Options Skew Analytics

AAPL options analytics

AAPL · Stock

Data as of 6 November 2026 (end of day)

AAPL options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 25.2%, a move of about ±7.2% over the next month. That is higher than 50% of the 252 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 5.31 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Its next earnings report is 2027-02-01 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 10 reports the options market priced an average move of ±4.7% and AAPL moved 2.3% on average, staying inside the priced band 9 times out of 10.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
25.23%

Prices a move of about ±7.2% over 30 days, or ±1.6% on a typical day.

Higher than 50% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+5.31

Puts carry 5.31 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 83% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.39

The wings carry 0.39 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.037

90-day volatility is 4% above 30-day.

Higher than 46% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 252 prior sessions (one-year window)

25.2% — 50th percentile
17.1%32.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
50%
IV rank, 1 year
53%
IV percentile, 2 years
46%
IV rank, 2 years
21%

Rank is the position between the lowest and highest readings in the window, so a single past extreme pins everything after it near one end. Percentile is the share of sessions below the current reading and is unaffected by how far that extreme reached. Both are withheld when the window holds fewer than 180 sessions.

Session detail

Underlying close
$342.37
30-day implied forward
$344.27
60-day ATM IV
25.20%
90-day ATM IV
26.17%
180-day ATM IV
27.00%
Expirations used
17
Total open interest
4,006,785
Put / call open interest
0.80

The forward is derived from put-call parity on the strikes nearest the money, not taken from the underlying close. It is what every moneyness and delta on this page is measured against.

