Options Skew Analytics

GME options analytics

GME · Stock

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

GME options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 56.0%, a move of about ±16.1% over the next month. That is higher than 9% of the 224 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 22.27 volatility points more than the puts, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-30 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 6 reports the options market priced an average move of ±12.5% and GME moved 21.6% on average, staying inside the priced band 2 times out of 6.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
56.00%

Prices a move of about ±16.1% over 30 days, or ±3.5% on a typical day.

Higher than 9% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-22.27

Calls carry 22.27 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 58% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+4.56

The wings carry 4.56 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.019

90-day volatility is 2% above 30-day.

Higher than 27% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 224 prior sessions (one-year window)

56.0% — 9th percentile
42.0%163.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
9%
IV rank, 1 year
12%
IV percentile, 2 years
9%
IV rank, 2 years
12%

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
$24.03
30-day implied forward
$24.29
60-day ATM IV
56.41%
90-day ATM IV
57.05%
180-day ATM IV
54.30%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
1,248,328
Put / call open interest
0.17

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 225 sessions

0%50%100%150%200%3 Sep22 Nov18 Feb8 May22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2256.00%-22.271.019$24.03
2026-09-2146.87%-16.241.080$22.76
2026-09-1846.69%-15.661.085$22.64
2026-09-1750.81%-17.671.036$22.77
2026-09-1646.16%-13.351.071$21.98
2026-09-1548.52%-15.55—$21.44
2026-09-1445.79%-15.481.071$21.62
2026-09-1143.54%-12.741.096$21.15
2026-09-1041.97%-9.871.117$20.39
2026-09-0943.97%-11.331.093$19.89
2026-09-0848.41%-11.550.972$18.89
2026-09-0451.04%-17.160.951$19.16
2026-09-0351.61%-13.130.960$19.23
2026-09-0254.44%-15.190.920$18.97
2026-09-0154.17%-17.480.921$18.81
2026-08-3148.73%-10.440.984$18.38
2026-08-2853.38%-12.251.002$17.87
2026-08-2754.45%-13.230.944$18.25
2026-08-2645.16%-9.971.084$17.97
2026-08-2548.97%-11.801.030$18.09
2026-08-2446.12%-0.401.023$18.04
2025-06-3055.21%-5.121.368$24.39
2025-06-2755.83%-13.801.266$23.59
2025-06-2657.27%-11.671.286$23.88
2025-06-2557.17%-7.161.259$23.55
2025-06-2456.77%-8.991.302$23.29
2025-06-2359.77%-11.451.269$22.82
2025-06-2062.40%-10.741.300$23.46
2025-06-1864.14%-16.241.251$23.44
2025-06-1767.89%-18.261.231$22.99
2025-06-1669.53%-19.841.226$23.32
2025-06-1377.42%-28.011.136$22.14
2025-06-1295.25%-28.961.003$22.14
2025-06-1161.72%-24.011.121$28.55
