WMT Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, WMT traded between $24.29 and $24.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 13.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 8.4%). Max pain ranged from $23.33 to $24.17. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-14: Highest Volume — 213,846 contracts
  • 2016-07-08: Largest IV drop — 8.9% change
  • 2016-07-28: Highest IV Rank — 32.9%
  • 2016-07-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.52$24.29$24.69$24.29$24.33
Max Pain$23.88$23.33$24.17$23.33$24.17
ATM IV15.7%12.9%19.2%13.6%18.1%
Expected Move5.1%3.5%6.0%3.5%5.7%
HV 20d8.4%7.3%8.7%7.6%7.3%
HV 60d25.4%24.5%25.9%25.9%24.6%
IV Rank13.8%0.0%32.9%0.0%26.8%
IV Percentile21.7%0.0%60.3%0.0%49.2%
Term Structure0.9%-1.1%5.3%0.5%-1.1%
VWIV18.3%13.0%21.9%13.0%19.5%
Skew 25d3.4%2.5%4.1%2.8%3.6%
Skew 10d7.4%5.7%8.9%7.9%7.2%
Call IV 25d14.2%11.2%18.0%12.4%17.2%
Put IV 25d17.6%14.3%21.6%15.2%20.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.886.1246.2810.4046.28
Gamma HHI0.200.160.290.260.20
Net GEX61.6M26.7M86.2M72.2M86.2M
Net DEX-782.2M-1.01B-570.0M-752.0M-570.0M
Net VEX-5.4M-5.5M-5.1M-5.3M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.321.731.730.58
Total Volume108,672.4557,387213,846148,146109,035
Total OI1,761,863.851,629,8461,920,8131,642,4761,845,921

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$24.29$23.3313.6%3.5%7.6%0.0%13.0%2.8%0.5%72.2M-752.0M-5.3M1.7310.4054,26193,885817,839824,637
2016-07-05$24.42$23.3314.2%5.3%7.7%3.2%17.7%2.9%0.1%58.9M-790.3M-5.3M1.288.6858,13174,373813,171816,675
2016-07-06$24.65$23.3314.2%5.0%8.1%3.5%18.3%2.8%0.5%57.2M-912.6M-5.3M1.196.1276,78591,635835,527831,324
2016-07-07$24.49$23.3314.2%5.4%8.6%3.2%17.4%2.9%0.8%69.1M-837.7M-5.5M1.148.7668,46378,177875,022860,001
2016-07-08$24.60$23.3312.9%4.7%8.4%0.0%17.8%2.5%0.3%78.3M-944.6M-5.3M0.5210.1381,89142,402902,331857,994
2016-07-11$24.69$23.3313.2%4.8%8.4%1.6%18.0%3.1%3.3%80.2M-1.01B-5.3M0.668.3860,83439,897926,406859,104
2016-07-12$24.43$23.3314.0%5.5%8.7%5.6%18.0%3.2%5.2%81.5M-845.5M-5.2M0.7410.2092,05567,779949,320872,457
2016-07-13$24.53$24.1713.7%5.4%8.7%3.9%19.0%3.2%5.2%77.3M-914.5M-5.4M1.088.5337,55440,548976,197905,994
2016-07-14$24.58$24.1714.0%5.2%8.7%5.8%16.8%3.3%5.3%74.8M-942.9M-5.4M0.3212.41162,60651,240970,806915,087
2016-07-15$24.57$24.1714.6%5.1%8.7%8.9%16.7%3.2%5.1%50.8M-888.7M-5.5M0.9110.5342,42938,781982,017938,796
2016-07-18$24.60$24.1715.8%4.8%8.5%14.9%17.0%3.8%-0.8%49.1M-719.3M-5.5M0.8113.0337,39530,297886,563790,047
2016-07-19$24.54$24.1716.9%5.0%8.7%20.7%17.7%4.0%-0.9%48.8M-700.8M-5.3M0.8913.1637,71633,456901,227799,200
2016-07-20$24.60$24.1716.7%4.8%8.6%19.6%17.2%3.8%-0.7%49.1M-719.4M-5.5M0.8712.5330,65126,736913,863806,265
2016-07-21$24.50$24.1717.3%5.0%8.7%23.2%19.1%4.1%-0.9%42.9M-666.7M-5.4M1.0236.9829,55930,138924,852810,120
2016-07-22$24.51$24.1717.3%5.1%8.7%22.7%18.0%3.9%-1.0%26.7M-685.2M-5.4M0.8242.2655,15545,132929,613820,377
2016-07-25$24.58$24.1717.7%5.4%8.7%24.8%19.8%3.7%-0.7%62.4M-734.6M-5.4M1.0236.4643,19744,253935,574796,878
2016-07-26$24.57$24.1717.9%5.6%8.3%26.1%20.8%3.7%-0.8%62.2M-739.9M-5.4M1.2940.3728,31436,516951,084816,525
2016-07-27$24.44$24.1718.6%5.8%8.6%29.8%21.9%3.6%-1.0%54.0M-643.2M-5.4M0.9643.1536,06934,770956,769822,141
2016-07-28$24.42$24.1719.2%6.0%7.6%32.9%21.5%3.6%-1.1%51.0M-630.3M-5.4M0.6839.2778,19253,142964,131835,422
2016-07-29$24.33$24.1718.1%5.7%7.3%26.8%19.5%3.6%-1.1%86.2M-570.0M-5.1M0.5846.2868,81140,224988,941856,980