WMT Options History — July 2020

In July 2020, WMT traded between $39.56 and $44.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 27.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 26.7%). Max pain ranged from $38.33 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.24.

Notable Days

  • 2020-07-07: Highest Volume — 2,110,902 contracts
  • 2020-07-07: Largest IV spike — 46.7% change
  • 2020-07-16: Highest IV Rank — 35.5%
  • 2020-07-16: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.01$39.56$44.28$39.94$43.11
Max Pain$40.79$38.33$42.00$40.00$42.00
ATM IV27.4%18.8%32.0%19.3%26.9%
Expected Move8.1%5.0%9.4%5.2%8.3%
HV 20d26.7%14.8%29.8%15.5%28.4%
HV 60d22.4%20.0%24.1%20.3%21.1%
IV Rank27.0%11.4%35.5%12.3%26.2%
IV Percentile70.6%37.7%82.5%38.5%69.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-2.0%2.0%0.5%-1.0%
VWIV29.3%17.8%34.3%18.6%29.3%
Skew 25d-1.1%-5.9%3.0%2.9%-2.0%
Skew 10d-1.3%-8.6%6.5%6.1%-2.5%
Call IV 25d28.7%17.8%35.1%18.3%30.0%
Put IV 25d27.6%20.6%31.1%21.2%28.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.232.3119.734.824.89
Gamma HHI0.120.080.200.080.11
Net GEX141.8M34.1M253.2M57.3M83.8M
Net DEX-1.72B-3.01B-224.3M-371.2M-1.19B
Net VEX-9.3M-10.4M-6.3M-6.6M-9.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.240.110.710.320.47
Total Volume502,046.182110,3402,110,902110,340324,972
Total OI2,000,383.9091,385,7362,342,9671,400,2922,206,848

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-07-01$39.94$40.0019.3%5.2%15.5%12.3%18.6%2.9%0.5%57.3M-371.2M-6.6M0.324.8283,40626,934887,502512,790
2020-07-02$39.75$40.0018.8%5.0%14.9%11.4%17.8%2.9%0.4%48.7M-279.6M-6.5M0.323.02115,37437,074913,764523,137
2020-07-06$39.56$38.3320.0%6.8%14.8%13.7%24.5%3.0%0.4%34.1M-224.3M-6.3M0.719.46104,12174,283886,917498,819
2020-07-07$42.24$40.0029.4%8.7%27.8%30.7%32.1%-1.0%-1.7%78.0M-1.43B-7.6M0.115.011,896,759214,143915,726526,488
2020-07-08$41.70$40.0028.1%8.5%28.3%28.4%31.8%-2.2%0.1%144.9M-1.51B-8.6M0.153.001,077,336161,2711,352,568586,266
2020-07-09$42.55$40.0027.5%8.7%29.1%27.3%31.6%-4.0%-0.5%207.5M-2.19B-9.5M0.135.45835,692106,4281,516,317613,722
2020-07-10$43.66$40.0028.1%8.6%29.8%28.3%31.2%-3.5%-0.6%253.2M-3.01B-9.6M0.153.59845,115124,7251,548,966636,441
2020-07-13$43.16$40.0031.1%9.3%28.9%33.7%34.3%-5.9%0.9%166.1M-2.07B-9.6M0.135.06833,577108,9421,405,185575,382
2020-07-14$44.06$40.0029.2%9.1%29.3%30.3%34.0%-3.3%2.0%179.2M-2.55B-9.9M0.1319.73390,40851,2911,508,370606,354
2020-07-15$44.03$40.0029.6%8.8%29.3%31.1%32.5%-3.8%1.3%196.7M-2.52B-10.0M0.154.61613,05394,3801,557,240618,495
2020-07-16$44.00$40.0032.0%9.4%29.1%35.5%34.1%-1.5%0.6%195.8M-2.47B-10.4M0.136.79334,68342,6631,623,534641,358
2020-07-17$43.89$41.6731.3%8.9%28.9%34.1%33.0%-5.1%0.3%169.6M-2.40B-10.0M0.138.54357,54946,6171,683,207659,760
2020-07-20$43.91$41.6730.3%8.8%28.7%32.4%31.8%-1.4%-2.0%143.7M-1.86B-10.4M0.206.39237,84048,5311,424,538542,256
2020-07-21$44.14$41.6729.3%8.5%28.4%30.6%30.5%-0.6%-0.9%165.8M-2.01B-10.3M0.153.92335,41850,7961,487,283568,488
2020-07-22$44.28$41.6728.9%8.3%28.3%29.8%29.7%-0.4%-0.5%176.6M-2.08B-10.4M0.162.74244,22740,1521,514,946580,446
2020-07-23$43.92$41.6727.8%8.0%28.4%27.7%28.7%0.5%-0.4%172.1M-1.87B-10.4M0.202.59207,43542,1411,590,702594,831
2020-07-24$43.66$41.6727.4%7.9%28.2%27.0%27.9%0.9%-0.1%114.4M-1.68B-10.2M0.354.76142,52449,6321,613,451605,049
2020-07-27$43.72$41.6727.4%7.9%27.8%27.2%28.0%-0.6%-1.8%131.3M-1.58B-9.8M0.312.31134,58042,1351,491,903574,548
2020-07-28$43.96$41.6726.7%7.8%27.8%25.8%27.2%-0.2%0.7%150.4M-1.70B-9.7M0.272.80133,12536,4501,519,863588,336
2020-07-29$43.61$41.6726.1%7.8%28.2%24.7%27.4%0.1%0.0%133.6M-1.48B-9.7M0.342.89170,16357,3301,528,953597,708
2020-07-30$43.34$42.0026.9%8.0%28.4%26.2%28.1%0.2%-0.9%116.9M-1.33B-9.5M0.202.76143,28328,4581,557,186622,803
2020-07-31$43.11$42.0026.9%8.3%28.4%26.2%29.3%-2.0%-1.0%83.8M-1.19B-9.6M0.474.89221,559103,4131,577,118629,730