2025-06-1085.19%-38.590.968$30.15
2025-06-0987.95%-38.350.902$30.34
2025-06-0682.04%-36.500.997$29.58
2025-06-0578.61%-45.001.023$29.45
2025-06-0486.83%-50.790.934$29.95
2025-06-0377.82%-36.691.026$30.10
2025-06-0286.07%-38.370.972$30.64
2025-05-3089.33%-41.980.916$29.80
2025-05-2987.16%-41.370.918$29.57
2025-05-28112.07%-56.350.790$31.21
2025-05-27124.81%-56.220.785$35.01
2025-05-23116.72%-57.060.779$33.03
2025-05-2297.60%-39.940.815$30.86
2025-05-2179.29%-27.110.917$28.05
2025-05-2077.59%-25.830.937$28.51
2025-05-1977.40%-23.750.960$27.89
2025-05-1681.38%-26.810.929$28.45
2025-05-1585.44%-20.960.877$28.63
2025-05-1481.02%-23.160.943$28.73
2025-05-1379.61%-26.310.945$28.39
2025-05-1278.53%-21.810.959$28.05
2025-05-0974.54%-24.731.035$27.54
2025-05-0869.28%-17.491.076$26.78
2025-05-0766.94%-12.161.131$26.01
2025-05-0662.93%-11.671.206$26.04
2025-05-0564.89%-13.891.177$26.60
2025-05-0263.05%-12.811.201$27.48
2025-05-0163.46%-9.731.237$27.43
2025-04-3069.89%-17.351.156$27.86
2025-04-2964.03%-11.171.226$27.26
2025-04-2865.89%-11.921.235$27.59
2025-04-2569.46%-15.641.164$27.46
2025-04-2470.45%-14.211.155$27.08
2025-04-2368.60%-14.641.229$27.12
2025-04-2275.81%-11.771.135$27.80
2025-04-2177.06%-14.031.190$26.77
2025-04-1778.79%-17.051.116$26.78
2025-04-1680.82%-17.161.062$26.25
2025-04-1584.33%-19.981.038$26.70
2025-04-1488.09%-17.981.046$26.98
2025-04-1192.84%-20.171.011$26.40
2025-04-1084.39%-13.221.035$25.02
2025-04-0970.96%-9.951.199$25.40
2025-04-0882.12%-10.371.058$23.39
2025-04-0793.61%-15.901.020$24.29
2025-04-0492.77%-19.070.997$23.49
2025-04-0374.20%-8.091.132$21.10
2025-04-0273.85%-8.501.174$22.69
2025-04-0175.58%-10.991.152$22.61
2025-03-3180.41%-11.661.111$22.32
2025-03-2886.35%-12.861.028$21.73
2025-03-2799.49%-24.910.984$22.09
2025-03-2672.18%-21.331.131$28.36
2025-03-2577.67%-22.671.057$25.40
2025-03-2475.49%-17.361.111$25.61
2025-03-2174.87%-19.881.073$24.75
2025-03-2074.13%-17.661.097$23.51
2025-03-1976.92%-20.391.072$23.71
2025-03-1876.06%-16.701.075$23.30
2025-03-1777.66%-20.331.072$23.50
2025-03-1482.15%-20.771.037$23.05
2025-03-1384.60%-21.040.983$21.95
2025-03-1281.91%-19.411.018$21.99
2025-03-1188.78%-16.530.968$22.61
2025-03-1090.98%-25.920.944$22.42
2025-03-0783.50%-20.051.039$24.00
2025-03-0686.13%-29.361.021$24.20
2025-03-0588.55%-29.821.002$25.07
2025-03-0486.34%-28.581.032$24.30
2025-03-0388.68%-25.260.957$24.40
2025-02-2877.58%-25.381.121$25.04
2025-02-2786.72%-30.451.029$24.48
2025-02-2685.19%-25.901.037$24.61
2025-02-2586.92%-21.121.028$24.42
2025-02-2484.83%-27.781.044$25.00
2025-02-2178.10%-27.021.155$26.42
2025-02-2075.02%-23.421.207$27.04
2025-02-1965.11%-23.371.305$26.00
2025-02-1867.56%-21.891.275$26.97
2025-02-1467.73%-23.561.307$27.00
2025-02-1365.59%-23.251.342$26.34
2025-02-1263.20%-21.861.379$25.99
2025-02-1165.22%-28.101.359$26.56
2025-02-1073.53%-25.631.259$27.12
2025-02-0758.55%-12.871.471$24.73
2025-02-0660.92%-15.581.418$24.80

