Options Skew Analytics

CHWY options analytics

CHWY · Stock

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

CHWY options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 44.8%, a move of about ±12.9% over the next month. That is higher than 17% of the 223 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 1.99 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 16% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-12-09 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 4 reports the options market priced an average move of ±13.3% and CHWY moved 5.8% on average, staying inside the priced band 4 times out of 4.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
44.84%

Prices a move of about ±12.9% over 30 days, or ±2.8% on a typical day.

Higher than 17% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+1.99

Puts carry 1.99 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 63% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.55

The wings carry 1.55 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.161

90-day volatility is 16% above 30-day.

Higher than 82% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 223 prior sessions (one-year window)

44.8% — 17th percentile
34.3%79.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
17%
IV rank, 1 year
24%
IV percentile, 2 years
17%
IV rank, 2 years
24%

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
$19.66
30-day implied forward
$19.81
60-day ATM IV
49.90%
90-day ATM IV
52.07%
180-day ATM IV
50.07%
Expirations used
10
Total open interest
141,523
Put / call open interest
0.94

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%40%60%80%100%29 Aug20 Nov13 Feb7 May22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2244.84%+1.991.161$19.66
2026-09-2145.50%+1.101.099$20.51
2026-09-1845.65%-0.981.094$20.62
2026-09-1745.97%+0.621.095$20.90
2026-09-1646.64%+0.341.039$20.91
2026-09-15———$21.19
2026-09-1447.65%+0.941.023$21.35
2026-09-11———$20.44
2026-09-1050.14%-0.100.994$21.08
2026-09-0951.65%+1.121.007$20.75
2026-09-0866.46%+1.110.916$23.27
2026-09-0461.79%+1.870.906$23.66
2026-09-0364.17%+0.170.865$23.96
2026-09-0264.72%+3.120.852$24.17
2026-09-0163.27%+0.430.913$23.72
2026-08-3163.55%+0.640.886$23.80
2026-08-2861.93%+0.060.942$23.26
2026-08-2764.82%+1.690.860$22.80
2026-08-2660.11%+4.510.883$22.97
2026-08-2561.57%+2.150.922$24.69
2026-08-2463.40%-2.630.890$24.50
2026-08-2160.07%+4.550.928$24.02
2026-08-2063.22%-0.550.848$23.88
2026-08-19———$23.99
2025-06-3036.44%+1.881.184$42.62
2025-06-2734.28%+0.231.256$42.83
2025-06-2634.64%+3.711.263$43.43
2025-06-2536.33%-0.821.194$42.63
2025-06-2437.15%-1.791.169$43.39
2025-06-2341.79%+4.651.075$43.36
2025-06-2038.76%+4.611.104$41.91
2025-06-1836.55%+0.071.216$41.55
2025-06-1737.09%+2.521.214$41.51
