Options Skew Analytics

GILD options analytics

GILD · Stock

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

GILD options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 27.6%, a move of about ±7.9% over the next month. That is higher than 62% of the 201 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 1.05 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 9% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-29 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 3 reports the options market priced an average move of ±5.4% and GILD moved 49.7% on average, staying inside the priced band 0 times out of 3.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
27.65%

Prices a move of about ±7.9% over 30 days, or ±1.7% on a typical day.

Higher than 62% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+1.05

Puts carry 1.05 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 11% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.25

The wings carry 0.25 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.091

90-day volatility is 9% above 30-day.

Higher than 76% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 201 prior sessions (one-year window)

27.6% — 62th percentile
19.3%50.8%
IV percentile, 1 year
62%
IV rank, 1 year
26%
IV percentile, 2 years
62%
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
$152.67
30-day implied forward
$153.18
60-day ATM IV
30.57%
90-day ATM IV
30.16%
180-day ATM IV
30.65%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
103,718
Put / call open interest
0.27

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 226 sessions

10%20%30%40%50%60%3 Sep14 Nov3 Feb22 Apr22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2227.65%+1.051.091$152.67
2026-09-2127.50%+1.401.071$150.56
2026-09-1827.12%+1.871.109$150.11
2026-09-1726.75%+1.521.132$150.89
2026-09-1628.13%+1.811.101$147.68
2026-09-15———$146.30
2026-09-14———$146.41
2026-09-11———$143.72
2026-09-10———$144.81
2026-09-09———$145.65
2026-09-08———$146.64
2026-09-04———$151.00
2026-09-0325.86%+1.741.116$151.22
2026-09-02———$149.61
2026-09-01———$149.92
2026-08-31———$146.34
2026-08-28———$145.68
2026-08-27———$148.86
2026-08-26———$148.09
2026-08-25———$148.77
2026-08-24———$146.74
2026-08-21———$146.12
2025-06-3026.44%+4.831.121$110.87
2025-06-2726.21%+3.201.054$110.67
2025-06-2631.50%+3.590.955$107.62
2025-06-2533.30%+3.910.954$105.93
2025-06-2428.88%+2.531.035$107.20
2025-06-2331.41%+4.970.978$106.19
2025-06-2028.60%+6.421.194$108.50
2025-06-18———$108.00
2025-06-17———$108.00
2025-06-1632.16%+7.810.969$110.83
2025-06-1337.62%+8.970.868$109.98
2025-06-1234.99%+5.990.901$112.05
2025-06-1139.19%+7.550.845$109.30
2025-06-1036.33%+7.940.911$110.09
2025-06-0935.99%+5.400.924$113.00