The chart covers every session in the archive, 225 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 225 sessions

-150.0-100.0-50.00.050.03 Sep22 Nov18 Feb8 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%60%80%100%120%140%2026-09-25 (3d) — 5Δ C — IV 119.77%2026-09-25 (3d) — 10Δ C — IV 103.57%2026-09-25 (3d) — 15Δ C — IV 94.89%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ C — IV 88.31%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ C — IV 83.63%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ C — IV 79.72%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ C — IV 76.07%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ C — IV 72.40%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ C — IV 69.54%2026-09-25 (3d) — ATM — IV 67.34%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ P — IV 65.43%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ P — IV 63.53%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ P — IV 61.57%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ P — IV 60.11%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ P — IV 59.50%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ P — IV 59.07%2026-09-25 (3d) — 15Δ P — IV 59.05%2026-09-25 (3d) — 10Δ P — IV 61.40%2026-09-25 (3d) — 5Δ P — IV 68.49%3d2026-10-02 (10d) — 10Δ C — IV 108.04%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ C — IV 91.83%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ C — IV 79.99%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ C — IV 74.10%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ C — IV 69.46%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ C — IV 66.66%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ C — IV 64.52%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ C — IV 61.54%2026-10-02 (10d) — ATM — IV 59.26%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ P — IV 57.70%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ P — IV 56.09%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ P — IV 54.51%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ P — IV 52.86%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ P — IV 51.68%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ P — IV 51.10%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ P — IV 51.11%2026-10-02 (10d) — 10Δ P — IV 51.70%2026-10-02 (10d) — 5Δ P — IV 53.52%10d2026-10-09 (17d) — 10Δ C — IV 109.14%2026-10-09 (17d) — 15Δ C — IV 98.07%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ C — IV 79.50%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ C — IV 73.45%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ C — IV 68.80%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ C — IV 64.49%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ C — IV 61.64%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ C — IV 58.91%2026-10-09 (17d) — ATM — IV 55.39%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ P — IV 55.32%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ P — IV 54.36%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ P — IV 52.57%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ P — IV 50.65%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ P — IV 50.03%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ P — IV 49.57%2026-10-09 (17d) — 15Δ P — IV 49.47%2026-10-09 (17d) — 10Δ P — IV 51.89%2026-10-09 (17d) — 5Δ P — IV 58.49%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 call119.77%——
10Δ call103.57%108.04%109.14%
15Δ call94.89%91.83%98.07%
20Δ call88.31%79.99%79.50%
25Δ call83.63%74.10%73.45%
30Δ call79.72%69.46%68.80%
35Δ call76.07%66.66%64.49%
40Δ call72.40%64.52%61.64%
45Δ call69.54%61.54%58.91%
ATM67.34%59.26%55.39%
45Δ put65.43%57.70%55.32%
40Δ put63.53%56.09%54.36%
35Δ put61.57%54.51%52.57%
30Δ put60.11%52.86%50.65%
25Δ put59.50%51.68%50.03%
20Δ put59.07%51.10%49.57%
15Δ put59.05%51.11%49.47%
10Δ put61.40%51.70%51.89%
5Δ put68.49%53.52%58.49%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-253$24.2067.34%59.50%83.63%-24.13+4.2224
2026-10-0210$24.2459.26%51.68%74.10%-22.42+3.6325
2026-10-0917$24.2555.39%50.03%73.45%-23.42+6.3523
2026-10-1624$24.2856.64%49.58%73.25%-23.67+4.7830
2026-10-2331$24.2955.92%49.41%71.49%-22.08+4.5316
2026-10-3038$24.3554.71%50.19%68.75%-18.56+4.7620
2026-12-1887$24.4357.31%50.65%70.43%-19.78+3.2426
2027-01-15115$24.5355.43%50.68%66.63%-15.95+3.2228
2027-03-19178$24.6254.26%51.96%65.13%-13.16+4.2928
2027-06-17268$24.9555.40%51.81%63.01%-11.20+2.0112
2027-09-17360$25.2354.03%50.82%61.79%-10.97+2.2715

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

50%55%60%65%70%2026-09-25 — 3 days — at-the-money IV 67.34%2026-10-02 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 59.26%2026-10-09 — 17 days — at-the-money IV 55.39%2026-10-16 — 24 days — at-the-money IV 56.64%2026-10-23 — 31 days — at-the-money IV 55.92%2026-10-30 — 38 days — at-the-money IV 54.71%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 57.31%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 55.43%2027-03-19 — 178 days — at-the-money IV 54.26%2027-06-17 — 268 days — at-the-money IV 55.40%2027-09-17 — 360 days — at-the-money IV 54.03%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$24.2067.34%$24.2524
2026-10-0210 days$24.2459.26%$24.3525
2026-10-0917 days$24.2555.39%$24.4223
2026-10-1624 days$24.2856.64%$24.5430
2026-10-2331 days$24.2955.92%$24.6116
2026-10-3038 days$24.3554.71%$24.7420
2026-12-1887 days$24.4357.31%$25.4026
2027-01-15115 days$24.5355.43%$25.7528
2027-03-19178 days$24.6254.26%$26.4528
2027-06-17268 days$24.9555.40%$27.9212
2027-09-17360 days$25.2354.03%$29.1415

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
56.00%
60 days
56.41%
90 days
57.05%
180 days
54.30%

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 225 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.401.603 Sep29 Nov21 Feb9 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

2026-11-30Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 6 reports

Landed inside the implied band
2 of 6
33% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
12.5%
Mean move that happened
21.6%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-09-08Before the open8.9%-1.4%0.16×
2026-08-31Before the open4.8%+2.9%0.59×
2026-06-02After the close———
2026-03-24After the close———
2025-12-09After the close———
2025-09-09After the close———
2025-06-10After the close14.2%-40.2%2.82×
2025-03-25After the close12.6%-29.0%2.30×
2024-12-10After the close16.4%-33.0%2.01×
2024-09-10After the close18.1%-23.1%1.27×
2024-06-07Before the open———
2024-05-17Before the open———
2024-03-26After the close———
2023-12-06After the close———
2023-09-06After 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.