30-day at-the-money implied volatility

Last 550 sessions

0%20%40%60%80%22 Aug14 Mar1 Oct22 Apr6 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0625.23%+5.311.037$342.37
2026-11-0526.39%+6.081.002$344.17
2026-11-0422.72%+3.391.066$349.51
2026-11-0324.76%+3.821.029$331.90
2026-11-0230.07%+7.300.908$338.32
2026-10-3028.73%+5.380.923$344.63
2026-10-2925.99%+3.530.957$348.91
2026-10-2825.75%+3.420.960$343.83
2026-10-2726.71%+4.320.938$347.10
2026-10-2626.94%+4.900.926$343.91
2026-10-2326.97%+4.820.920$347.73
2026-10-2227.62%+4.860.902$348.22
2026-10-2126.50%+4.320.907$343.99
2026-10-2026.93%+4.550.898$339.50
2026-10-1927.00%+4.350.900$342.94
2026-10-1627.82%+5.070.886$343.46
2026-10-1526.57%+3.620.908$342.00
2026-10-1426.18%+3.680.910$342.96
2026-10-1325.87%+2.920.923$341.27
2026-10-0926.42%+2.260.926$336.64
2026-10-0826.58%+2.590.918$340.42
2026-10-0726.69%+2.300.928$336.67
2026-10-0626.04%+2.470.944$333.63
2026-10-0526.01%+2.190.948$332.89
2026-10-0225.45%+2.850.972$333.69
2026-10-0126.20%+2.690.967$330.32
2026-09-3026.18%+2.070.962$333.02
2026-09-2926.02%+2.130.970$329.40
2026-09-2824.79%+2.441.002$338.40
2026-09-2522.43%+2.421.093$341.07
2026-09-2423.11%+1.731.087$335.92
2026-09-2323.01%+1.911.099$337.02
2026-09-2222.55%+1.951.116$339.75
2026-09-2122.66%+2.371.113$338.98
2026-09-1822.78%+2.381.115$336.13
2026-09-1723.40%+2.121.098$337.00
2026-09-1624.62%+2.541.072$332.41
2026-09-1524.40%+2.041.080$331.34
2026-09-1424.63%+2.131.077$333.08
2026-09-1124.07%+1.541.101$332.27
2026-09-1025.30%+1.561.079$326.57
2026-09-0925.87%+1.281.061$315.34
2026-09-0826.35%+1.631.038$316.22
2026-09-0424.60%+1.631.078$319.97
2026-09-0324.25%+1.691.071$328.21
2026-09-0224.93%+1.661.063$324.96
2026-09-0124.77%+1.851.061$325.13
2026-08-3123.86%+1.311.093$316.85
2026-08-2823.77%+1.061.094$319.70
2026-08-2724.35%+0.911.073$314.58
2026-08-2624.68%+0.941.067$313.45
2026-08-2524.22%+1.461.080$309.90
2026-08-2424.61%+1.121.080$310.34
2026-08-2124.24%+1.421.100$309.35
2026-08-2024.90%+1.771.087$311.30
2026-08-1924.67%+0.871.082$316.83
2026-08-1824.10%+1.451.084$310.03
2026-08-1723.49%+0.931.106$305.59
2026-08-1422.37%+0.821.127$305.93
2026-08-1323.10%+1.621.113$305.26
2026-08-1223.28%+0.921.087$302.25
2026-08-1123.33%+1.261.083$304.91
2026-08-1024.13%+0.741.066$308.26
2026-08-0723.81%+0.671.089$313.33
2026-08-0625.02%+0.501.065$312.41
2026-08-0525.85%+0.981.052$311.00
2026-08-0426.47%+0.781.036$309.38
2026-08-0327.34%+1.391.017$303.42
2026-07-3126.48%+1.921.020$308.91
2026-07-3029.67%+3.330.943$333.43
2026-07-2928.96%+4.280.980$338.19
2026-07-2828.93%+2.820.972$340.08
2026-07-2729.42%+3.070.955$336.91
2026-07-2429.00%+2.980.968$333.02
2026-07-2329.25%+3.330.968$321.66
2026-07-2229.62%+2.150.949$325.89
2026-07-2129.89%+2.510.942$327.74
2026-07-2030.47%+3.140.938$326.59
2026-07-1730.60%+3.060.934$333.74
2026-07-1629.53%+2.170.957$333.26
2026-07-1528.09%+2.080.959$327.50
2026-07-1427.67%+2.220.962$314.86
2026-07-1328.15%+2.550.955$317.31
2026-07-1027.23%+2.170.974$315.32
2026-07-0927.49%+2.920.955$316.22
2026-07-0827.76%+2.340.946$313.39
2026-07-0728.21%+3.120.946$310.66
2026-07-0627.99%+2.700.954$312.66
2026-07-0228.34%+2.670.943$308.63
2026-07-0128.13%+3.420.958$294.38
2026-06-3027.70%+2.930.965$289.36
2026-06-2928.11%+2.340.953$281.74
2026-06-2626.78%+3.651.016$283.78
2026-06-2528.55%+2.230.990$275.15
2026-06-2423.86%+1.841.085$293.08
2026-06-2323.15%+2.671.077$294.30
2026-06-2222.58%+1.501.124$297.01
2026-06-1821.93%+1.591.137$298.01
2026-06-1722.61%+2.081.119$295.95
2026-06-1621.33%+1.551.154$299.24
2026-06-1521.73%+1.561.150$296.42
2026-06-1222.07%+2.791.156$291.13
2026-06-1123.28%+2.531.121$295.63
2026-06-1024.69%+2.441.098$291.58
2026-06-0924.35%+2.711.084$290.55
2026-06-0823.84%+2.351.093$301.54
2026-06-0524.72%+1.591.060$307.34
2026-06-0423.35%+0.621.088$311.23
2026-06-0324.30%+0.951.062$310.26
2026-06-0223.71%+1.301.066$315.20
2026-06-0123.33%+0.511.066$306.31
2026-05-2921.29%+1.221.127$312.06
2026-05-2821.92%+2.011.109$312.51
2026-05-2722.42%+1.571.094$310.85
2026-05-2622.21%+1.821.092$308.33
2026-05-2221.64%+2.081.091$308.82
2026-05-2122.40%+2.681.075$304.99
2026-05-2023.12%+1.821.066$302.25
2026-05-1923.04%+2.441.062$298.97
2026-05-1823.48%+2.621.044$297.84

The chart covers every session in the archive, 550 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 550 sessions

-10.00.010.020.030.022 Aug14 Mar1 Oct22 Apr6 Nov

The dashed line marks zero, where the 25-delta put and call carry the same implied volatility.

