WMT Options History — July 2017

In July 2017, WMT traded between $24.47 and $26.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.1%, placing in the 45.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 18.8%). Max pain ranged from $25.83 to $25.83. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2017-07-25: Highest Volume — 205,575 contracts
  • 2017-07-10: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2017-07-19: Highest IV Rank — 62.5%
  • 2017-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.48$24.47$26.72$25.12$26.72
Max Pain$25.83$25.83$25.83$25.83$25.83
ATM IV17.1%14.9%18.9%14.9%17.9%
Expected Move5.3%4.2%5.9%4.2%5.9%
HV 20d18.8%15.3%24.0%21.8%16.0%
HV 60d17.3%16.1%18.1%16.6%18.1%
IV Rank45.5%24.3%62.5%24.8%53.6%
IV Percentile60.6%34.1%81.3%35.3%71.8%
Term Structure0.5%-1.3%3.4%0.7%-0.7%
VWIV18.6%14.6%20.9%14.6%20.9%
Skew 25d2.3%1.8%3.2%2.2%1.8%
Skew 10d4.5%3.2%6.4%4.7%4.1%
Call IV 25d16.1%13.8%17.9%14.2%17.1%
Put IV 25d18.4%15.6%20.6%16.4%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.072.858.937.987.87
Gamma HHI0.120.090.150.120.14
Net GEX32.2M-1.2M65.8M14.2M63.0M
Net DEX-374.4M-1.03B150.0M-122.9M-997.1M
Net VEX-5.1M-5.4M-4.7M-5.2M-5.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.311.240.771.20
Total Volume99,590.454,447205,57554,46296,828
Total OI1,550,703.61,397,1271,684,5631,464,5551,535,868

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-07-03$25.12$25.8314.9%4.2%21.8%24.8%14.6%2.2%0.7%14.2M-122.9M-5.2M0.777.9830,69323,769801,741662,814
2017-07-05$25.12$25.8314.9%4.2%21.1%24.9%14.9%2.2%0.6%13.4M-122.3M-5.2M0.716.5141,50229,625806,838668,466
2017-07-06$25.18$25.8315.1%5.2%21.0%26.5%17.4%2.2%1.1%14.0M-151.3M-5.2M0.656.0047,52031,089815,598673,824
2017-07-07$25.12$25.8314.9%5.2%21.0%24.3%17.1%2.5%1.2%2.8M-108.5M-5.0M0.614.4056,74834,845818,835679,317
2017-07-10$24.47$25.8316.5%5.7%22.4%40.0%19.2%3.2%3.4%-463.7K150.0M-4.7M1.166.6571,43382,563826,824663,354
2017-07-11$24.54$25.8316.6%5.7%22.5%40.4%18.9%2.7%3.3%-1.2M141.6M-4.9M0.752.8577,97958,392847,389691,932
2017-07-12$24.66$25.8315.5%5.3%22.5%30.3%15.8%2.4%2.9%5.2M70.1M-4.9M0.692.9153,86537,149864,825703,254
2017-07-13$25.06$25.8315.7%5.2%23.3%32.2%18.8%1.8%3.2%21.1M-140.1M-5.1M0.483.9870,34134,071885,828719,985
2017-07-14$25.50$25.8316.3%5.3%24.0%38.1%19.0%2.0%3.3%51.8M-433.3M-5.3M0.315.56149,03745,753907,587726,588
2017-07-17$25.49$25.8317.7%5.3%16.1%51.9%19.0%2.6%-0.1%47.1M-390.0M-5.3M0.548.4748,54926,253905,907709,485
2017-07-18$25.39$25.8318.8%5.5%16.1%61.6%19.5%2.6%-1.3%41.0M-315.8M-5.2M0.988.9333,03632,244917,220718,011
2017-07-19$25.29$25.8318.9%5.4%16.1%62.5%18.9%2.3%-1.0%35.7M-263.5M-5.2M1.244.4734,16442,360920,415730,365
2017-07-20$25.36$25.8318.5%5.4%15.9%59.2%20.0%2.4%-1.1%27.1M-304.7M-5.2M0.866.2729,21425,233931,167747,870
2017-07-21$25.38$25.8318.2%5.3%15.5%56.1%18.3%2.5%-1.2%29.5M-327.4M-5.0M0.823.4031,29025,617934,332750,231
2017-07-24$25.66$25.8317.9%5.4%15.3%53.8%19.3%2.1%-0.7%46.6M-506.7M-5.0M0.644.7748,60031,221764,082633,045
2017-07-25$26.17$25.8318.5%5.6%16.3%59.3%19.7%1.9%-0.7%52.3M-773.0M-5.1M0.476.46139,59065,985780,381644,448
2017-07-26$26.24$25.8318.7%5.6%16.2%60.8%20.2%1.9%-0.8%57.6M-848.2M-5.4M1.037.6048,70849,989852,612660,042
2017-07-27$26.60$25.8318.2%5.6%16.6%56.6%20.6%1.9%-0.5%57.9M-1.02B-5.4M0.518.7469,45935,652862,059684,696
2017-07-28$26.59$25.8317.8%5.6%16.0%52.7%20.7%2.2%-0.8%65.8M-1.03B-5.4M0.817.6055,95645,486871,389695,448
2017-07-31$26.72$25.8317.9%5.9%16.0%53.6%20.9%1.8%-0.7%63.0M-997.1M-5.4M1.207.8743,93852,890855,504680,364