Options Skew Analytics

ARKG options analytics

ARKG · ETF

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

ARKG options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 49.0%, a move of about ±14.1% over the next month. That is higher than 68% of the 210 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 2.13 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
49.04%

Prices a move of about ±14.1% over 30 days, or ±3.1% on a typical day.

Higher than 68% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+2.13

Puts carry 2.13 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 50% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.32

The wings carry 0.32 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.010

90-day volatility is 1% above 30-day.

Higher than 60% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 210 prior sessions (one-year window)

49.0% — 68th percentile
36.2%86.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
68%
IV rank, 1 year
26%
IV percentile, 2 years
68%
IV rank, 2 years
26%

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
$52.87
30-day implied forward
$53.20
60-day ATM IV
49.39%
90-day ATM IV
49.55%
180-day ATM IV
48.20%
Expirations used
5
Total open interest
122,537
Put / call open interest
0.65

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 232 sessions

20%40%60%80%100%28 Aug13 Nov3 Feb17 Apr22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2249.04%+2.131.010$52.87
2026-09-2149.95%+0.491.003$51.81
2026-09-1847.97%+3.971.019$51.64
2026-09-1748.35%+2.800.988$51.59
2026-09-16———$47.85
2026-09-15———$47.71
2026-09-14———$46.80
2026-09-1147.80%+2.661.009$45.56
2026-09-10———$45.38
2026-09-0947.10%-0.371.014$46.31
2026-09-08———$46.85
2026-09-04———$47.14
2026-09-03———$47.20
2026-09-02———$47.15
2026-09-0148.98%+3.831.011$46.84
2026-08-31———$47.23
2026-08-28———$47.64
2026-08-27———$49.87
2026-08-26———$49.45
2026-08-25———$50.06
2026-08-24———$48.01
2026-08-2151.15%+0.950.988$49.45
2026-08-2051.14%+1.111.000$47.64
2026-08-19———$47.73
2026-08-18———$43.21
2025-06-30———$24.35
2025-06-2740.40%+2.221.045$24.30
2025-06-2641.45%+2.781.032$24.56
2025-06-2542.62%+4.061.017$24.25
2025-06-2442.55%+2.021.026$24.13
2025-06-23———$23.58
2025-06-2043.29%+0.891.034$23.80
2025-06-1843.76%-0.791.020$24.15
2025-06-17———$23.67
2025-06-16———$23.92
2025-06-13———$23.47
2025-06-1241.23%+1.301.038$23.65
2025-06-1141.73%+0.671.043$24.27
2025-06-1042.87%+0.811.025$24.22
2025-06-0942.92%+0.991.030$23.79
2025-06-0645.12%+2.171.005$23.28
2025-06-05———$22.26
2025-06-0441.91%+2.001.054$22.61
2025-06-0341.57%+1.431.059$22.12
2025-06-0242.90%+1.691.053$21.64
2025-05-3042.15%-1.351.052$20.92
2025-05-2943.89%+2.101.032$21.02
2025-05-2844.09%+1.901.027$21.10
2025-05-2744.26%+0.591.024$21.53
2025-05-2344.36%+3.411.024$20.92
2025-05-2244.18%+1.941.015$20.82
2025-05-2145.53%+1.821.007$20.71
2025-05-2043.16%+3.751.021$21.87
2025-05-1943.06%+1.361.014$21.74
2025-05-1641.69%+2.281.036$21.80
2025-05-1543.17%+1.291.038$21.21
2025-05-1443.73%+1.821.025$21.13
2025-05-1342.77%+2.771.045$21.96
2025-05-1244.38%+4.611.031$22.07
2025-05-0947.43%+5.381.023$21.13
2025-05-0848.28%+3.951.004$21.73
2025-05-0749.57%+5.511.006$20.82
2025-05-0650.33%+4.091.020$20.34
2025-05-0549.36%+4.480.997$21.92
2025-05-0246.83%+3.441.024$22.67
2025-05-0144.29%+4.901.128$21.75
2025-04-3051.32%+5.140.981$21.99
2025-04-2950.67%+4.740.994$22.28
2025-04-2853.06%+4.180.944$22.35
2025-04-2550.86%+5.670.977$22.40
2025-04-2452.51%+5.400.961$22.45
2025-04-2355.68%+7.080.944$21.77
2025-04-2258.26%+7.140.938$21.30
2025-04-2162.45%+7.540.906$20.43
2025-04-1757.18%+10.580.930$20.67
2025-04-1660.18%+6.700.923$20.80
2025-04-1555.55%+8.860.941$21.32
2025-04-1461.01%+6.940.907$21.35
2025-04-1167.80%+9.680.893$21.03
2025-04-1074.20%+9.610.817$19.36
2025-04-0961.94%+10.390.869$20.56
2025-04-0885.98%+8.440.807$18.34
2025-04-0784.79%+10.350.796$19.20
2025-04-0482.43%+6.830.815$19.00
2025-04-0362.46%-0.050.884$19.74
2025-04-0255.94%-0.640.907$20.87
2025-04-0158.29%+0.360.892$20.20
2025-03-3155.81%-0.550.919$20.76
2025-03-2851.48%-0.870.975$21.55
2025-03-2750.20%-0.560.959$22.24
2025-03-2650.14%-0.490.966$22.49
2025-03-2548.46%+1.220.977$23.49
2025-03-2448.32%+1.990.991$24.09
2025-03-2151.42%+1.080.957$23.32
2025-03-2054.25%+0.370.940$22.86
2025-03-1955.12%+1.800.968$23.10
2025-03-1857.97%+2.410.899$22.65
2025-03-1756.15%+1.260.930$23.46
2025-03-1459.20%+0.530.912$22.75
2025-03-1363.95%-1.350.803$22.03
2025-03-1262.90%-2.600.881$22.97
2025-03-1164.96%-3.720.877$22.45
2025-03-1066.41%-0.260.859$21.99
2025-03-0758.49%-3.210.918$23.33
2025-03-0661.87%-1.880.896$23.22
2025-03-0560.17%-0.580.894$23.98
2025-03-0460.35%-0.780.899$23.53
2025-03-0361.23%-1.930.886$23.14
2025-02-2856.57%-0.600.924$24.62
2025-02-2757.05%-2.930.923$24.54
2025-02-2655.88%-1.470.920$25.63
2025-02-2554.51%+0.760.945$25.14
2025-02-2452.79%-1.770.951$26.49
2025-02-2155.22%-4.190.931$26.94
2025-02-2052.70%-1.490.953$28.56
2025-02-1951.73%-1.450.951$29.81
2025-02-1853.27%-1.230.927$29.47
2025-02-1445.78%+1.711.021$29.42
2025-02-1345.22%+2.931.012$27.66
2025-02-1246.07%+3.850.994$26.78

