WMT Options History — April 2024

In April 2024, WMT traded between $59.02 and $60.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 62.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 11.6%). Max pain ranged from $58.33 to $59.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2024-04-23: Highest Volume — 192,794 contracts
  • 2024-04-15: Largest IV spike — 20.5% change
  • 2024-04-17: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2024-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.80$59.02$60.66$60.05$59.41
Max Pain$58.42$58.33$59.00$58.33$59.00
ATM IV19.1%13.8%24.0%13.8%22.6%
Expected Move6.2%3.9%7.5%4.0%7.5%
HV 20d11.6%10.4%14.0%10.5%13.2%
HV 60d13.4%13.0%14.0%13.2%13.7%
IV Rank62.1%20.9%100.0%20.9%89.0%
IV Percentile70.6%25.4%100.0%25.4%93.3%
Term Structure0.9%-1.6%7.0%0.4%-0.9%
VWIV21.8%13.9%25.7%13.9%25.7%
Skew 25d2.1%1.5%2.8%1.5%1.8%
Skew 10d5.0%3.2%6.3%3.2%3.5%
Call IV 25d18.2%13.3%23.1%13.4%21.3%
Put IV 25d20.3%14.9%25.5%14.9%23.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.692.2433.802.2410.74
Gamma HHI0.150.100.250.140.10
Net GEX80.7M34.7M114.4M88.2M49.5M
Net DEX-1.27B-1.71B-821.7M-1.38B-1.07B
Net VEX-8.6M-9.0M-8.1M-8.6M-8.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.200.960.640.80
Total Volume66,036.45529,639192,79448,82263,066
Total OI1,159,7241,033,0401,215,4831,148,8381,094,279

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-04-01$60.05$58.3313.8%4.0%10.5%20.9%13.9%1.5%0.4%88.2M-1.38B-8.6M0.642.2429,78819,034661,853486,985
2024-04-02$59.11$58.3314.3%4.3%11.7%24.6%14.4%2.1%0.1%54.0M-1.02B-8.5M0.275.22124,42233,220663,334496,759
2024-04-03$59.36$58.3314.3%3.9%10.9%25.1%14.1%2.8%0.7%90.5M-1.17B-8.8M0.324.2450,12716,260692,247499,541
2024-04-04$59.41$58.3315.0%5.7%10.5%29.9%20.1%1.8%0.4%101.7M-1.20B-9.0M0.433.5942,68818,526706,112504,872
2024-04-05$59.73$58.3314.2%5.6%10.7%24.1%20.3%1.8%0.5%91.5M-1.33B-8.7M0.394.1737,66514,669697,588509,716
2024-04-08$59.80$58.3314.5%5.8%10.7%26.5%20.5%1.8%5.5%85.6M-1.32B-8.6M0.323.2922,4167,223674,189507,371
2024-04-09$59.70$58.3314.5%5.8%10.4%26.1%20.5%1.7%5.7%87.4M-1.26B-8.6M0.472.9824,64611,660680,765510,099
2024-04-10$60.66$58.3314.5%6.1%10.8%26.4%21.5%2.2%7.0%114.4M-1.71B-8.3M0.648.2945,03729,003681,957512,184
2024-04-11$60.17$58.3315.9%6.0%11.0%36.8%21.1%1.9%6.3%90.7M-1.43B-8.5M0.663.5323,29615,401680,424523,222
2024-04-12$60.17$58.3318.2%6.4%11.0%54.8%22.9%2.0%6.9%91.1M-1.43B-8.7M0.733.1541,01430,144688,214523,175
2024-04-15$59.97$58.3321.9%6.7%11.0%83.6%23.5%2.6%-1.4%92.3M-1.37B-8.4M0.9620.3633,00631,762658,376512,304
2024-04-16$59.95$58.3322.4%6.6%10.9%87.1%23.5%2.6%-1.2%91.9M-1.34B-8.6M0.9311.8722,94621,452665,741520,944
2024-04-17$59.70$58.3324.0%6.9%11.0%100.0%24.3%2.5%-1.6%84.4M-1.27B-8.5M0.517.2633,21416,928675,526521,846
2024-04-18$59.42$58.3323.2%6.7%10.8%93.9%23.8%2.7%-1.0%69.4M-1.11B-8.4M0.6112.0329,47518,122679,629525,611
2024-04-19$59.41$58.3323.4%6.8%10.5%95.0%24.1%2.4%-0.9%56.7M-1.11B-8.5M0.6912.1435,95524,804689,533525,950
2024-04-22$60.14$58.3322.7%6.8%11.2%89.6%24.4%2.1%-1.1%93.2M-1.24B-8.1M0.916.7435,53132,325577,694455,346
2024-04-23$59.02$58.3322.8%7.0%12.6%90.7%24.1%2.6%-1.1%34.7M-821.7M-8.4M0.2033.80160,76632,028588,208469,414
2024-04-24$59.97$59.0022.1%6.8%13.9%85.0%24.0%2.2%-1.3%95.8M-1.31B-8.8M0.5425.9046,32725,036635,968482,174
2024-04-25$60.20$58.3322.3%7.0%14.0%86.9%24.7%1.8%-1.3%94.8M-1.36B-8.8M0.5014.8143,19221,809633,840488,662
2024-04-26$60.14$58.3322.2%7.0%13.9%86.1%24.4%2.0%-1.4%58.1M-1.38B-8.6M0.727.1730,17821,767635,603497,346
2024-04-29$60.08$59.0021.9%7.1%13.8%83.5%24.8%2.1%-0.6%59.1M-1.31B-8.4M0.729.6721,46515,409593,881485,446
2024-04-30$59.41$59.0022.6%7.5%13.2%89.0%25.7%1.8%-0.9%49.5M-1.07B-8.7M0.8010.7435,05828,008603,862490,417