Skew curve

Implied volatility by delta, front expirations

Implied volatility by delta

3d (2026-11-09) · 5d (2026-11-11) · 7d (2026-11-13)

10%20%30%40%50%2026-11-09 (3d) — 5Δ C — IV 20.79%2026-11-09 (3d) — 10Δ C — IV 20.78%2026-11-09 (3d) — 15Δ C — IV 20.84%2026-11-09 (3d) — 20Δ C — IV 20.95%2026-11-09 (3d) — 25Δ C — IV 21.15%2026-11-09 (3d) — 30Δ C — IV 21.36%2026-11-09 (3d) — 35Δ C — IV 21.59%2026-11-09 (3d) — 40Δ C — IV 21.85%2026-11-09 (3d) — 45Δ C — IV 22.16%2026-11-09 (3d) — ATM — IV 22.56%2026-11-09 (3d) — 45Δ P — IV 22.99%2026-11-09 (3d) — 40Δ P — IV 23.37%2026-11-09 (3d) — 35Δ P — IV 23.76%2026-11-09 (3d) — 30Δ P — IV 24.23%2026-11-09 (3d) — 25Δ P — IV 24.90%2026-11-09 (3d) — 20Δ P — IV 25.68%2026-11-09 (3d) — 15Δ P — IV 26.59%2026-11-09 (3d) — 10Δ P — IV 28.48%2026-11-09 (3d) — 5Δ P — IV 31.98%3d2026-11-11 (5d) — 5Δ C — IV 23.47%2026-11-11 (5d) — 10Δ C — IV 23.69%2026-11-11 (5d) — 15Δ C — IV 24.16%2026-11-11 (5d) — 20Δ C — IV 24.51%2026-11-11 (5d) — 25Δ C — IV 24.94%2026-11-11 (5d) — 30Δ C — IV 25.32%2026-11-11 (5d) — 35Δ C — IV 25.67%2026-11-11 (5d) — 40Δ C — IV 26.07%2026-11-11 (5d) — 45Δ C — IV 26.50%2026-11-11 (5d) — ATM — IV 26.92%2026-11-11 (5d) — 45Δ P — IV 27.35%2026-11-11 (5d) — 40Δ P — IV 27.81%2026-11-11 (5d) — 35Δ P — IV 28.34%2026-11-11 (5d) — 30Δ P — IV 28.98%2026-11-11 (5d) — 25Δ P — IV 29.71%2026-11-11 (5d) — 20Δ P — IV 30.66%2026-11-11 (5d) — 15Δ P — IV 31.98%2026-11-11 (5d) — 10Δ P — IV 34.26%2026-11-11 (5d) — 5Δ P — IV 39.56%5d2026-11-13 (7d) — 5Δ C — IV 24.50%2026-11-13 (7d) — 10Δ C — IV 24.62%2026-11-13 (7d) — 15Δ C — IV 25.03%2026-11-13 (7d) — 20Δ C — IV 25.44%2026-11-13 (7d) — 25Δ C — IV 25.87%2026-11-13 (7d) — 30Δ C — IV 26.26%2026-11-13 (7d) — 35Δ C — IV 26.75%2026-11-13 (7d) — 40Δ C — IV 27.19%2026-11-13 (7d) — 45Δ C — IV 27.43%2026-11-13 (7d) — ATM — IV 27.95%2026-11-13 (7d) — 45Δ P — IV 28.65%2026-11-13 (7d) — 40Δ P — IV 29.24%2026-11-13 (7d) — 35Δ P — IV 29.83%2026-11-13 (7d) — 30Δ P — IV 30.46%2026-11-13 (7d) — 25Δ P — IV 31.17%2026-11-13 (7d) — 20Δ P — IV 32.12%2026-11-13 (7d) — 15Δ P — IV 33.56%2026-11-13 (7d) — 10Δ P — IV 35.97%2026-11-13 (7d) — 5Δ P — IV 41.39%7d10Δ C25Δ CATM25Δ P10Δ Pout-of-the-money calls ← delta → out-of-the-money puts

