WMT Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, WMT traded between $90.11 and $95.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.6%, placing in the 31.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 18.9%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.02.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-11: Highest Volume — 890,662 contracts
  • 2024-12-20: Largest IV drop — 15.6% change
  • 2024-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 44.5%
  • 2024-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.44$90.11$95.72$92.48$90.11
Max Pain$68.83$65.00$80.00$76.67$70.00
ATM IV18.6%17.0%21.3%18.5%18.8%
Expected Move5.5%4.8%6.1%5.6%5.4%
HV 20d18.9%17.6%20.7%18.4%18.5%
HV 60d17.0%16.3%17.6%17.1%17.6%
IV Rank31.0%22.8%44.5%30.2%32.0%
IV Percentile56.9%47.2%70.2%58.3%57.5%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%1.0%0.6%0.5%
VWIV19.7%17.5%22.1%20.2%18.8%
Skew 25d0.8%-0.1%2.0%-0.1%1.6%
Skew 10d2.2%0.1%4.9%0.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d18.6%16.7%21.6%18.7%18.4%
Put IV 25d19.4%17.9%22.6%18.7%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.221.053.792.052.90
Gamma HHI0.130.080.230.170.08
Net GEX100.1M6.1M217.7M161.5M6.1M
Net DEX-4.11B-5.95B-2.37B-4.90B-2.37B
Net VEX-14.2M-16.9M-10.3M-10.8M-16.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.020.1211.040.310.81
Total Volume174,191.57147,483890,662121,80347,483
Total OI1,814,594.5241,563,6012,084,4541,563,6011,859,922

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$92.48$76.6718.5%5.6%18.4%30.2%20.2%-0.1%0.6%161.5M-4.90B-10.8M0.312.0592,71829,085888,213675,388
2024-12-03$93.42$77.0018.6%5.7%18.5%31.0%20.6%-0.0%0.6%182.2M-5.26B-10.3M0.822.1685,65870,249891,618682,446
2024-12-04$94.35$80.0018.4%5.7%18.3%30.0%20.3%0.1%0.6%188.7M-5.53B-10.7M0.471.6283,52539,451902,479705,962
2024-12-05$95.37$65.0017.8%5.5%18.0%27.1%19.4%0.2%0.4%217.7M-5.95B-10.7M0.201.21325,64664,457919,117722,383
2024-12-06$95.72$65.0017.7%5.5%18.0%26.4%19.6%0.1%0.7%130.1M-5.64B-10.6M0.631.60101,06964,036880,126742,424
2024-12-09$93.69$66.6718.9%5.7%20.5%32.5%20.3%0.1%0.8%101.0M-4.77B-11.1M0.721.05105,54176,007874,132735,634
2024-12-10$94.66$66.6719.1%5.7%20.2%33.3%20.2%0.1%0.7%135.0M-5.16B-11.4M0.501.5270,40635,340908,027748,034
2024-12-11$95.19$65.0018.9%5.6%20.1%32.4%20.3%0.3%0.5%149.5M-5.32B-11.7M11.041.7374,001816,661912,667753,885
2024-12-12$94.41$66.6718.7%5.5%20.7%31.2%19.5%0.1%0.3%84.6M-4.58B-16.5M0.121.31305,90936,363917,7371,166,717
2024-12-13$94.32$70.0017.9%5.2%19.8%27.4%19.2%1.1%1.0%77.1M-3.88B-15.4M0.521.4655,90829,197838,3401,180,466
2024-12-16$94.88$70.0018.7%5.4%19.3%31.3%19.6%0.6%0.5%104.4M-4.00B-16.0M0.322.3285,25727,416815,6321,139,349
2024-12-17$95.25$70.0018.8%5.4%19.1%32.0%19.6%1.2%-0.1%121.7M-4.17B-16.2M0.611.8139,00623,973834,1581,144,684
2024-12-18$94.13$70.0020.9%6.0%17.6%42.3%21.8%1.3%-0.2%89.9M-3.72B-16.7M0.552.3867,66037,469838,1321,147,682
2024-12-19$93.78$66.6721.3%6.1%17.9%44.5%22.1%1.1%-0.4%76.0M-3.54B-16.9M0.622.1855,06934,273841,8891,154,883
2024-12-20$92.69$66.6718.0%5.2%18.2%28.0%19.2%1.5%-0.2%40.0M-3.13B-16.6M0.741.7375,24855,984851,3581,165,481
2024-12-23$90.48$66.6718.6%5.4%18.8%30.6%19.2%1.2%0.3%12.5M-2.41B-16.6M0.673.25115,34977,018796,7841,017,954
2024-12-24$92.45$66.6717.5%5.0%19.8%25.5%18.4%1.8%0.3%71.6M-3.26B-15.5M0.313.7965,88120,672824,9951,030,853
2024-12-26$92.53$66.6717.0%4.8%18.1%22.8%17.5%1.3%0.2%76.8M-3.19B-15.8M0.273.4380,87721,992827,2751,036,387
2024-12-27$91.54$66.6718.2%5.2%18.5%28.9%18.6%0.7%0.6%49.6M-2.84B-16.9M0.573.6261,25534,994844,9031,044,184
2024-12-30$90.73$66.6718.6%5.3%18.4%30.7%18.6%2.0%0.8%26.6M-2.68B-15.7M0.693.6241,47428,446814,2061,029,979
2024-12-31$90.11$70.0018.8%5.4%18.5%32.0%18.8%1.6%0.5%6.1M-2.37B-16.7M0.812.9026,20521,278819,4281,040,494