Options Skew Analytics

FDX options analytics

FDX · Stock

Data as of 6 November 2026 (end of day)

FDX options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 28.5%, a move of about ±8.2% over the next month. That is higher than 43% of the 247 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 2.33 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 6% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-12-22 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 8 reports the options market priced an average move of ±8.5% and FDX moved 19.6% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 8.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
28.47%

Prices a move of about ±8.2% over 30 days, or ±1.8% on a typical day.

Higher than 43% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+2.33

Puts carry 2.33 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 50% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.19

The wings carry 0.19 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.057

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

Higher than 51% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 247 prior sessions (one-year window)

28.5% — 43th percentile
19.3%63.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
43%
IV rank, 1 year
21%
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
$308.14
30-day implied forward
$309.85
60-day ATM IV
28.19%
90-day ATM IV
30.09%
180-day ATM IV
31.23%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
33,911
Put / call open interest
0.91

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 321 sessions

0%20%40%60%80%3 Sep27 Dec24 Apr15 Aug6 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0628.47%+2.331.057$308.14
2026-11-0528.44%+1.621.051$316.80
2026-11-0426.38%+2.151.063$329.40
2026-11-0328.09%+1.461.006$318.02
2026-11-0227.62%+2.021.017$318.25
2026-10-3028.38%+2.041.002$313.28
2026-10-2928.54%+0.461.004$307.82
2026-10-2834.01%+3.110.890$304.58
2026-10-2736.66%+0.880.840$307.10
2026-10-2639.04%+1.710.822$300.58
2026-10-2337.35%+3.420.858$298.72
2026-10-2239.85%+3.010.807$303.92
2026-10-2137.79%+1.910.836$298.23
2026-10-2038.52%+2.200.817$298.76
2026-10-1937.77%+2.100.843$293.78
2026-10-1638.24%+2.810.818$293.55
2026-10-1538.45%+1.970.813$295.54
2026-10-1438.81%+1.960.806$291.28
2026-10-1338.84%+1.590.797$290.59
2026-10-0938.99%+1.610.805$291.71
2026-10-0839.46%+2.370.808$291.73
2026-10-0740.01%+2.010.808$289.04
2026-10-0639.33%+1.820.823$289.03
2026-10-0539.43%+3.030.810$289.13
2026-10-0239.13%+0.850.821$290.36
2026-10-0139.58%+1.020.818$287.07
2026-09-3040.35%+1.700.819$285.09
2026-09-2938.33%+2.270.860$287.47
2026-09-2837.45%+2.900.897$289.65
2026-09-2531.24%+3.131.051$285.85
2026-09-2429.12%+1.871.133$279.54
2026-09-2326.90%+1.451.211$291.50
2026-09-2227.74%+0.551.203$295.94
2026-09-2127.96%+0.581.195$295.79
