WMT Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, WMT traded between $119.78 and $128.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.7%, placing in the 31.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 26.6%). Max pain ranged from $115.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-19: Highest Volume — 308,337 contracts
  • 2026-03-10: Largest IV drop — 8.6% change
  • 2026-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 38.5%
  • 2026-03-12: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$123.94$119.78$128.14$127.73$124.09
Max Pain$123.64$115.00$125.00$115.00$125.00
ATM IV27.7%25.4%29.8%26.8%28.0%
Expected Move7.9%5.6%9.5%8.0%8.0%
HV 20d26.6%19.7%34.9%34.9%20.0%
HV 60d25.2%24.4%25.7%24.7%25.3%
IV Rank31.8%24.5%38.5%29.0%32.8%
IV Percentile68.0%53.2%78.6%65.1%69.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.8%1.1%-0.5%0.0%
VWIV28.6%26.7%31.2%27.8%27.9%
Skew 25d4.0%2.4%5.3%3.7%4.2%
Skew 10d9.0%6.0%14.8%9.0%10.9%
Call IV 25d26.1%24.6%28.4%25.6%25.8%
Put IV 25d30.1%28.2%32.6%29.2%30.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.359.2149.6625.229.21
Gamma HHI0.080.060.300.080.07
Net GEX5.1M-163.8M59.9M42.5M17.1M
Net DEX-1.75B-2.70B-457.1M-2.57B-1.59B
Net VEX-15.2M-15.9M-14.6M-14.8M-15.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.271.810.511.37
Total Volume100,618.72749,130308,33759,57075,678
Total OI1,072,772.773911,5471,175,7061,039,195991,115

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$127.73$115.0026.8%8.0%34.9%29.0%27.8%3.7%-0.5%42.5M-2.57B-14.8M0.5125.2239,41820,152490,936548,259
2026-03-03$128.14$115.0028.0%8.3%32.2%32.7%31.2%3.8%-0.7%54.2M-2.69B-15.0M1.5116.1241,37562,403504,260555,951
2026-03-04$127.93$115.0026.9%7.9%30.4%29.4%28.4%2.8%-0.6%59.9M-2.70B-14.6M0.9221.8227,83525,636512,009564,708
2026-03-05$123.22$125.0028.3%7.9%33.2%33.9%29.9%3.9%-0.3%-15.2M-1.57B-15.1M0.7339.85131,51996,186517,554569,403
2026-03-06$123.61$125.0029.0%8.4%33.3%36.2%29.8%3.6%-0.6%21.1M-1.62B-15.9M0.5630.3875,43742,378541,260607,141
2026-03-09$124.07$125.0029.3%8.1%31.2%37.0%28.5%3.3%-1.8%9.9M-1.80B-15.5M0.8534.5638,95533,139517,337590,742
2026-03-10$125.03$125.0026.8%7.8%30.8%28.9%27.6%4.2%1.1%31.7M-2.07B-15.3M0.8249.6641,77234,050527,448600,121
2026-03-11$123.38$125.0027.1%7.8%30.6%29.9%27.1%2.4%-0.1%7.4M-1.67B-15.3M0.5829.9038,01021,977535,889599,704
2026-03-12$124.98$125.0028.0%9.5%30.2%32.8%28.3%4.2%-0.3%40.3M-2.11B-15.1M0.749.6635,90626,577542,211603,459
2026-03-13$126.22$125.0028.2%5.6%26.9%33.5%28.1%5.1%0.1%51.2M-2.44B-15.2M0.5715.9480,11245,496548,860614,655
2026-03-16$125.72$125.0026.8%7.8%26.9%29.0%28.4%4.1%-0.2%30.5M-2.24B-15.2M0.9311.2934,45032,116530,853590,404
2026-03-17$124.92$125.0025.4%7.4%23.9%24.5%27.7%3.7%0.2%21.0M-2.10B-14.7M1.1611.7727,30531,668538,814602,334
2026-03-18$122.50$125.0027.3%7.9%23.9%30.6%27.6%3.6%-0.6%-30.1M-1.47B-14.7M0.7312.5257,66342,065541,851606,356
2026-03-19$121.05$125.0027.4%8.0%23.8%31.0%27.2%3.7%-0.8%-63.0M-1.10B-15.0M0.2710.31243,26765,070551,291614,934
2026-03-20$119.78$125.0027.9%8.0%23.5%32.5%29.0%4.2%-0.0%-163.8M-457.1M-15.2M1.3211.0258,20176,807540,317635,389
2026-03-23$120.65$125.0026.8%7.7%22.0%29.0%27.9%4.3%0.7%-27.0M-1.03B-14.9M1.1311.5236,94141,608435,336476,211
2026-03-24$122.11$125.0027.5%7.9%22.3%31.2%29.1%3.4%0.1%3.8M-1.39B-15.0M1.4610.4440,24558,907448,026492,380
2026-03-25$123.16$125.0027.1%7.7%22.6%29.9%29.6%4.0%0.2%11.2M-1.49B-15.5M0.949.4725,26623,864454,246511,782
2026-03-26$122.13$125.0028.4%8.1%22.2%34.0%26.7%5.1%-0.7%2.7M-1.32B-15.5M0.8911.1847,86542,365462,917523,917
2026-03-27$122.58$125.0028.2%7.8%19.7%33.6%29.9%5.3%-0.9%-7.6M-1.46B-15.6M1.4512.1646,63667,636483,608523,641
2026-03-30$123.67$125.0029.8%8.4%20.0%38.5%30.9%4.8%1.1%13.7M-1.53B-15.7M1.819.7128,39751,259451,532501,840
2026-03-31$124.09$125.0028.0%8.0%20.0%32.8%27.9%4.2%0.0%17.1M-1.59B-15.6M1.379.2131,97643,702462,499528,616