Options Skew Analytics

BWA options analytics

BWA · Stock

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

BWA options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 35.6%, a move of about ±10.2% over the next month. Its history here is 230 sessions, short of the 180 a percentile needs, so this reading is not yet ranked against its own past.

Its 25-delta puts carry 0.44 volatility points more than the calls.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 6% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-29, before the open.

Across its last 3 reports the options market priced an average move of ±9.3% and BWA moved 2.5% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 3.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
35.65%

Prices a move of about ±10.2% over 30 days, or ±2.2% on a typical day.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+0.44

Puts carry 0.44 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.18

The wings carry 1.18 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.057

90-day volatility is 6% above 30-day.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 4 prior sessions (one-year window)

Not enough history in this window to place the current reading.

IV percentile, 1 year
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IV rank, 1 year
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IV percentile, 2 years
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IV rank, 2 years
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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
$61.11
30-day implied forward
$61.32
60-day ATM IV
39.47%
90-day ATM IV
37.67%
180-day ATM IV
36.82%
Expirations used
7
Total open interest
20,903
Put / call open interest
0.46

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 230 sessions

20%25%30%35%40%2024-09-19 — 30-day ATM IV 26%2026-08-19 — 30-day ATM IV 35%2026-09-17 — 30-day ATM IV 35%2026-09-22 — 30-day ATM IV 36%19 Sep19 Aug17 Sep22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2235.65%+0.441.057$61.11
2026-09-21———$63.32
2026-09-18———$63.32
2026-09-1735.32%+2.101.076$63.76
2026-09-16———$62.27
2026-09-15———$62.49
2026-09-14———$63.95
2026-09-11———$66.65
2026-09-10———$65.69
2026-09-09———$65.26
2026-09-08———$66.26
2026-09-04———$67.54
2026-09-03———$65.73
2026-09-02———$65.18
2026-09-01———$63.54
2026-08-31———$64.16
2026-08-28———$64.09
2026-08-27———$64.80
2026-08-26———$64.69
2026-08-25———$65.10
2026-08-24———$64.36
2026-08-21———$67.78
2026-08-20———$64.80
2026-08-1935.20%-0.831.047$66.23
2025-06-30———$33.48
2025-06-27———$33.61
2025-06-26———$33.60
2025-06-25———$33.15
2025-06-24———$33.44
2025-06-23———$32.75
2025-06-20———$32.80
2025-06-18———$33.30
2025-06-17———$32.83
2025-06-16———$33.36
2025-06-13———$33.07
2025-06-12———$33.38
2025-06-11———$33.68
2025-06-10———$33.92
2025-06-09———$32.64
2025-06-06———$32.30
2025-06-05———$32.16
2025-06-04———$32.07
2025-06-03———$32.63
2025-06-02———$32.42
2025-05-30———$33.09
2025-05-29———$33.45
2025-05-28———$33.15
2025-05-27———$33.60
2025-05-23———$32.68
2025-05-22———$32.96
2025-05-21———$32.71
2025-05-20———$33.31
2025-05-19———$33.06
2025-05-16———$33.33
2025-05-15———$33.07
2025-05-14———$32.92
2025-05-13———$33.13
2025-05-12———$32.63
2025-05-09———$31.62
2025-05-08———$31.14
2025-05-07———$30.28
2025-05-06———$29.00
2025-05-05———$29.45
2025-05-02———$29.28
2025-05-01———$28.54
2025-04-30———$28.38
2025-04-29———$28.85
2025-04-28———$28.30
2025-04-25———$28.27
2025-04-24———$28.43
2025-04-23———$27.23
2025-04-22———$26.90
2025-04-21———$26.26
2025-04-17———$26.45
2025-04-16———$26.02
2025-04-15———$26.08
2025-04-14———$26.44
2025-04-11———$26.19
2025-04-10———$25.67
2025-04-09———$26.89
2025-04-08———$24.84
2025-04-07———$25.79
2025-04-04———$25.89
2025-04-03———$27.21
2025-04-02———$29.12
2025-04-01———$28.54
2025-03-31———$28.65
2025-03-28———$28.19
2025-03-27———$28.83
2025-03-26———$30.25
2025-03-25———$29.50
2025-03-24———$29.45
2025-03-21———$28.70
2025-03-20———$28.95
2025-03-19———$29.02
2025-03-18———$28.82
2025-03-17———$28.35
2025-03-14———$28.70
2025-03-13———$27.78
2025-03-12———$28.56
2025-03-11———$29.24
2025-03-10———$29.85
2025-03-07———$29.81
2025-03-06———$29.37
2025-03-05———$29.19
2025-03-04———$28.12
2025-03-03———$28.83
2025-02-28———$29.77
2025-02-27———$29.61
2025-02-26———$30.06
2025-02-25———$29.99
2025-02-24———$29.74
2025-02-21———$29.49
2025-02-20———$30.25
2025-02-19———$29.67
2025-02-18———$30.25
2025-02-14———$30.22
2025-02-13———$29.40
2025-02-12———$28.89
2025-02-11———$29.44

The chart covers every session in the archive, 230 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 230 sessions

-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.02024-09-19 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 2.72026-08-19 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) -0.82026-09-17 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 2.12026-09-22 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 0.419 Sep19 Aug17 Sep22 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

24d (2026-10-16) · 59d (2026-11-20) · 87d (2026-12-18)