2026-09-1826.91%+1.781.232$303.65
2026-09-1727.90%+1.791.197$305.88
2026-09-1628.77%+1.171.215$301.72
2026-09-15———$308.26
2026-09-1427.13%+1.401.225$312.57
2026-09-1126.89%+2.451.188$311.99
2026-09-1028.56%+1.861.173$311.80
2026-09-09———$309.19
2026-09-0829.29%-0.091.130$314.13
2026-09-0426.34%+0.901.176$322.52
2026-09-0326.84%+1.131.162$324.31
2026-09-0227.55%-0.391.130$316.54
2026-09-01———$324.88
2026-08-31———$327.40
2026-08-2824.98%+1.811.191$330.88
2026-08-2725.20%+0.561.217$331.41
2026-08-2625.51%+1.141.184$335.99
2026-08-2526.43%+2.811.156$333.71
2026-08-2426.11%+1.201.149$334.05
2026-08-21———$325.08
2025-09-2927.76%+1.011.151$236.58
2025-09-2626.61%+1.041.190$237.82
2025-09-2527.41%+1.351.176$236.42
2025-09-2427.38%+0.431.178$233.75
2025-09-2328.14%+1.421.139$233.70
2025-09-2229.55%-0.601.076$230.12
2025-09-1928.31%+0.541.116$231.75
2025-09-1845.97%+1.380.843$226.50
2025-09-1743.84%+1.760.861$225.78
2025-09-1644.15%+1.800.854$227.70
2025-09-1544.82%+1.780.854$225.69
2025-09-1244.92%+3.330.847$229.55
2025-09-1146.00%+5.490.843$228.81
2025-09-1046.34%+4.260.834$225.69
2025-09-0946.49%+1.820.820$225.75
2025-09-0845.01%+1.180.847$225.00
2025-09-0544.83%+4.450.853$227.72
2025-09-0444.68%+1.220.861$225.28
2025-09-0342.96%+0.900.875$225.34
2025-09-0243.33%+4.670.856$224.18
2025-08-2941.79%+3.130.868$231.07
2025-08-2841.59%+1.730.861$231.27
2025-08-2741.87%+1.710.857$232.21
2025-08-2641.91%+1.960.860$231.10
2025-08-2542.08%+1.280.845$233.00
2025-08-2240.95%+2.730.867$236.80
2025-08-2142.54%+2.490.857$225.28
2025-08-2041.53%+2.080.839$227.21
2025-08-1939.50%+1.800.874$233.13
2025-08-1838.72%+1.680.910$227.72
2025-08-1532.54%+0.961.054$227.26
2025-08-1439.41%+0.750.914$231.07
2025-08-1327.08%+0.811.258$230.50
2025-08-1226.85%+6.141.265$230.42
2025-08-1128.72%+3.041.197$224.61
2025-08-0825.28%+3.571.316$228.05
2025-08-0727.03%+3.571.247$224.66
2025-08-0627.02%+1.511.245$226.45
2025-08-0526.46%+1.611.265$222.41
2025-08-0429.17%+1.071.169$217.49
2025-08-0129.90%+2.641.160$217.10
2025-07-3128.72%+1.961.158$223.49
2025-07-3027.90%+2.371.159$223.86
2025-07-2927.66%+0.271.131$234.54
2025-07-2826.01%+2.271.195$242.41
2025-07-2525.04%+2.521.217$243.20
2025-07-2424.92%+2.171.209$236.51
2025-07-2325.73%+0.071.209$237.90
2025-07-2226.46%+2.681.151$231.70
2025-07-2126.18%+2.381.169$225.73
2025-07-1825.77%+2.061.191$226.62
2025-07-1726.72%+2.111.166$228.37
2025-07-1626.25%+1.191.165$228.75
2025-07-1525.26%+0.791.200$230.66
2025-07-1425.34%+3.061.199$233.98
2025-07-1124.12%+1.051.231$236.06
2025-07-1024.11%+2.051.242$238.73
2025-07-0924.05%+1.481.242$236.51
2025-07-0825.88%+2.431.181$238.71
2025-07-0725.74%+4.571.200$235.09
2025-07-0325.42%+1.861.194$241.23
2025-07-0224.08%+1.971.244$239.14
2025-07-0125.22%+4.841.211$234.33
2025-06-3024.79%+1.501.219$227.31
2025-06-2723.15%+1.681.328$228.91
2025-06-2624.51%+2.521.239$221.07