2025-06-0636.74%+3.940.898$112.46
2025-06-0537.11%+11.000.918$110.46
2025-06-0442.74%+5.870.798$109.02
2025-06-03———$109.33
2025-06-0242.54%+10.530.816$108.91
2025-05-3040.28%+6.940.841$110.08
2025-05-2938.79%+8.790.898$111.11
2025-05-2842.20%+6.790.846$108.44
2025-05-2743.01%+6.990.816$109.09
2025-05-2341.86%+7.900.848$107.37
2025-05-2243.62%+8.470.829$106.74
2025-05-2134.99%+5.610.974$107.72
2025-05-2036.27%+5.750.913$109.11
2025-05-1934.94%+6.510.927$106.16
2025-05-1635.57%+4.970.915$102.50
2025-05-1536.75%+6.870.934$100.34
2025-05-1437.96%+7.090.907$98.38
2025-05-1335.35%+6.500.923$101.43
2025-05-1234.71%+6.210.931$103.82
2025-05-0936.73%+6.590.941$96.91
2025-05-0834.29%+5.000.975$98.16
2025-05-0735.58%+7.100.939$98.90
2025-05-0635.30%+7.110.972$97.88
2025-05-0527.33%+6.321.118$102.81
2025-05-0226.81%+5.291.100$103.68
2025-05-0128.53%+5.261.055$103.25
2025-04-3026.96%+6.561.105$106.54
2025-04-2928.49%+4.781.035$104.21
2025-04-2827.07%+5.241.058$106.34
2025-04-2527.65%+5.540.999$103.17
2025-04-2429.31%+7.791.083$106.15
2025-04-2336.83%+9.880.861$106.38
2025-04-2235.53%+6.400.899$105.51
2025-04-2138.06%+7.040.862$104.33
2025-04-1735.61%+7.130.913$104.54
2025-04-1634.95%+9.380.919$104.88
2025-04-1534.60%+7.880.857$105.68
2025-04-1436.69%+6.910.896$106.50
2025-04-1140.58%+8.180.775$103.63
2025-04-1039.62%+11.280.921$101.40
2025-04-09———$105.25
2025-04-0850.82%+15.570.792$103.19
2025-04-0744.76%+11.450.883$105.52
2025-04-04———$107.25
2025-04-0332.92%+0.690.938$112.39
2025-04-0226.98%+3.711.076$111.89
2025-04-0131.14%+6.440.986$111.28
2025-03-3131.90%+3.470.923$112.05
2025-03-2830.90%+1.230.947$111.79
2025-03-2728.69%+4.470.996$111.16
2025-03-2628.41%+6.570.999$109.27
2025-03-2526.10%+3.221.051$107.89
2025-03-2426.56%+2.661.029$106.74
2025-03-21———$107.08
2025-03-2026.63%+3.251.037$105.87
2025-03-1925.92%+2.011.079$107.51
2025-03-18———$110.23
2025-03-1727.21%+2.090.978$112.26
2025-03-1426.97%+1.001.045$111.44
2025-03-1327.66%+4.911.014$113.35
2025-03-1227.45%+2.601.057$113.99
2025-03-1129.45%+2.561.016$114.43
2025-03-1029.39%+3.871.013$117.21
2025-03-0725.65%+2.471.103$117.41
2025-03-0626.32%+3.171.077$116.04
2025-03-0525.68%+2.471.081$115.44
2025-03-0428.05%-0.371.020$114.74
2025-03-0326.79%+0.321.056$115.99
2025-02-2824.53%+1.881.153$114.31
2025-02-2724.84%+1.391.084$111.99
2025-02-2624.59%+3.481.037$110.46
2025-02-2524.38%+2.551.063$111.53
2025-02-2422.63%+2.071.115$111.03
2025-02-2124.71%+2.601.026$109.95
2025-02-2021.97%+2.411.098$110.03
2025-02-1922.45%+1.521.074$107.65
2025-02-1822.70%+1.241.068$105.25
2025-02-1422.27%+1.661.074$104.08
2025-02-1324.21%-0.341.006$105.96
2025-02-1223.18%+3.341.011$103.31
2025-02-1130.35%+2.300.890$96.14
2025-02-1029.72%+2.560.897$95.48
2025-02-0727.28%+0.470.957$96.04