32%34%36%38%40%42%44%2026-10-16 (24d) — 10Δ C — IV 35.30%2026-10-16 (24d) — 15Δ C — IV 34.68%2026-10-16 (24d) — 20Δ C — IV 34.69%2026-10-16 (24d) — 25Δ C — IV 34.70%2026-10-16 (24d) — 30Δ C — IV 34.53%2026-10-16 (24d) — 35Δ C — IV 33.92%2026-10-16 (24d) — 40Δ C — IV 33.44%2026-10-16 (24d) — 45Δ C — IV 33.38%2026-10-16 (24d) — ATM — IV 33.48%2026-10-16 (24d) — 45Δ P — IV 33.66%2026-10-16 (24d) — 40Δ P — IV 33.88%2026-10-16 (24d) — 35Δ P — IV 34.16%2026-10-16 (24d) — 30Δ P — IV 34.64%2026-10-16 (24d) — 25Δ P — IV 35.26%2026-10-16 (24d) — 20Δ P — IV 36.01%2026-10-16 (24d) — 15Δ P — IV 37.04%24d2026-11-20 (59d) — 15Δ C — IV 40.40%2026-11-20 (59d) — 20Δ C — IV 40.27%2026-11-20 (59d) — 25Δ C — IV 40.11%2026-11-20 (59d) — 30Δ C — IV 39.06%2026-11-20 (59d) — 35Δ C — IV 39.15%2026-11-20 (59d) — 40Δ C — IV 39.31%2026-11-20 (59d) — 45Δ C — IV 39.49%2026-11-20 (59d) — ATM — IV 39.57%2026-11-20 (59d) — 45Δ P — IV 39.36%2026-11-20 (59d) — 40Δ P — IV 39.21%2026-11-20 (59d) — 35Δ P — IV 39.47%2026-11-20 (59d) — 30Δ P — IV 39.90%2026-11-20 (59d) — 25Δ P — IV 40.33%2026-11-20 (59d) — 20Δ P — IV 40.93%2026-11-20 (59d) — 15Δ P — IV 41.85%2026-11-20 (59d) — 10Δ P — IV 43.19%59d2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ C — IV 37.59%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ C — IV 37.64%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ C — IV 38.20%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ C — IV 38.01%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ C — IV 37.87%2026-12-18 (87d) — ATM — IV 37.77%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ P — IV 37.26%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ P — IV 36.83%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ P — IV 37.16%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ P — IV 37.54%2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ P — IV 37.82%2026-12-18 (87d) — 20Δ P — IV 38.43%2026-12-18 (87d) — 15Δ P — IV 39.71%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
Delta24d59d87d
10Δ call35.30%——
15Δ call34.68%40.40%—
20Δ call34.69%40.27%—
25Δ call34.70%40.11%37.59%
30Δ call34.53%39.06%37.64%
35Δ call33.92%39.15%38.20%
40Δ call33.44%39.31%38.01%
45Δ call33.38%39.49%37.87%
ATM33.48%39.57%37.77%
45Δ put33.66%39.36%37.26%
40Δ put33.88%39.21%36.83%
35Δ put34.16%39.47%37.16%
30Δ put34.64%39.90%37.54%
25Δ put35.26%40.33%37.82%
20Δ put36.01%40.93%38.43%
15Δ put37.04%41.85%39.71%
10Δ put—43.19%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-10-1624$61.2733.48%35.26%34.70%+0.56+1.507
2026-11-2059$61.5439.57%40.33%40.11%+0.22+0.6511
2026-12-1887$61.6437.77%37.82%37.59%+0.24-0.069
2027-01-15115$61.8437.07%37.45%37.03%+0.42+0.1715
2027-03-19178$62.3536.83%38.60%37.98%+0.63+1.4616
2027-04-16206$62.8936.69%38.53%37.47%+1.06+1.318
2027-06-17268$63.5836.29%38.74%37.85%+0.89+2.0114

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

7 listed expirations produced a usable reading

32%34%36%38%40%42%2026-10-16 — 24 days — at-the-money IV 33.48%2026-11-20 — 59 days — at-the-money IV 39.57%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 37.77%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 37.07%2027-03-19 — 178 days — at-the-money IV 36.83%2027-04-16 — 206 days — at-the-money IV 36.69%2027-06-17 — 268 days — at-the-money IV 36.29%306090180days 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
2026-10-1624 days$61.2733.48%$61.507
2026-11-2059 days$61.5439.57%$62.3311
2026-12-1887 days$61.6437.77%$62.709
2027-01-15115 days$61.8437.07%$63.1915
2027-03-19178 days$62.3536.83%$64.4416
2027-04-16206 days$62.8936.69%$65.338
2027-06-17268 days$63.5836.29%$66.7314

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
35.65%
60 days
39.47%
90 days
37.67%
180 days
36.82%

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 230 sessions

0.901.001.101.201.302024-09-19 — 90-day over 30-day 1.192026-08-19 — 90-day over 30-day 1.052026-09-17 — 90-day over 30-day 1.082026-09-22 — 90-day over 30-day 1.0619 Sep19 Aug17 Sep22 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.

Earnings

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

Next report

2026-10-29Before the openAnnounced

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 3 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 3
100% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
9.3%
Mean move that happened
2.5%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-05Before the open———
2026-05-06Before the open———
2026-02-11Before the open———
2025-10-30Before the open———
2025-07-31Before the open———
2025-05-07Before the open6.4%+4.4%0.68×
2025-02-06Before the open10.6%-3.0%0.28×
2024-10-31Before the open10.8%+0.2%0.02×
2024-07-31Before the open———
2024-05-02Before the open———
2024-02-08Before the open———
2023-11-02Before the open———

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.