The chart covers every session in the archive, 321 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 321 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.03 Sep27 Dec24 Apr15 Aug6 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

7d (2026-11-13) · 14d (2026-11-20) · 21d (2026-11-27)

26%28%30%32%2026-11-13 (7d) — 20Δ C — IV 29.04%2026-11-13 (7d) — 25Δ C — IV 29.77%2026-11-13 (7d) — 30Δ C — IV 29.22%2026-11-13 (7d) — 35Δ C — IV 29.41%2026-11-13 (7d) — 40Δ C — IV 30.45%2026-11-13 (7d) — 45Δ C — IV 29.89%2026-11-13 (7d) — ATM — IV 29.91%2026-11-13 (7d) — 45Δ P — IV 30.72%2026-11-13 (7d) — 40Δ P — IV 30.40%2026-11-13 (7d) — 35Δ P — IV 30.16%2026-11-13 (7d) — 30Δ P — IV 30.12%2026-11-13 (7d) — 25Δ P — IV 30.47%2026-11-13 (7d) — 20Δ P — IV 30.28%2026-11-13 (7d) — 15Δ P — IV 31.61%7d2026-11-20 (14d) — 5Δ C — IV 27.79%2026-11-20 (14d) — 10Δ C — IV 28.13%2026-11-20 (14d) — 15Δ C — IV 28.21%2026-11-20 (14d) — 20Δ C — IV 28.23%2026-11-20 (14d) — 25Δ C — IV 28.44%2026-11-20 (14d) — 30Δ C — IV 28.96%2026-11-20 (14d) — 35Δ C — IV 29.43%2026-11-20 (14d) — 40Δ C — IV 29.17%2026-11-20 (14d) — 45Δ C — IV 29.35%2026-11-20 (14d) — ATM — IV 29.32%2026-11-20 (14d) — 45Δ P — IV 29.32%2026-11-20 (14d) — 40Δ P — IV 29.45%2026-11-20 (14d) — 35Δ P — IV 29.63%2026-11-20 (14d) — 30Δ P — IV 30.56%2026-11-20 (14d) — 25Δ P — IV 30.84%2026-11-20 (14d) — 20Δ P — IV 30.77%14d2026-11-27 (21d) — 20Δ C — IV 27.18%2026-11-27 (21d) — 25Δ C — IV 27.38%2026-11-27 (21d) — 30Δ C — IV 27.78%2026-11-27 (21d) — 35Δ C — IV 28.05%2026-11-27 (21d) — 40Δ C — IV 28.22%2026-11-27 (21d) — 45Δ C — IV 28.47%2026-11-27 (21d) — ATM — IV 28.67%2026-11-27 (21d) — 45Δ P — IV 28.68%2026-11-27 (21d) — 40Δ P — IV 28.69%2026-11-27 (21d) — 35Δ P — IV 28.96%2026-11-27 (21d) — 30Δ P — IV 29.38%2026-11-27 (21d) — 25Δ P — IV 29.79%21d10Δ 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
Delta7d14d21d
5Δ call—27.79%—
10Δ call—28.13%—
15Δ call—28.21%—
20Δ call29.04%28.23%27.18%
25Δ call29.77%28.44%27.38%
30Δ call29.22%28.96%27.78%
35Δ call29.41%29.43%28.05%
40Δ call30.45%29.17%28.22%
45Δ call29.89%29.35%28.47%
ATM29.91%29.32%28.67%
45Δ put30.72%29.32%28.68%
40Δ put30.40%29.45%28.69%
35Δ put30.16%29.63%28.96%
30Δ put30.12%30.56%29.38%
25Δ put30.47%30.84%29.79%
20Δ put30.28%30.77%—
15Δ put31.61%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-137$308.9729.91%30.47%29.77%+0.69+0.2112
2026-11-2014$309.2229.32%30.84%28.44%+2.41+0.3218
2026-11-2721$309.5928.67%29.79%27.38%+2.41-0.098
2026-12-0428$309.9528.39%29.49%27.15%+2.33-0.079
2026-12-1842$309.2728.78%29.32%26.99%+2.33-0.6310
2027-01-1570$310.0827.99%29.25%26.79%+2.46+0.0311
2027-02-19105$311.7531.09%32.64%30.89%+1.76+0.6811
2027-03-19133$311.8031.19%32.59%30.69%+1.90+0.4517
2027-04-16161$313.0830.84%31.00%29.90%+1.10-0.3918
2027-06-17223$314.9531.86%33.25%31.12%+2.13+0.3324
2027-09-17315$317.4331.93%33.03%31.13%+1.91+0.1529

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

11 listed expirations produced a usable reading

26%28%30%32%34%2026-11-13 — 7 days — at-the-money IV 29.91%2026-11-20 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 29.32%2026-11-27 — 21 days — at-the-money IV 28.67%2026-12-04 — 28 days — at-the-money IV 28.39%2026-12-18 — 42 days — at-the-money IV 28.78%2027-01-15 — 70 days — at-the-money IV 27.99%2027-02-19 — 105 days — at-the-money IV 31.09%2027-03-19 — 133 days — at-the-money IV 31.19%2027-04-16 — 161 days — at-the-money IV 30.84%2027-06-17 — 223 days — at-the-money IV 31.86%2027-09-17 — 315 days — at-the-money IV 31.93%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
2026-11-137 days$308.9729.91%$309.2412
2026-11-2014 days$309.2229.32%$309.7318
2026-11-2721 days$309.5928.67%$310.328
2026-12-0428 days$309.9528.39%$310.919
2026-12-1842 days$309.2728.78%$310.7510
2027-01-1570 days$310.0827.99%$312.4111
2027-02-19105 days$311.7531.09%$316.1111
2027-03-19133 days$311.8031.19%$317.3817
2027-04-16161 days$313.0830.84%$319.7218
2027-06-17223 days$314.9531.86%$324.8724
2027-09-17315 days$317.4331.93%$331.7129

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
28.47%
60 days
28.19%
90 days
30.09%
180 days
31.23%

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 321 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.401.603 Sep27 Dec24 Apr15 Aug6 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

2026-12-22Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 8 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 8
38% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
8.5%
Mean move that happened
19.6%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-10-28After the close6.9%+1.1%0.15×
2026-09-22Time not stated2.6%-1.5%0.57×
2026-07-21After the close———
2026-06-23After the close———
2026-03-19After the close———
2025-12-18After the close———
2025-09-18After the close10.5%+43.5%4.15×
2025-06-24After the close9.1%+41.6%4.55×
2025-03-20After the close10.3%+32.0%3.10×
2024-12-19After the close16.4%+17.8%1.09×
2024-09-19After the close9.2%+8.2%0.89×
2024-09-03After the close2.6%+10.8%4.18×
2024-06-25After the close———
2024-03-21After the close———
2023-12-19After the close———
2023-09-20After 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.