The chart covers every session in the archive, 232 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 232 sessions

-20.0-10.00.010.020.028 Aug13 Nov3 Feb17 Apr22 Sep

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 (2026-09-25) · 10d (2026-10-02) · 87d (2026-12-18)

46%48%50%52%54%56%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ C — IV 52.84%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ C — IV 52.89%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ C — IV 52.90%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ C — IV 51.54%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ C — IV 50.94%2026-09-25 (3d) — ATM — IV 51.37%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ P — IV 52.11%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ P — IV 52.98%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ P — IV 53.77%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ P — IV 54.35%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ P — IV 54.70%3d2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ C — IV 48.20%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ C — IV 47.99%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ C — IV 47.96%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ C — IV 47.95%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ C — IV 47.86%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ C — IV 47.62%2026-10-02 (10d) — ATM — IV 47.63%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ P — IV 47.78%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ P — IV 47.42%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ P — IV 47.68%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ P — IV 48.56%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ P — IV 48.70%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ P — IV 49.75%10d2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ C — IV 48.39%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ C — IV 48.57%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ C — IV 48.71%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ C — IV 48.80%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ C — IV 49.09%2026-12-18 (87d) — ATM — IV 49.50%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ P — IV 48.87%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ P — IV 49.19%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ P — IV 50.01%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ P — IV 51.92%2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ P — IV 50.97%2026-12-18 (87d) — 20Δ P — IV 52.15%2026-12-18 (87d) — 15Δ P — IV 53.55%2026-12-18 (87d) — 10Δ P — IV 54.24%87d10Δ 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
Delta3d10d87d
20Δ call—48.20%—
25Δ call52.84%47.99%48.39%
30Δ call52.89%47.96%48.57%
35Δ call52.90%47.95%48.71%
40Δ call51.54%47.86%48.80%
45Δ call50.94%47.62%49.09%
ATM51.37%47.63%49.50%
45Δ put52.11%47.78%48.87%
40Δ put52.98%47.42%49.19%
35Δ put53.77%47.68%50.01%
30Δ put54.35%48.56%51.92%
25Δ put54.70%48.70%50.97%
20Δ put—49.75%52.15%
15Δ put——53.55%
10Δ put——54.24%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-253$53.0051.37%54.70%52.84%+1.86+2.406
2026-10-0210$53.1047.63%48.70%47.99%+0.72+0.7212
2026-12-1887$53.4949.50%50.97%48.39%+2.59+0.1919
2027-01-15115$53.2949.87%49.50%48.64%+0.86-0.8021
2027-04-16206$54.1347.82%50.83%48.35%+2.49+1.7725

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

5 listed expirations produced a usable reading

47%48%49%50%51%52%2026-09-25 — 3 days — at-the-money IV 51.37%2026-10-02 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 47.63%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 49.50%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 49.87%2027-04-16 — 206 days — at-the-money IV 47.82%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
2026-09-253 days$53.0051.37%$53.066
2026-10-0210 days$53.1047.63%$53.2712
2026-12-1887 days$53.4949.50%$55.0719
2027-01-15115 days$53.2949.87%$55.4221
2027-04-16206 days$54.1347.82%$57.7325

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
49.04%
60 days
49.39%
90 days
49.55%
180 days
48.20%

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 232 sessions

0.700.800.901.001.101.2028 Aug15 Nov4 Feb17 Apr22 Sep

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.