WMT Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, WMT traded between $21.33 and $22.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%, placing in the 69.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 24.4%). Max pain ranged from $20.83 to $21.67. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-18: Highest Volume — 439,581 contracts
  • 2016-02-18: Largest IV drop — 19.7% change
  • 2016-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.08$21.33$22.67$22.53$22.18
Max Pain$21.00$20.83$21.67$20.83$21.67
ATM IV24.9%18.7%32.0%24.4%18.7%
Expected Move7.2%5.5%9.2%8.0%5.5%
HV 20d24.4%21.7%29.1%28.6%21.9%
HV 60d22.7%21.1%23.7%23.2%22.8%
IV Rank69.2%32.6%100.0%80.2%32.6%
IV Percentile86.4%61.1%100.0%94.8%61.1%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.8%0.1%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV25.8%20.0%32.3%30.5%20.0%
Skew 25d4.2%2.9%5.7%3.6%3.9%
Skew 10d9.2%4.3%12.2%5.5%8.8%
Call IV 25d23.1%17.0%29.4%22.6%17.0%
Put IV 25d27.4%20.9%34.2%26.2%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.087.0014.189.2014.12
Gamma HHI0.210.120.620.140.22
Net GEX44.2M28.0M119.9M41.9M39.8M
Net DEX-540.0M-864.1M5.8M-864.1M-432.2M
Net VEX-5.4M-5.9M-4.7M-5.4M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.322.090.951.26
Total Volume152,788.579,437439,581167,358112,179
Total OI1,740,6661,451,0612,050,5991,615,4161,577,145

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$22.53$20.8324.4%8.0%28.6%80.2%30.5%3.6%-0.2%41.9M-864.1M-5.4M0.959.2085,93281,426917,694697,722
2016-02-02$22.28$20.8326.7%8.8%29.1%94.9%31.5%3.1%-0.6%38.7M-727.8M-5.5M0.988.7771,67970,467923,289726,681
2016-02-03$22.11$20.8327.1%9.2%28.2%97.6%32.3%3.6%-0.3%37.2M-635.8M-5.7M0.8611.7578,55567,410944,367756,450
2016-02-04$22.16$20.8327.9%7.3%28.2%100.0%28.0%3.3%-1.0%36.8M-664.3M-5.7M2.077.3037,32077,301963,060771,666
2016-02-05$22.28$20.8328.7%7.8%26.9%100.0%27.7%3.0%-1.0%38.6M-720.3M-5.8M2.0710.1554,717113,403967,296785,001
2016-02-08$22.31$20.8332.0%8.0%25.1%100.0%28.5%2.9%-3.8%32.4M-683.1M-5.8M0.3210.62230,92573,035953,187796,686
2016-02-09$21.93$20.8330.6%8.5%25.7%92.7%30.0%4.0%-0.8%42.7M-619.0M-5.9M1.6210.4840,22465,0401,059,507812,184
2016-02-10$21.93$20.8330.6%8.4%25.3%92.9%29.3%5.7%-0.7%41.8M-583.9M-5.8M1.4310.0332,62546,8121,054,002835,953
2016-02-11$21.78$20.8330.7%8.6%23.2%93.1%28.4%5.5%-1.0%38.2M-474.6M-5.8M0.827.0061,41950,6731,051,584846,189
2016-02-12$22.06$20.8328.8%8.1%22.9%83.9%27.9%5.1%-0.8%52.1M-684.5M-5.7M1.1712.9438,06744,7151,076,625847,563
2016-02-16$21.93$20.8328.3%8.1%21.9%81.1%28.9%5.7%-1.7%47.8M-579.8M-5.3M2.0913.2640,36584,2491,055,037821,262
2016-02-17$22.08$20.8326.3%7.5%21.7%71.2%25.4%5.1%-1.8%50.5M-670.6M-5.2M1.0610.25102,372108,8731,067,181841,089
2016-02-18$21.33$20.8321.1%6.1%22.8%44.9%21.6%5.0%0.1%45.3M5.8M-4.7M0.6814.18262,233177,3481,099,365887,391
2016-02-19$21.56$20.8320.5%5.9%22.3%41.8%20.8%4.1%-0.2%119.9M-180.6M-5.0M1.049.0270,68073,5511,139,046911,553
2016-02-22$21.86$20.8319.5%5.7%22.4%36.5%20.6%4.2%-0.1%28.0M-258.9M-5.1M0.9712.0353,22351,429801,579649,482
2016-02-23$22.19$20.8319.3%5.6%22.6%35.4%21.3%3.9%-0.7%33.3M-413.8M-5.1M0.6213.2268,62542,441818,475663,561
2016-02-24$22.36$21.6719.5%5.7%22.6%36.5%21.4%4.4%-0.7%39.7M-509.7M-5.2M0.9113.5458,06253,112858,489676,455
2016-02-25$22.67$21.6719.0%5.5%23.0%34.0%20.6%4.5%-0.9%43.0M-675.4M-5.2M0.989.8860,56459,526869,520693,210
2016-02-26$22.18$21.6719.1%5.7%24.7%34.5%20.8%4.1%-0.5%36.2M-426.4M-5.3M1.1713.9071,36783,826885,177711,597
2016-02-29$22.18$21.6718.7%5.5%21.9%32.6%20.0%3.9%-0.2%39.8M-432.2M-5.1M1.2614.1249,74062,439891,591685,554