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HYG options analytics

HYG · ETF

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

No metrics could be computed for this session

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
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25-delta risk reversalⓘ
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25-delta butterflyⓘ
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Term structure slopeⓘ
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Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 2 prior sessions (one-year window)

Not enough history in this window to place the current reading.

IV percentile, 1 year
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IV rank, 1 year
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IV percentile, 2 years
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IV rank, 2 years
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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
$78.67
30-day implied forward
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60-day ATM IV
5.14%
90-day ATM IV
5.54%
180-day ATM IV
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Expirations used
3
Total open interest
6,107,215
Put / call open interest
6.15

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

4%5%5%5%5%5%6%2024-10-21 — 30-day ATM IV 5%2026-09-21 — 30-day ATM IV 5%21 Oct21 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-22———$78.67
2026-09-214.61%+2.401.163$78.68
2026-09-18———$78.53
2026-09-17———$78.72
2026-09-16———$78.42
2026-09-15———$78.38
2026-09-14———$78.53
2026-09-11———$78.60
2026-09-10———$78.62
2026-09-09———$78.98
2026-09-08———$79.12
2026-09-04———$79.16
2026-09-03———$79.21
2026-09-02———$79.11
2026-09-01———$79.10
2026-08-31———$79.81
2026-08-28———$79.74
2026-08-27———$79.87
2026-08-26———$79.90
2026-08-25———$79.92
2026-08-24———$79.70
2025-06-30———$80.65
2025-06-27———$80.34
2025-06-26———$80.38
2025-06-25———$80.15
2025-06-24———$80.17
2025-06-23———$79.95
2025-06-20———$79.80
2025-06-18———$79.55
2025-06-17———$79.43
2025-06-16———$79.52
2025-06-13———$79.36
2025-06-12———$79.60
2025-06-11———$79.51
2025-06-10———$79.53
2025-06-09———$79.34
2025-06-06———$79.30
2025-06-05———$79.31
2025-06-04———$79.48
2025-06-03———$79.33
2025-06-02———$79.18
2025-05-30———$79.57
2025-05-29———$79.50
2025-05-28———$79.38
2025-05-27———$79.43
2025-05-23———$78.95
2025-05-22———$78.97
2025-05-21———$78.81
2025-05-20———$79.34
2025-05-19———$79.38
2025-05-16———$79.42
2025-05-15———$79.33
2025-05-14———$79.18
2025-05-13———$79.47
2025-05-12———$79.33
2025-05-09———$78.55
2025-05-08———$78.50
2025-05-07———$78.52
2025-05-06———$78.45
2025-05-05———$78.51
2025-05-02———$78.54
2025-05-01———$78.30
2025-04-30———$78.60
2025-04-29———$79.02
2025-04-28———$78.81
2025-04-25———$78.77
2025-04-24———$78.70
2025-04-23———$78.00
2025-04-22———$77.61
2025-04-21———$77.31
2025-04-17———$77.77
2025-04-16———$77.32
2025-04-15———$77.33
2025-04-14———$77.12
2025-04-11———$76.74
2025-04-10———$76.51
2025-04-09———$77.78
2025-04-08———$75.75
2025-04-07———$76.10
2025-04-04———$76.76
2025-04-03———$77.87
2025-04-02———$78.85
2025-04-01———$78.69
2025-03-31———$78.89
2025-03-28———$78.80
2025-03-27———$78.94
2025-03-26———$79.09
2025-03-25———$79.41
2025-03-24———$79.45
2025-03-21———$79.22
2025-03-20———$79.34
2025-03-19———$79.45
2025-03-18———$78.93
2025-03-17———$79.07
2025-03-14———$78.88
2025-03-13———$78.52
2025-03-12———$78.96
2025-03-11———$78.87
2025-03-10———$79.15
2025-03-07———$79.45
2025-03-06———$79.32
2025-03-05———$79.62
2025-03-04———$79.58
2025-03-03———$79.59
2025-02-28———$80.13
2025-02-27———$79.91
2025-02-26———$80.06
2025-02-25———$79.95
2025-02-24———$79.75
2025-02-21———$79.65
2025-02-20———$79.80
2025-02-19———$79.75
2025-02-18———$79.69
2025-02-14———$79.76
2025-02-13———$79.67
2025-02-12———$79.31
2025-02-11———$79.48
2025-02-10———$79.51
2025-02-07———$79.35
2025-02-06———$79.60

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

-1.00.01.02.03.02024-10-21 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 2.02026-09-21 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 2.421 Oct21 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

38d (2026-10-30) · 87d (2026-12-18) · 115d (2027-01-15)