The chart covers every session in the archive, 226 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 226 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.03 Sep14 Nov3 Feb22 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

10d (2026-10-02) · 17d (2026-10-09) · 24d (2026-10-16)

26%27%28%29%30%31%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ C — IV 28.97%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ C — IV 29.21%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ C — IV 29.18%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ C — IV 28.57%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ C — IV 28.19%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ C — IV 28.21%2026-10-02 (10d) — ATM — IV 28.27%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ P — IV 28.36%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ P — IV 28.63%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ P — IV 28.92%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ P — IV 28.72%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ P — IV 28.95%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ P — IV 29.35%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ P — IV 29.81%10d2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ C — IV 27.55%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ C — IV 27.42%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ C — IV 27.43%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ C — IV 27.50%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ C — IV 27.70%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ C — IV 27.73%2026-10-09 (17d) — ATM — IV 27.65%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ P — IV 27.54%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ P — IV 27.40%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ P — IV 27.35%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ P — IV 27.53%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ P — IV 27.71%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ P — IV 28.25%17d2026-10-16 (24d) — 5Δ C — IV 27.92%2026-10-16 (24d) — 10Δ C — IV 27.70%2026-10-16 (24d) — 15Δ C — IV 27.51%2026-10-16 (24d) — 20Δ C — IV 27.19%2026-10-16 (24d) — 25Δ C — IV 27.17%2026-10-16 (24d) — 30Δ C — IV 27.13%2026-10-16 (24d) — 35Δ C — IV 27.04%2026-10-16 (24d) — 40Δ C — IV 27.31%2026-10-16 (24d) — 45Δ C — IV 27.54%2026-10-16 (24d) — ATM — IV 27.55%2026-10-16 (24d) — 45Δ P — IV 27.56%2026-10-16 (24d) — 40Δ P — IV 27.56%2026-10-16 (24d) — 35Δ P — IV 27.98%2026-10-16 (24d) — 30Δ P — IV 27.45%2026-10-16 (24d) — 25Δ P — IV 27.92%2026-10-16 (24d) — 20Δ P — IV 28.20%24d10Δ 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
Delta10d17d24d
5Δ call——27.92%
10Δ call——27.70%
15Δ call——27.51%
20Δ call28.97%27.55%27.19%
25Δ call29.21%27.42%27.17%
30Δ call29.18%27.43%27.13%
35Δ call28.57%27.50%27.04%
40Δ call28.19%27.70%27.31%
45Δ call28.21%27.73%27.54%
ATM28.27%27.65%27.55%
45Δ put28.36%27.54%27.56%
40Δ put28.63%27.40%27.56%
35Δ put28.92%27.35%27.98%
30Δ put28.72%27.53%27.45%
25Δ put28.95%27.71%27.92%
20Δ put29.35%28.25%28.20%
15Δ put29.81%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-10-0210$153.0328.27%28.95%29.21%-0.26+0.8110
2026-10-0917$153.0027.65%27.71%27.42%+0.29-0.0812
2026-10-1624$153.0527.55%27.92%27.17%+0.75-0.0014
2026-10-2331$153.2027.66%28.48%27.40%+1.08+0.2814
2026-11-2059$153.8730.59%31.65%29.82%+1.83+0.1412
2026-12-1887$153.7930.26%31.59%29.30%+2.29+0.1814
2027-01-15115$153.7129.55%30.96%29.65%+1.31+0.7613
2027-02-19150$154.2130.63%31.91%30.36%+1.55+0.5014
2027-03-19178$154.3130.65%32.23%29.98%+2.25+0.4516
2027-06-17268$155.6730.75%31.79%29.15%+2.64-0.2821
2027-09-17360$156.3130.49%31.75%29.35%+2.39+0.0622

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

27%28%29%30%31%32%2026-10-02 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 28.27%2026-10-09 — 17 days — at-the-money IV 27.65%2026-10-16 — 24 days — at-the-money IV 27.55%2026-10-23 — 31 days — at-the-money IV 27.66%2026-11-20 — 59 days — at-the-money IV 30.59%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 30.26%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 29.55%2027-02-19 — 150 days — at-the-money IV 30.63%2027-03-19 — 178 days — at-the-money IV 30.65%2027-06-17 — 268 days — at-the-money IV 30.75%2027-09-17 — 360 days — at-the-money IV 30.49%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
2026-10-0210 days$153.0328.27%$153.1910
2026-10-0917 days$153.0027.65%$153.2712
2026-10-1624 days$153.0527.55%$153.4314
2026-10-2331 days$153.2027.66%$153.7014
2026-11-2059 days$153.8730.59%$155.0412
2026-12-1887 days$153.7930.26%$155.4814
2027-01-15115 days$153.7129.55%$155.8413
2027-02-19150 days$154.2130.63%$157.2114
2027-03-19178 days$154.3130.65%$157.8916
2027-06-17268 days$155.6730.75%$161.1721
2027-09-17360 days$156.3130.49%$163.6422

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
27.65%
60 days
30.57%
90 days
30.16%
180 days
30.65%

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 226 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.403 Sep15 Nov3 Feb22 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.

Earnings

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

Next report

2026-10-29Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 3 reports

Landed inside the implied band
0 of 3
0% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
5.4%
Mean move that happened
49.7%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-04After the close———
2026-05-07After the close———
2026-02-10After the close———
2025-10-30After the close———
2025-08-07After the close———
2025-04-24After the close5.5%+37.7%6.80×
2025-02-11After the close6.0%+52.0%8.72×
2024-11-06After the close4.7%+59.4%12.57×
2024-08-08After the close———
2024-04-25After the close———
2024-02-06After the close———
2023-11-07After 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.