Options Skew Analytics

HYG option chain

Strikes around the forward, as they were quoted at the close

Data as of 2 November 2026 (end of day)

2026-11-20(18 days)ATM 6.30%±1.08skew +3.14
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$71.0018.51%$0.01$0.0428,5990
—————$72.0015.82%$0.01$0.04202,5380
512$4.05$4.35—$73.0013.53%$0.01$0.0559,8634
—————$74.0011.87%$0.02$0.08183,76735
—————$74.5010.77%$0.03$0.0915,0150
—————$75.0010.34%$0.08$0.11197,89511,239
—————$76.008.18%$0.15$0.18245,78224,398
511$0.80$0.94—$76.507.19%$0.22$0.2657,3733,472
1,05195,838$0.48$0.53—$77.006.49%$0.36$0.41272,33611,771
28832,918$0.20$0.265.71%$77.50—$0.55$0.709,922246
8,017189,871$0.05$0.095.03%$78.00—$0.98$1.07250,062508
02,874$0.01$0.065.66%$78.50—————
0220,139$0.01$0.026.03%$79.00—$1.84$2.15114,9416
—————$80.00—$2.90$3.1076,4771
—————$81.00—$3.80$4.20972
—————$82.00—$4.80$5.201800
—————$83.00—$5.80$6.252140
—————$84.00—$6.80$7.252280
—————$85.00—$7.80$8.15190
—————$86.00—$8.80$9.20250
—————$87.00—$9.80$10.2530

Forward $77.12. The 25-delta put carries +3.14 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-12-18(46 days)ATM 7.28%±1.98skew +3.40
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$60.0029.12%$0.01$0.035,0100
—————$65.0022.21%$0.01$0.0624,3870
—————$68.0017.92%$0.02$0.0815,4930
—————$70.0014.96%$0.04$0.09193,77940
—————$72.0013.02%$0.10$0.16229,3271
—————$74.0010.24%$0.18$0.27223,39425
04$2.18$2.40—$75.008.93%$0.29$0.36716,046131
03,530$1.33$1.48—$76.008.03%$0.50$0.58224,76811
1052,826$0.58$0.717.03%$77.00—$0.81$0.97215,68811,013
30,850187,540$0.15$0.205.53%$78.00—$1.20$1.6597,6798
30,439179,419$0.02$0.045.00%$79.00—$2.35$2.60129,73614
—————$80.00—$3.25$3.552293
—————$84.00—$5.35$8.85230
—————$85.00—$6.35$10.30520
—————$86.00—$7.35$11.25400
—————$87.00—$8.30$12.30590
—————$88.00—$9.30$13.2550
—————$89.00—$10.90$14.2550
—————$90.00—$11.30$15.2550

Forward $76.75. The 25-delta put carries +3.40 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-01-15(74 days)ATM 6.87%±2.37skew +3.24
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$70.0013.50%$0.11$0.14177,603817
—————$72.0011.51%$0.17$0.23133,23976
—————$73.0010.56%$0.21$0.3283,7781
—————$74.009.56%$0.32$0.39133,0004,147
07$2.26$2.49—$75.008.56%$0.44$0.54192,60542
05,400$1.40$1.61—$76.007.54%$0.63$0.76193,19969
10012,773$0.73$0.866.66%$77.00—$0.97$1.11205,91269
159176,361$0.24$0.315.32%$78.00—$1.48$1.7242,1580
790230,279$0.04$0.094.70%$79.00—$2.21$2.8298,3222
—————$80.00—$2.80$3.9065,5370
—————$82.00—$4.75$6.055280
—————$85.00—$6.35$10.30560
—————$86.00—$7.35$11.25200
—————$87.00—$8.30$12.25610
—————$88.00—$9.90$13.25290
—————$89.00—$10.30$14.2530
—————$90.00—$11.30$15.25770
—————$91.00—$12.30$16.2540
—————$95.00—$16.25$20.2040
—————$100.00—$21.25$25.20270
—————$105.00—$26.20$30.1540

Forward $76.75. The 25-delta put carries +3.24 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

How to read this

Calls on the left, puts on the right, the strike between them — the layout every chain uses. Each block is one expiration, and the heading carries its days to expiry, the at-the-money implied volatility, and the one-standard-deviation move that volatility implies over that time.

Only the 21 strikes nearest the forward are stored, which is the part of the board that carries the volume. The shaded side is in the money: below the forward for calls, above it for puts.

Implied volatility is shown on the out-of-the-money side only. An in-the-money option is nearly all intrinsic value quoted on a wide market, so a volatility solved from it would look authoritative and mean very little. The price is still shown, because the price is real; the blank is deliberate.