2%4%6%8%10%12%14%2026-10-30 (38d) — 10Δ C — IV 3.41%2026-10-30 (38d) — 15Δ C — IV 3.38%2026-10-30 (38d) — 20Δ C — IV 3.44%2026-10-30 (38d) — 25Δ C — IV 3.51%2026-10-30 (38d) — 30Δ C — IV 3.59%2026-10-30 (38d) — 35Δ C — IV 3.70%2026-10-30 (38d) — 40Δ C — IV 3.86%2026-10-30 (38d) — 45Δ C — IV 4.05%2026-10-30 (38d) — ATM — IV 4.25%2026-10-30 (38d) — 45Δ P — IV 4.45%2026-10-30 (38d) — 40Δ P — IV 4.68%2026-10-30 (38d) — 35Δ P — IV 4.95%2026-10-30 (38d) — 30Δ P — IV 5.24%2026-10-30 (38d) — 25Δ P — IV 5.59%2026-10-30 (38d) — 20Δ P — IV 6.02%2026-10-30 (38d) — 15Δ P — IV 6.60%2026-10-30 (38d) — 10Δ P — IV 7.51%38d2026-12-18 (87d) — 5Δ C — IV 3.65%2026-12-18 (87d) — 10Δ C — IV 3.55%2026-12-18 (87d) — 15Δ C — IV 3.66%2026-12-18 (87d) — 20Δ C — IV 3.79%2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ C — IV 3.92%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ C — IV 4.09%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ C — IV 4.36%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ C — IV 4.72%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ C — IV 5.14%2026-12-18 (87d) — ATM — IV 5.55%2026-12-18 (87d) — 45Δ P — IV 5.84%2026-12-18 (87d) — 40Δ P — IV 6.07%2026-12-18 (87d) — 35Δ P — IV 6.31%2026-12-18 (87d) — 30Δ P — IV 6.66%2026-12-18 (87d) — 25Δ P — IV 7.15%2026-12-18 (87d) — 20Δ P — IV 7.76%2026-12-18 (87d) — 15Δ P — IV 8.68%2026-12-18 (87d) — 10Δ P — IV 10.36%2026-12-18 (87d) — 5Δ P — IV 12.86%87d2027-01-15 (115d) — 10Δ C — IV 3.40%2027-01-15 (115d) — 15Δ C — IV 3.50%2027-01-15 (115d) — 20Δ C — IV 3.64%2027-01-15 (115d) — 25Δ C — IV 3.80%2027-01-15 (115d) — 30Δ C — IV 3.98%2027-01-15 (115d) — 35Δ C — IV 4.26%2027-01-15 (115d) — 40Δ C — IV 4.63%2027-01-15 (115d) — 45Δ C — IV 5.07%2027-01-15 (115d) — ATM — IV 5.46%2027-01-15 (115d) — 45Δ P — IV 5.71%2027-01-15 (115d) — 40Δ P — IV 5.93%2027-01-15 (115d) — 35Δ P — IV 6.20%2027-01-15 (115d) — 30Δ P — IV 6.61%2027-01-15 (115d) — 25Δ P — IV 7.18%2027-01-15 (115d) — 20Δ P — IV 8.04%2027-01-15 (115d) — 15Δ P — IV 9.08%2027-01-15 (115d) — 10Δ P — IV 10.61%115d10Δ 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
Delta38d87d115d
5Δ call—3.65%—
10Δ call3.41%3.55%3.40%
15Δ call3.38%3.66%3.50%
20Δ call3.44%3.79%3.64%
25Δ call3.51%3.92%3.80%
30Δ call3.59%4.09%3.98%
35Δ call3.70%4.36%4.26%
40Δ call3.86%4.72%4.63%
45Δ call4.05%5.14%5.07%
ATM4.25%5.55%5.46%
45Δ put4.45%5.84%5.71%
40Δ put4.68%6.07%5.93%
35Δ put4.95%6.31%6.20%
30Δ put5.24%6.66%6.61%
25Δ put5.59%7.15%7.18%
20Δ put6.02%7.76%8.04%
15Δ put6.60%8.68%9.08%
10Δ put7.51%10.36%10.61%
5Δ put—12.86%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-10-3038$78.534.25%5.59%3.51%+2.08+0.309
2026-12-1887$78.045.55%7.15%3.92%+3.23-0.0216
2027-01-15115$77.965.46%7.18%3.80%+3.38+0.038

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

3 listed expirations produced a usable reading

4%5%5%6%6%2026-10-30 — 38 days — at-the-money IV 4.25%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 5.55%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 5.46%6090days 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
2026-10-3038 days$78.534.25%$78.539
2026-12-1887 days$78.045.55%$78.0616
2027-01-15115 days$77.965.46%$78.008

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
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60 days
5.14%
90 days
5.54%
180 days
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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

Not enough history to plot.

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.