The axis is call delta. Readings to the right of the dashed centre line are taken from the out-of-the-money put at that strike, which is the contract whose quote the volatility was solved from. Points are only plotted where surviving quotes bracket the delta on both sides; nothing is extrapolated past the last traded strike.

Show the underlying numbers
Delta3d5d7d
5Δ call20.79%23.47%24.50%
10Δ call20.78%23.69%24.62%
15Δ call20.84%24.16%25.03%
20Δ call20.95%24.51%25.44%
25Δ call21.15%24.94%25.87%
30Δ call21.36%25.32%26.26%
35Δ call21.59%25.67%26.75%
40Δ call21.85%26.07%27.19%
45Δ call22.16%26.50%27.43%
ATM22.56%26.92%27.95%
45Δ put22.99%27.35%28.65%
40Δ put23.37%27.81%29.24%
35Δ put23.76%28.34%29.83%
30Δ put24.23%28.98%30.46%
25Δ put24.90%29.71%31.17%
20Δ put25.68%30.66%32.12%
15Δ put26.59%31.98%33.56%
10Δ put28.48%34.26%35.97%
5Δ put31.98%39.56%41.39%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-093$343.5622.56%24.90%21.15%+3.75+0.4631
2026-11-115$343.6526.92%29.71%24.94%+4.77+0.4135
2026-11-137$343.5327.95%31.17%25.87%+5.30+0.5747
2026-11-1610$343.6025.69%28.84%24.18%+4.66+0.8221
2026-11-1812$343.6326.86%30.52%24.49%+6.03+0.6419
2026-11-2014$343.7527.01%30.75%24.58%+6.17+0.6650
2026-11-2721$343.9725.33%28.93%22.88%+6.04+0.5733
2026-12-0428$344.2225.17%28.31%22.92%+5.39+0.4430
2026-12-1135$344.4025.35%28.21%23.07%+5.14+0.2932
2026-12-1842$344.7525.41%28.70%22.98%+5.72+0.4343
2026-12-2448$345.0525.68%28.29%23.29%+5.01+0.1123
2027-01-1570$346.0124.92%28.34%22.63%+5.71+0.5748
2027-02-19105$347.1426.77%29.93%24.39%+5.55+0.3931
2027-03-19133$348.1526.91%29.99%24.55%+5.43+0.3632
2027-04-16161$349.2426.85%29.97%24.56%+5.40+0.4150
2027-06-17223$351.6427.25%30.20%25.15%+5.05+0.4341
2027-09-17315$354.9527.40%30.03%25.35%+4.69+0.2970

Each curve above is one expiration. The vertical position is implied volatility; the horizontal position is the delta of the contract it was read from. For US equities the curve normally slopes upward to the right, meaning out-of-the-money puts carry higher implied volatility than equidistant calls.

The 25-delta risk reversal summarises that slope as a single number: the 25-delta put volatility minus the 25-delta call volatility. The butterfly summarises the curvature: the average of the two wings minus the at-the-money reading.