2025-06-1637.62%+1.411.214$41.66
2025-06-1337.73%+1.991.204$41.67
2025-06-1237.47%+0.431.224$41.21
2025-06-1141.43%+2.651.095$40.76
2025-06-1057.41%+1.520.907$45.79
2025-06-0953.25%-0.960.981$46.51
2025-06-06———$48.21
2025-06-0555.72%+1.68—$47.49
2025-06-0455.02%+3.15—$47.28
2025-06-0354.89%-0.07—$47.62
2025-06-0255.27%+6.89—$47.46
2025-05-3053.92%+1.430.933$45.25
2025-05-2956.45%+5.230.929$44.41
2025-05-2859.22%+3.160.878$44.15
2025-05-2757.56%+3.670.913$44.66
2025-05-2355.68%+3.740.929$43.92
2025-05-2257.20%-0.010.909$43.93
2025-05-2156.20%+2.550.909$43.57
2025-05-2054.68%+3.780.931$44.12
2025-05-1953.17%+3.350.935$43.31
2025-05-1654.77%+2.790.898$41.76
2025-05-1554.55%+5.420.916$41.47
2025-05-1458.14%+2.850.886$40.99
2025-05-1355.68%+2.160.908$39.49
2025-05-1250.66%+3.001.007$39.48
2025-05-0949.17%+6.151.030$39.57
2025-05-0851.66%+3.280.979$38.24
2025-05-0752.18%+5.620.997$38.35
2025-05-0653.37%+5.160.984$38.17
2025-05-0552.13%+2.861.006$37.81
2025-05-0254.60%+4.880.959$36.66
2025-05-0153.43%+5.340.984$36.37
2025-04-3054.52%+6.88—$37.50
2025-04-2951.97%+7.321.021$37.21
2025-04-2854.57%+6.160.987$37.14
2025-04-2551.67%+4.311.026$36.80
2025-04-2452.19%+6.681.054$36.03
2025-04-2354.29%+3.701.008$35.38
2025-04-2252.93%+6.511.037$36.02
2025-04-2155.75%+6.851.023$33.88
2025-04-1751.65%+7.141.048$35.24
2025-04-1655.15%+11.251.024$34.76
2025-04-1550.06%+6.671.158$35.01
2025-04-1453.52%+6.981.022$34.25
2025-04-1155.01%+7.111.039$34.66
2025-04-1063.27%+8.160.947$32.58
2025-04-09———$33.29
2025-04-0861.89%+10.631.013$31.21
2025-04-0764.33%+10.680.968$31.57
2025-04-04———$31.52
2025-04-0350.26%+6.721.110$33.67
2025-04-0245.10%+1.851.161$34.00
2025-04-0142.71%+4.901.234$33.48
2025-03-3146.98%+4.671.114$32.51
2025-03-2845.22%+4.021.170$32.17
2025-03-2743.54%-0.141.151$32.69
2025-03-2646.55%-0.211.076$33.25
2025-03-2559.97%+7.840.943$33.61
2025-03-2456.58%+13.050.925$34.02
2025-03-2162.89%+8.240.919$33.86
2025-03-2067.19%+4.210.890$32.32
2025-03-1968.38%+5.290.883$32.25
2025-03-1869.99%+3.260.874$31.99
2025-03-1768.22%+11.440.867$33.04
2025-03-1469.48%+5.640.894$33.29
2025-03-1371.68%+4.460.874$32.35
2025-03-1275.15%+1.650.825$33.26
2025-03-1176.05%+3.020.818$33.20
2025-03-1077.30%+4.040.799$31.83
2025-03-0774.53%+1.670.820$33.32
2025-03-0664.54%+2.520.923$35.09
2025-03-0560.87%+3.980.959$36.88
2025-03-0470.78%+3.030.821$34.32
2025-03-0361.95%-0.020.877$35.90
2025-02-2858.42%+0.200.902$37.26
2025-02-2762.30%+5.720.872$36.13
2025-02-2664.02%+6.410.891$35.82
2025-02-2563.44%+1.580.857$34.55
2025-02-2457.03%+3.810.964$34.46
2025-02-2152.27%+1.581.043$35.12
2025-02-2053.71%+1.960.952$36.93
2025-02-1952.79%+2.630.989$37.58
2025-02-1853.34%-0.871.003$38.06
2025-02-1439.13%-1.491.319$37.68
2025-02-1348.19%+2.071.067$37.97
2025-02-1245.88%+1.201.145$37.55
2025-02-1149.40%-0.421.072$37.23

