WMT Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, WMT traded between $22.88 and $23.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.4%, placing in the 28.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 14.7%). Max pain ranged from $23.33 to $24.17. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-17: Highest Volume — 368,367 contracts
  • 2016-11-17: Largest IV drop — 24.2% change
  • 2016-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 51.4%
  • 2016-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.44$22.88$23.85$23.08$23.55
Max Pain$23.37$23.33$24.17$23.33$23.33
ATM IV18.4%13.5%22.7%22.1%14.1%
Expected Move5.3%4.1%7.5%7.5%4.3%
HV 20d14.7%9.1%18.8%16.2%18.5%
HV 60d16.5%15.6%17.6%15.9%17.2%
IV Rank28.7%3.0%51.4%47.8%6.4%
IV Percentile52.4%1.2%88.5%86.1%6.3%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.1%0.6%-0.2%-0.1%
VWIV18.4%13.7%26.6%26.6%15.5%
Skew 25d3.3%2.2%4.6%4.1%2.4%
Skew 10d6.8%3.8%10.6%5.8%4.8%
Call IV 25d17.1%12.9%20.8%20.1%13.3%
Put IV 25d20.4%15.1%25.4%24.1%15.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.606.8044.7310.2416.48
Gamma HHI0.130.100.170.100.14
Net GEX30.3M-19.7M58.6M14.9M43.0M
Net DEX-98.0M-356.1M366.4M26.3M-142.2M
Net VEX-3.8M-4.2M-3.3M-4.1M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.312.201.861.87
Total Volume134,101.14375,729368,36778,31896,405
Total OI1,801,541.4291,677,5762,012,0311,706,3401,789,419

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$23.08$23.3322.1%7.5%16.2%47.8%26.6%4.1%-0.2%14.9M26.3M-4.1M1.8610.2427,34850,970930,537775,803
2016-11-02$23.21$23.3320.9%7.3%16.4%41.9%26.1%3.7%-0.1%20.5M-35.1M-4.1M1.0512.2748,31850,640935,907788,304
2016-11-03$23.18$23.3321.7%5.8%10.8%46.1%20.5%4.3%-0.3%21.1M4.9M-4.2M1.277.8337,90548,075965,724808,479
2016-11-04$23.07$23.3322.7%6.0%10.5%51.4%19.2%4.6%-0.4%10.3M71.6M-4.2M0.646.8084,42653,943967,881813,678
2016-11-07$23.20$23.3321.6%5.8%9.6%45.4%19.2%4.5%-1.4%16.5M43.2M-3.9M1.549.8330,91547,502966,960821,106
2016-11-08$23.29$23.3321.5%5.8%9.1%44.6%19.3%4.2%-1.5%21.9M-9.5M-3.9M1.956.9525,64150,088974,445825,198
2016-11-09$23.76$23.3319.9%5.2%11.2%36.6%19.0%4.1%-1.4%40.4M-270.1M-4.0M1.2411.5654,85867,803984,003830,253
2016-11-10$23.85$23.3320.8%5.5%10.8%41.2%18.7%3.3%-2.1%48.6M-356.1M-4.1M0.979.6460,48958,758999,771833,253
2016-11-11$23.74$23.3321.1%5.9%11.0%42.6%20.1%3.8%-0.6%53.5M-294.4M-4.0M1.539.6036,19255,2931,028,415839,079
2016-11-14$23.45$23.3321.7%6.2%12.0%45.9%20.0%4.0%-1.7%28.1M-84.3M-3.9M2.2012.0730,51666,9991,003,533813,906
2016-11-15$23.77$23.3319.9%5.6%12.5%36.3%19.4%4.0%-0.2%37.3M-260.9M-3.9M0.5010.89160,87281,1561,014,240835,590
2016-11-16$23.83$23.3321.2%6.1%12.5%43.2%21.5%3.4%-0.8%39.4M-318.9M-4.0M1.1718.19109,632128,2411,021,584847,377
2016-11-17$23.02$24.1716.1%4.6%18.0%16.5%16.6%2.7%0.6%-19.7M341.3M-3.3M0.5013.61245,007123,3601,038,222883,554
2016-11-18$22.88$23.3316.5%4.8%18.0%18.7%16.8%2.4%-1.4%-7.0M366.4M-3.4M1.0517.8070,29373,9531,113,909898,122
2016-11-21$23.05$23.3314.5%4.1%17.7%8.4%14.3%2.6%-0.2%4.8M141.1M-3.3M0.6544.7380,88352,911915,390762,186
2016-11-22$23.39$23.3314.3%4.2%18.4%7.5%13.7%2.5%-0.1%37.4M-81.9M-3.6M0.3120.72154,71648,309948,177772,326
2016-11-23$23.62$23.3314.1%4.1%18.7%6.2%14.8%2.2%-0.1%55.4M-280.0M-3.7M0.9711.4753,95552,446998,283778,602
2016-11-25$23.74$23.3314.2%4.2%18.8%6.7%14.5%2.4%-0.1%58.6M-327.4M-3.7M0.9314.5454,49550,7001,006,899782,907
2016-11-28$23.75$23.3314.1%4.2%18.7%6.1%14.5%2.4%0.0%56.7M-296.8M-3.5M1.408.7135,80850,121984,444766,023
2016-11-29$23.78$23.3313.5%4.1%18.7%3.0%15.4%2.2%0.0%55.2M-295.1M-3.7M1.6211.7540,59365,589993,090775,791
2016-11-30$23.55$23.3314.1%4.3%18.5%6.4%15.5%2.4%-0.1%43.0M-142.2M-3.6M1.8716.4833,62162,784999,126790,293