Term structure

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

17 listed expirations produced a usable reading

22%24%26%28%30%2026-11-09 — 3 days — at-the-money IV 22.56%2026-11-11 — 5 days — at-the-money IV 26.92%2026-11-13 — 7 days — at-the-money IV 27.95%2026-11-16 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 25.69%2026-11-18 — 12 days — at-the-money IV 26.86%2026-11-20 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 27.01%2026-11-27 — 21 days — at-the-money IV 25.33%2026-12-04 — 28 days — at-the-money IV 25.17%2026-12-11 — 35 days — at-the-money IV 25.35%2026-12-18 — 42 days — at-the-money IV 25.41%2026-12-24 — 48 days — at-the-money IV 25.68%2027-01-15 — 70 days — at-the-money IV 24.92%2027-02-19 — 105 days — at-the-money IV 26.77%2027-03-19 — 133 days — at-the-money IV 26.91%2027-04-16 — 161 days — at-the-money IV 26.85%2027-06-17 — 223 days — at-the-money IV 27.25%2027-09-17 — 315 days — at-the-money IV 27.40%7306090180days to expiration

The horizontal axis is the square root of days to expiration, which is the scale volatility lives on. A curve that is flat in variance terms plots as a straight line here rather than bending sharply through the front week.

Show the underlying numbers
ExpirationDaysForwardATM IVATM strikeQuotes used
2026-11-093 days$343.5622.56%$343.6331
2026-11-115 days$343.6526.92%$343.8235
2026-11-137 days$343.5327.95%$343.7847
2026-11-1610 days$343.6025.69%$343.9121
2026-11-1812 days$343.6326.86%$344.0319
2026-11-2014 days$343.7527.01%$344.2350
2026-11-2721 days$343.9725.33%$344.6133
2026-12-0428 days$344.2225.17%$345.0630
2026-12-1135 days$344.4025.35%$345.4632
2026-12-1842 days$344.7525.41%$346.0343
2026-12-2448 days$345.0525.68%$346.5523
2027-01-1570 days$346.0124.92%$348.0748
2027-02-19105 days$347.1426.77%$350.7431
2027-03-19133 days$348.1526.91%$352.7732
2027-04-16161 days$349.2426.85%$354.8350
2027-06-17223 days$351.6427.25%$359.7141
2027-09-17315 days$354.9527.40%$366.6370

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
25.23%
60 days
25.20%
90 days
26.17%
180 days
27.00%

Interpolation is linear in total variance, not in volatility. Interpolating volatility directly implies a forward variance that can be negative between two expirations. A tenor beyond the longest listed expiration is reported as unavailable rather than extrapolated.

Term structure slope

Last 550 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4022 Aug14 Mar1 Oct22 Apr6 Nov

The dashed line marks 1.00, where the 90-day and 30-day at-the-money volatilities are equal. Above it the longer tenor carries the higher volatility.

The term structure is the at-the-money implied volatility of each listed expiration, plotted against how far away that expiration is. Its usual shape for a calm underlying slopes gently upward, because a longer horizon admits more uncertainty.

It inverts when the market prices a dated event: an expiration that captures a scheduled announcement carries the variance of that event on top of ordinary trading, so a shorter contract can print a higher volatility than a longer one.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2027-02-01Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 10 reports

Landed inside the implied band
9 of 10
90% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
4.7%
Mean move that happened
2.3%
absolute

Reports

Newest first. The implied move is one standard deviation, priced from the session before the release.

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-11-02After the close5.8%-1.9%0.33×
2026-10-29Time not stated1.2%-1.2%0.98×
2026-07-30After the close4.7%-7.4%1.56×
2026-04-30After the close4.8%+3.2%0.67×
2026-01-29After the close5.6%+0.5%0.08×
2025-10-30After the close4.2%-0.4%0.09×
2025-07-31After the close5.5%-2.5%0.45×
2025-05-01After the close5.5%-3.7%0.69×
2025-01-30After the close5.2%-0.7%0.13×
2024-10-31After the close4.8%-1.3%0.27×
2024-08-01After the close———
2024-05-02After the close———
2024-02-01After the close———
2023-11-02After the close———

The implied move is read from the at-the-money straddle on the first expiration strictly after the report date, converted to a one-standard-deviation move and divided by the forward. Realised moves are the close-to-close return across the event, measured from the session before the release to the session after it.

Report dates that have already happened come from the company’s own 8-K filing and are exact. A date still in the future is either one the company has announced, or an estimate from its reporting cadence.