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

-20.0-10.00.010.020.029 Aug20 Nov13 Feb7 May22 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) · 17d (2026-10-09)

40%50%60%70%80%90%2026-09-25 (3d) — 5Δ C — IV 86.09%2026-09-25 (3d) — 10Δ C — IV 54.23%2026-09-25 (3d) — 15Δ C — IV 54.55%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ C — IV 54.97%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ C — IV 55.22%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ C — IV 55.43%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ C — IV 55.58%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ C — IV 55.56%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ C — IV 53.74%2026-09-25 (3d) — ATM — IV 50.94%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ P — IV 48.69%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ P — IV 47.78%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ P — IV 48.10%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ P — IV 49.02%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ P — IV 50.44%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ P — IV 52.08%2026-09-25 (3d) — 15Δ P — IV 54.32%3d2026-10-02 (10d) — 5Δ C — IV 58.58%2026-10-02 (10d) — 10Δ C — IV 50.98%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ C — IV 49.08%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ C — IV 49.31%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ C — IV 49.59%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ C — IV 47.28%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ C — IV 46.52%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ C — IV 46.65%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ C — IV 46.76%2026-10-02 (10d) — ATM — IV 46.65%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ P — IV 46.43%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ P — IV 46.36%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ P — IV 46.49%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ P — IV 46.70%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ P — IV 46.90%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ P — IV 47.19%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ P — IV 47.99%2026-10-02 (10d) — 10Δ P — IV 50.16%10d2026-10-09 (17d) — 10Δ C — IV 47.42%2026-10-09 (17d) — 15Δ C — IV 46.07%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ C — IV 45.48%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ C — IV 45.61%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ C — IV 45.78%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ C — IV 45.57%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ C — IV 45.58%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ C — IV 46.00%2026-10-09 (17d) — ATM — IV 46.12%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ P — IV 46.11%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ P — IV 46.21%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ P — IV 46.86%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ P — IV 47.00%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ P — IV 46.85%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ P — IV 46.69%2026-10-09 (17d) — 15Δ P — IV 46.73%17d10Δ 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
Delta3d10d17d
5Δ call86.09%58.58%—
10Δ call54.23%50.98%47.42%
15Δ call54.55%49.08%46.07%
20Δ call54.97%49.31%45.48%
25Δ call55.22%49.59%45.61%
30Δ call55.43%47.28%45.78%
35Δ call55.58%46.52%45.57%
40Δ call55.56%46.65%45.58%
45Δ call53.74%46.76%46.00%
ATM50.94%46.65%46.12%
45Δ put48.69%46.43%46.11%
40Δ put47.78%46.36%46.21%
35Δ put48.10%46.49%46.86%
30Δ put49.02%46.70%47.00%
25Δ put50.44%46.90%46.85%
20Δ put52.08%47.19%46.69%
15Δ put54.32%47.99%46.73%
10Δ put—50.16%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-253$19.6950.94%50.44%55.22%-4.78+1.899
2026-10-0210$19.7746.65%46.90%49.59%-2.69+1.6015
2026-10-0917$19.7946.12%46.85%45.61%+1.24+0.1212
2026-10-1624$19.8144.34%46.19%44.40%+1.78+0.9519
2026-10-2331$19.8144.91%47.53%45.52%+2.02+1.6212
2026-10-3038$19.8244.86%46.08%45.86%+0.22+1.1114
2026-12-1887$20.3152.40%55.33%47.82%+7.51-0.839
2027-01-15115$20.0149.93%50.70%49.66%+1.04+0.2413
2027-03-19178$20.2149.95%51.74%49.20%+2.54+0.5210
2027-04-16206$20.2751.46%51.50%51.10%+0.40-0.169

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

10 listed expirations produced a usable reading

42%44%46%48%50%52%54%2026-09-25 — 3 days — at-the-money IV 50.94%2026-10-02 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 46.65%2026-10-09 — 17 days — at-the-money IV 46.12%2026-10-16 — 24 days — at-the-money IV 44.34%2026-10-23 — 31 days — at-the-money IV 44.91%2026-10-30 — 38 days — at-the-money IV 44.86%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 52.40%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 49.93%2027-03-19 — 178 days — at-the-money IV 49.95%2027-04-16 — 206 days — at-the-money IV 51.46%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$19.6950.94%$19.729
2026-10-0210 days$19.7746.65%$19.8315
2026-10-0917 days$19.7946.12%$19.8912
2026-10-1624 days$19.8144.34%$19.9419
2026-10-2331 days$19.8144.91%$19.9812
2026-10-3038 days$19.8244.86%$20.0314
2026-12-1887 days$20.3152.40%$20.999
2027-01-15115 days$20.0149.93%$20.8113
2027-03-19178 days$20.2149.95%$21.4810
2027-04-16206 days$20.2751.46%$21.849

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
44.84%
60 days
49.90%
90 days
52.07%
180 days
50.07%

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

0.600.801.001.201.4029 Aug18 Nov11 Feb5 May22 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

2026-12-09Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 4 reports

Landed inside the implied band
4 of 4
100% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
13.3%
Mean move that happened
5.8%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-09-09Before the open13.2%-10.8%0.82×
2026-06-10Before the open———
2026-03-25Before the open———
2025-12-10Before the open———
2025-09-10Before the open———
2025-06-11Before the open12.4%-11.0%0.89×
2025-03-26Before the open12.9%-1.1%0.08×
2024-12-04Before the open14.8%-0.4%0.03×
2024-08-28Before the open———
2024-05-29Before the open———
2024-03-20After the close———
2023-12-06After the close———
2023-08-30After 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.