WMT Options History — July 2019

In July 2019, WMT traded between $36.82 and $38.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 29.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 8.8%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $36.67. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2019-07-17: Highest Volume — 143,742 contracts
  • 2019-07-15: Largest IV spike — 23.8% change
  • 2019-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 58.6%
  • 2019-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.61$36.82$38.28$36.82$36.91
Max Pain$36.44$35.00$36.67$35.00$36.67
ATM IV18.1%13.3%22.8%13.6%22.8%
Expected Move5.8%3.6%8.0%3.8%8.0%
HV 20d8.8%7.8%11.4%11.3%9.4%
HV 60d13.4%12.5%14.0%13.9%12.7%
IV Rank29.5%0.0%58.6%0.0%58.6%
IV Percentile37.8%0.0%74.2%0.0%74.2%
Term Structure0.5%-1.4%5.8%0.6%-1.4%
VWIV20.7%12.4%27.9%13.2%27.9%
Skew 25d2.8%1.9%3.4%1.9%2.8%
Skew 10d5.8%4.0%7.2%4.4%6.1%
Call IV 25d16.8%11.8%21.5%12.7%21.5%
Put IV 25d19.6%14.1%24.4%14.7%24.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.162.085.622.294.08
Gamma HHI0.250.180.360.220.22
Net GEX55.9M33.9M81.2M48.3M33.9M
Net DEX-1.01B-1.41B-502.4M-868.8M-502.4M
Net VEX-5.1M-5.4M-4.9M-5.0M-5.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.352.330.750.53
Total Volume91,165.63657,444143,74273,56393,282
Total OI1,273,953.6821,185,0661,405,8721,185,0661,331,721

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-07-01$36.82$35.0013.6%3.8%11.3%0.0%13.2%1.9%0.6%48.3M-868.8M-5.0M0.752.2941,94931,614640,371544,695
2019-07-02$37.13$35.0013.3%3.6%11.4%0.0%12.4%2.0%0.6%61.9M-1.01B-5.1M1.032.8340,07141,262654,828553,278
2019-07-03$37.39$35.0013.6%3.7%9.2%1.8%13.1%2.0%0.6%66.9M-1.12B-5.2M1.013.5029,00429,301667,269568,656
2019-07-05$37.37$36.6713.7%5.4%9.3%2.4%18.5%2.0%0.5%81.2M-1.12B-5.0M1.014.3237,32937,722670,737577,530
2019-07-08$37.63$36.6713.8%5.1%9.1%3.0%19.5%2.4%4.0%56.7M-1.18B-4.9M0.402.5491,63536,579652,098557,010
2019-07-09$37.56$36.6714.1%5.2%8.4%5.1%19.3%2.3%4.0%56.3M-1.15B-5.0M1.082.5733,95736,654670,497571,047
2019-07-10$37.62$36.6713.8%5.2%8.4%3.0%19.2%2.3%4.4%57.6M-1.16B-4.9M0.972.6530,63029,865677,037578,358
2019-07-11$37.91$36.6714.3%5.3%8.4%6.5%17.9%2.2%5.1%66.8M-1.28B-5.0M0.613.1661,97437,806683,382584,064
2019-07-12$38.20$36.6714.9%5.3%8.3%9.8%19.1%2.3%5.8%61.7M-1.41B-4.9M0.542.9586,30746,254693,624593,976
2019-07-15$38.25$36.6718.4%5.7%8.0%31.6%20.5%3.0%-1.1%59.5M-1.33B-5.0M0.605.6253,22331,698673,632581,019
2019-07-16$38.28$36.6719.4%5.8%7.8%37.8%21.2%3.2%-1.0%57.0M-1.30B-5.0M0.353.6894,91733,333669,636589,482
2019-07-17$38.25$36.6720.0%5.7%7.8%41.1%21.1%3.1%-1.1%71.1M-1.31B-5.1M2.333.0543,164100,578707,094598,329
2019-07-18$38.20$36.6719.8%5.7%7.8%39.9%21.2%3.4%-1.2%70.2M-1.30B-5.1M0.403.6277,97031,521716,940675,870
2019-07-19$38.08$36.6720.2%5.9%8.0%42.3%21.0%3.3%-0.8%47.7M-1.22B-5.3M1.002.7349,21249,104729,240676,632
2019-07-22$37.51$36.6721.1%6.4%8.8%48.3%22.5%3.2%-0.9%41.4M-727.6M-5.3M0.712.4853,16337,758629,223589,359
2019-07-23$37.37$36.6721.5%6.6%8.8%50.9%23.0%3.2%-1.0%41.6M-693.4M-5.2M0.692.5053,97637,005649,059602,280
2019-07-24$37.35$36.6721.4%6.7%8.5%50.3%23.2%3.0%-1.0%45.6M-694.4M-5.2M0.692.0833,97523,469664,284613,893
2019-07-25$37.34$36.6721.6%6.8%8.5%51.2%23.4%3.2%-1.1%45.4M-677.6M-5.4M0.502.7141,54120,667673,455619,884
2019-07-26$37.62$36.6721.8%7.0%8.7%52.2%24.6%3.4%-1.3%67.6M-824.9M-5.4M0.423.4088,85737,080690,630627,420
2019-07-29$37.44$36.6722.3%7.5%9.0%55.5%26.0%3.1%-1.2%46.3M-711.4M-5.2M0.612.9144,96127,561662,736610,050
2019-07-30$37.29$36.6722.7%7.8%9.2%57.7%27.3%3.1%-1.2%44.7M-661.5M-5.3M0.643.8941,37626,340681,105625,551
2019-07-31$36.91$36.6722.8%8.0%9.4%58.6%27.9%2.8%-1.4%33.9M-502.4M-5.4M0.534.0860,88232,400694,236637,485