Options Skew Analytics

BYND option chain

Strikes around the forward, as they were quoted at the close

Data as of 27 September 2024 (end of day)

2024-10-04(7 days)ATM 111.29%±1.10skew -49.12
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
35$5.05$7.85—$1.50—————
27$5.05$5.75—$2.00—————
07$4.05$5.90—$2.50—————
26$4.05$4.75—$3.00—————
01$3.50$4.30—$3.50—————
01$3.05$4.15—$4.00—————
01$2.54$3.20—$4.50—————
26145$2.14$2.21—$5.00—————
0195$1.24$1.83—$5.50106.22%$0.01$0.022,218555
9531$1.08$1.28—$6.0098.21%$0.04$0.051,227283
8092,495$0.73$0.81—$6.5097.86%$0.13$0.152,210548
7191,987$0.43$0.51—$7.00106.07%$0.35$0.37280646
8542,335$0.30$0.33120.47%$7.50—$0.68$0.7813246
1,6791,389$0.20$0.23131.92%$8.00—$1.08$1.231717
8,85415,456$0.16$0.17146.98%$8.50—$1.52$1.663010
2061,594$0.10$0.15158.00%$9.00—$1.97$2.1060
204462$0.03$0.09166.89%$10.00—$2.86$3.25486
2282$0.03$0.06188.59%$11.00—————
—————$12.00—$4.80$5.5570
—————$12.50—$5.05$5.9520
—————$13.00—$5.65$6.75—0

Forward $7.11. The 25-delta put carries -49.12 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2024-10-11(14 days)ATM 111.83%±1.53skew -29.27
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
45$5.00$7.85—$1.50—————
02$4.50$7.30—$2.00—————
20$4.60$5.25—$2.50—————
01$2.54$3.45—$4.50—————
14896$2.05$2.22—$5.00—————
085$1.54$2.34—$5.5090.57%$0.03$0.06756211
—————$6.0093.64%$0.12$0.15428243
49128$0.80$0.91—$6.50107.56%$0.31$0.4022176
94792$0.53$0.65109.77%$7.00—$0.58$0.6356452
1596$0.42$0.46118.17%$7.50—$0.90$1.03174
88149$0.30$0.34122.91%$8.00—————
—————$8.50—$1.71$1.92010
—————$9.00—$1.80$2.3910
201$0.10$0.15148.15%$10.00—————
—————$10.50—$3.40$3.9010
—————$11.00—$3.95$5.2010
—————$12.00—$4.95$5.7501
—————$12.50—$5.40$6.40—0
—————$13.00—$5.95$6.75—0

Forward $6.98. The 25-delta put carries -29.27 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2024-10-18(21 days)ATM 113.88%±1.89skew -31.41
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
01$6.05$6.85—$1.00—————
11$5.00$5.30—$2.00—————
011$2.77$3.30—$4.00117.88%$0.01$0.021,038575
194$2.13$2.21—$5.00103.14%$0.05$0.085,336469
020$1.54$1.87—$5.50100.06%$0.11$0.1687585
36544$1.19$1.37—$6.0098.08%$0.24$0.274,608138
8563$0.91$0.98—$6.50104.67%$0.46$0.519551
1312,091$0.66$0.74112.87%$7.00—$0.72$0.875029
248288$0.46$0.60115.62%$7.50—$1.05$1.576211
27212,755$0.40$0.48124.49%$8.00—$1.42$2.3111,3553
11179$0.31$0.39128.68%$8.50—$1.87$2.0663
113671$0.23$0.30129.49%$9.00—$2.28$2.82780
513,232$0.18$0.21141.61%$10.00—$3.20$3.801,3470
285,826$0.09$0.15143.41%$11.00—$4.10$4.505,1130
—————$12.00—$4.75$6.45588

Forward $6.90. The 25-delta put carries -31.41 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

How to read this

Calls on the left, puts on the right, the strike between them — the layout every chain uses. Each block is one expiration, and the heading carries its days to expiry, the at-the-money implied volatility, and the one-standard-deviation move that volatility implies over that time.

Only the 21 strikes nearest the forward are stored, which is the part of the board that carries the volume. The shaded side is in the money: below the forward for calls, above it for puts.

Implied volatility is shown on the out-of-the-money side only. An in-the-money option is nearly all intrinsic value quoted on a wide market, so a volatility solved from it would look authoritative and mean very little. The price is still shown, because the price is real; the blank is deliberate.