamma HHI0.100.070.220.100.10
Net GEX5.6M-11.0M29.0M-5.8M-6.0M
Net DEX654.1M104.4M1.11B993.1M799.4M
Net VEX-4.3M-4.6M-3.5M-4.0M-3.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.362.060.472.06
Total Volume134,139.47460,762352,620106,119176,247
Total OI2,786,205.4742,428,6503,040,0142,724,7922,433,333

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$19.18$20.0020.9%6.1%37.8%61.7%21.3%2.3%-1.0%-5.8M993.1M-4.0M0.476.9372,14433,9751,654,0411,070,751
2015-11-04$19.44$20.0021.6%6.7%38.5%66.0%24.0%1.9%-0.7%10.3M783.4M-4.5M0.786.4355,81543,7311,739,4871,086,996
2015-11-05$19.54$21.6722.2%6.2%38.4%70.3%20.8%2.2%-0.6%10.8M729.2M-4.6M0.624.8155,40134,3651,750,6021,105,521
2015-11-06$19.59$21.6721.4%5.9%38.1%64.9%21.6%2.4%-0.7%6.1M708.9M-4.6M0.368.8152,27218,9541,754,2951,110,510
2015-11-09$19.50$21.6722.4%6.4%38.1%72.1%21.8%2.4%0.5%3.3M784.8M-4.5M0.706.8236,64825,7821,724,9731,095,657
2015-11-10$19.55$21.6722.3%6.3%38.1%71.6%21.7%2.5%0.1%4.5M779.5M-4.4M0.956.3435,22333,5581,736,6581,105,116
2015-11-11$19.51$21.6722.3%6.3%38.1%70.9%22.3%1.8%-0.1%2.9M780.3M-4.5M1.019.1630,25830,5041,738,9411,113,012
2015-11-12$19.00$21.6723.3%6.6%14.1%78.5%24.0%2.8%-0.3%-8.0M1.05B-4.0M0.576.3968,29239,1351,755,5581,128,096
2015-11-13$18.81$21.6725.3%7.1%13.7%92.7%24.9%4.0%-1.1%-6.2M1.11B-4.0M0.694.54152,523104,8201,769,7991,137,672
2015-11-16$19.29$20.8325.9%7.4%16.7%96.5%25.6%3.6%-1.7%5.7M822.7M-4.4M0.648.97142,93590,9781,796,0161,134,258
2015-11-17$20.04$20.8319.6%5.6%21.8%52.1%20.6%3.5%0.2%24.0M314.8M-4.6M0.668.99212,433140,1871,831,2121,163,727
2015-11-18$20.31$20.8319.0%5.4%22.2%48.2%19.1%3.5%-1.1%29.0M104.4M-4.6M1.079.0476,35381,5311,854,9451,176,237
2015-11-19$20.25$20.8318.5%5.3%22.1%44.4%20.1%3.3%-0.9%29.0M165.8M-4.4M0.367.39145,54851,9751,849,9321,190,082
2015-11-20$20.03$20.8317.3%5.0%22.5%36.3%17.2%2.5%-0.0%8.5M308.5M-4.2M0.486.83103,00849,5541,822,3111,200,420
2015-11-23$20.09$21.6716.9%4.8%22.2%33.5%17.2%2.6%0.1%2.0M496.3M-4.2M0.5910.3256,82333,3691,525,389903,261
2015-11-24$19.97$20.8316.6%4.8%22.2%31.2%17.5%2.1%0.0%1.4M549.2M-4.0M0.746.9047,87735,3371,545,411915,129
2015-11-25$20.11$20.8316.2%4.6%21.9%28.4%16.9%3.2%0.2%6.2M521.2M-4.1M0.818.9852,89642,9481,570,254926,682
2015-11-27$19.96$20.8315.7%4.5%22.1%25.2%16.7%2.9%0.3%-11.0M619.8M-4.0M0.669.6851,41433,8371,587,567934,053
2015-11-30$19.61$20.8316.6%4.8%23.1%31.3%17.0%2.7%0.1%-6.0M799.4M-3.5M2.0611.8557,684118,5631,531,584901,749