WMT Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, WMT traded between $22.09 and $24.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 34.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 16.2%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $23.33. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.23.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-21: Highest Volume — 301,830 contracts
  • 2017-02-21: Largest IV drop — 20.7% change
  • 2017-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 53.4%
  • 2017-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.99$22.09$24.17$22.09$23.58
Max Pain$23.16$22.50$23.33$23.33$23.33
ATM IV18.7%15.1%21.0%20.0%17.2%
Expected Move5.2%4.4%6.0%4.6%5.2%
HV 20d16.2%13.8%18.9%14.7%18.8%
HV 60d15.9%14.7%16.5%16.2%16.5%
IV Rank34.6%14.7%53.4%37.0%28.6%
IV Percentile67.7%23.4%92.1%83.3%52.8%
Term Structure-0.6%-1.8%0.1%0.0%-0.3%
VWIV18.6%15.8%20.5%17.1%18.2%
Skew 25d2.7%2.0%3.1%2.7%2.0%
Skew 10d5.2%3.2%8.1%5.0%4.9%
Call IV 25d17.5%13.9%19.5%19.2%16.5%
Put IV 25d20.2%16.5%22.4%21.9%18.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.275.7460.7218.2649.30
Gamma HHI0.150.090.210.190.11
Net GEX-16.3M-76.7M56.7M-64.0M15.8M
Net DEX109.1M-654.0M763.2M763.2M-193.0M
Net VEX-4.1M-4.4M-3.7M-4.2M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.230.702.481.301.29
Total Volume137,856.15865,583301,83070,467182,991
Total OI1,605,621.1581,361,7391,781,4151,591,8811,486,071

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$22.09$23.3320.0%4.6%14.7%37.0%17.1%2.7%0.0%-64.0M763.2M-4.2M1.3018.2630,68739,780667,245924,636
2017-02-02$22.25$23.3320.7%5.6%14.6%40.8%19.7%2.9%-0.2%-61.2M663.1M-4.3M1.8710.8131,65359,343677,460933,180
2017-02-03$22.18$23.3320.4%5.5%14.5%39.3%19.4%2.7%-0.1%-72.2M730.4M-4.2M1.1611.8232,39437,668683,772950,418
2017-02-06$22.17$23.3320.3%5.4%13.8%38.5%18.8%2.8%-1.7%-76.7M742.5M-4.0M2.487.4032,82981,411670,407939,660
2017-02-07$22.32$23.3319.8%5.4%14.0%36.0%18.8%3.0%-1.0%-67.6M600.5M-4.1M0.986.4848,63647,592681,225923,535
2017-02-08$22.58$23.3320.0%5.6%14.7%40.0%19.6%3.0%-0.7%-48.0M361.6M-4.2M1.057.7359,30162,562708,630925,419
2017-02-09$23.01$23.3319.6%5.3%16.3%37.5%19.1%2.7%-1.8%-22.8M730.3K-4.3M1.039.3288,39591,137731,448932,091
2017-02-10$22.66$23.3319.3%5.4%16.9%36.1%19.3%2.5%-0.6%-37.5M296.0M-4.2M0.965.7483,32880,244751,314947,331
2017-02-13$22.61$23.3319.9%5.6%16.4%44.1%19.8%2.4%-1.1%-47.4M338.6M-4.1M2.098.0026,68555,698733,329954,939
2017-02-14$22.83$23.3321.0%6.0%15.4%52.3%20.4%3.0%-1.6%-28.0M170.3M-4.1M1.178.3440,52747,358753,126970,527
2017-02-15$22.88$22.5020.9%6.0%15.3%53.4%20.5%3.0%-1.5%-18.0M127.0M-4.2M0.9610.0433,50132,082764,691980,409
2017-02-16$22.94$22.5019.7%5.7%15.1%45.0%20.0%3.1%-0.3%-2.0M68.0M-4.1M0.848.6247,28339,771774,021986,355
2017-02-17$23.08$22.5019.1%5.5%14.9%41.0%19.7%2.9%-0.0%12.1M26.2M-4.1M0.7010.57137,03496,543786,141995,274
2017-02-21$23.85$22.5015.1%4.4%18.3%14.7%16.6%3.0%0.1%50.2M-559.7M-3.8M0.8340.52165,318136,512672,024689,715
2017-02-22$23.97$23.3315.2%4.4%18.2%15.0%15.8%2.3%-0.1%56.7M-606.5M-3.7M1.2713.8785,815109,176704,226719,865
2017-02-23$23.76$23.3315.5%4.6%18.5%17.3%17.1%2.4%0.0%38.8M-417.2M-4.1M1.2660.7271,17289,589717,996775,236
2017-02-24$24.17$23.3315.8%4.6%18.9%19.4%16.7%2.3%-0.1%37.8M-654.0M-4.1M1.0448.50109,455114,339727,026815,208
2017-02-27$23.91$23.3316.1%4.8%18.0%21.0%16.7%2.2%-0.0%24.1M-384.2M-4.3M1.0749.0544,24147,217692,595760,257
2017-02-28$23.58$23.3317.2%5.2%18.8%28.6%18.2%2.0%-0.3%15.8M-193.0M-4.4M1.2949.3079,758103,233713,226772,845