WMT Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, WMT traded between $66.95 and $77.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.0%, placing in the 49.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $63.33 to $69.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-15: Highest Volume — 682,493 contracts
  • 2024-08-15: Largest IV drop — 49.3% change
  • 2024-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2024-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.94$66.95$77.13$69.63$77.13
Max Pain$64.56$63.33$69.00$68.00$65.00
ATM IV21.0%13.6%32.6%25.1%13.6%
Expected Move5.9%3.8%10.3%9.2%3.8%
HV 20d22.7%11.9%29.6%13.7%27.2%
HV 60d20.5%15.9%22.1%20.7%20.5%
IV Rank49.1%11.5%100.0%100.0%11.5%
IV Percentile68.5%22.6%100.0%100.0%22.6%
Term Structure-0.8%-4.9%0.5%-1.3%0.3%
VWIV21.1%14.3%35.8%32.5%14.3%
Skew 25d3.1%0.6%10.3%0.6%1.2%
Skew 10d5.5%2.3%12.8%5.4%2.3%
Call IV 25d19.9%13.3%28.6%26.1%13.3%
Put IV 25d23.0%14.5%37.5%26.7%14.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.711.9137.0317.6714.94
Gamma HHI0.120.070.210.090.15
Net GEX64.6M7.9M113.3M55.3M113.3M
Net DEX-2.21B-3.29B-997.9M-1.81B-3.29B
Net VEX-8.2M-9.2M-6.9M-7.8M-8.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.211.500.520.31
Total Volume128,806.04544,591682,49389,313183,027
Total OI1,153,668.7731,063,7761,309,8701,068,6571,222,427

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$69.63$68.0025.1%9.2%13.7%100.0%32.5%0.6%-1.3%55.3M-1.81B-7.8M0.5217.6758,88030,433597,455471,202
2024-08-02$68.27$69.0027.6%10.3%11.9%100.0%35.8%2.8%0.3%23.6M-1.37B-8.3M1.117.0563,92571,264602,577484,251
2024-08-05$66.95$63.3332.3%8.4%13.6%100.0%28.9%6.2%-1.2%19.2M-1.03B-9.2M1.1720.0441,13148,147582,463481,313
2024-08-06$68.13$63.3327.9%7.5%15.2%79.2%26.0%4.1%-1.0%24.8M-1.31B-8.7M0.9224.5429,29126,844586,640497,980
2024-08-07$67.05$63.3329.9%7.8%15.8%88.8%27.2%4.4%-2.0%7.9M-997.9M-8.8M1.3328.9140,98054,439587,631505,586
2024-08-08$67.57$63.3328.9%7.6%16.0%84.0%26.8%3.8%-2.1%14.9M-1.15B-8.9M0.9223.9223,26521,326597,678522,341
2024-08-09$67.81$63.3327.7%7.4%16.1%78.4%25.9%3.5%-3.2%22.4M-1.27B-8.3M0.867.3827,34223,572598,267519,897
2024-08-12$68.66$63.3332.6%7.5%16.6%100.0%26.8%9.5%-4.9%31.9M-1.49B-8.3M1.0918.2950,51955,144567,075505,727
2024-08-13$67.87$63.3327.0%7.9%17.0%73.8%26.9%4.6%-0.2%22.7M-1.24B-8.6M1.0922.7957,41662,469584,440527,961
2024-08-14$68.53$63.3329.7%7.7%16.5%86.5%27.6%10.3%-3.8%23.9M-1.46B-8.1M0.7927.85141,225111,391602,384559,868
2024-08-15$73.28$63.3315.0%4.3%29.5%18.3%16.6%2.6%0.0%111.4M-3.06B-6.9M0.2133.74565,747116,746662,467615,651
2024-08-16$73.22$63.3314.8%4.2%29.5%17.4%14.9%1.6%-0.3%76.5M-2.54B-8.0M0.3637.03126,94546,263656,572653,298
2024-08-19$73.59$65.0014.1%4.1%29.4%14.1%14.5%1.6%0.1%85.3M-2.53B-8.0M0.483.3655,22026,582608,581505,566
2024-08-20$74.38$65.0014.2%4.1%29.5%14.6%14.6%1.1%0.3%100.3M-2.81B-7.5M0.594.0359,01134,582620,884516,359
2024-08-21$75.05$65.0014.7%4.2%29.6%16.7%15.0%1.6%0.2%104.9M-2.93B-7.8M0.464.43101,46747,048627,803527,398
2024-08-22$75.50$65.0015.6%4.5%29.4%20.8%16.9%1.7%-0.1%103.4M-3.05B-8.2M0.976.3163,65862,026661,622543,639
2024-08-23$75.68$65.0014.0%4.0%29.1%13.5%14.5%1.3%0.3%100.0M-3.07B-8.0M0.702.9643,20230,362666,730560,100
2024-08-26$75.91$65.0014.3%4.0%29.0%15.0%14.4%1.4%0.2%97.7M-3.05B-7.9M0.931.9125,74423,812649,594513,603
2024-08-27$76.15$65.0014.6%4.1%28.8%16.5%14.9%1.6%0.5%97.6M-3.07B-8.1M0.805.2842,02933,775654,163521,985
2024-08-28$76.03$65.0014.4%4.0%28.7%15.4%14.5%1.4%0.4%91.6M-3.03B-8.1M1.505.7721,48532,251660,018538,753
2024-08-29$76.25$65.0014.5%4.1%28.6%15.9%14.8%1.4%-0.2%92.1M-3.08B-8.3M1.205.4824,48529,263663,913546,851
2024-08-30$77.13$65.0013.6%3.8%27.2%11.5%14.3%1.2%0.3%113.3M-3.29B-8.1M0.3114.94139,27743,750666,616555,811