Options Skew Analytics

IEF options analytics

IEF · ETF

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

IEF options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 6.5%, a move of about ±1.9% over the next month. That is higher than 24% of the 249 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 0.14 volatility points more than the puts, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 5% above 30-day.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
6.52%

Prices a move of about ±1.9% over 30 days, or ±0.4% on a typical day.

Higher than 24% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-0.14

Calls carry 0.14 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 50% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.05

The wings carry 0.05 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.053

90-day volatility is 5% above 30-day.

Higher than 58% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 249 prior sessions (one-year window)

6.5% — 24th percentile
5.3%11.2%
IV percentile, 1 year
24%
IV rank, 1 year
20%
IV percentile, 2 years
21%
IV rank, 2 years
20%

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
$91.80
30-day implied forward
$91.82
60-day ATM IV
6.73%
90-day ATM IV
6.87%
180-day ATM IV
6.98%
Expirations used
12
Total open interest
1,060,168
Put / call open interest
0.61

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

4%6%8%10%12%3 Sep17 Jan9 May28 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-096.52%-0.141.053$91.80
2026-11-066.96%-0.291.029$91.86
2026-11-057.50%-0.300.994$91.97
2026-11-046.95%-0.051.023$91.66
2026-11-037.66%-0.100.987$91.16
2026-11-027.81%-0.200.975$91.50
2026-10-307.62%-0.590.996$91.76
2026-10-297.18%-0.311.027$91.25
2026-10-287.15%+0.211.045$90.85
2026-10-277.03%-0.291.058$91.10
2026-10-267.48%-0.481.029$91.12
2026-10-237.85%-0.671.003$91.05
2026-10-228.27%-0.920.967$91.20
2026-10-217.37%+0.191.020$90.23
2026-10-207.53%-0.081.005$90.25
2026-10-197.58%+0.070.991$90.08
2026-10-167.68%+0.210.987$90.42
2026-10-157.80%+0.150.982$90.35
2026-10-147.79%-0.470.995$89.71
2026-10-137.39%-0.161.011$89.54
2026-10-097.46%+0.181.023$89.40
2026-10-087.83%+0.121.002$89.45
2026-10-078.25%+0.630.978$89.11
2026-10-068.10%+0.820.982$89.13
2026-10-058.55%+0.790.963$88.92
2026-10-028.20%+0.561.001$89.05
2026-10-018.26%+0.030.998$89.30
2026-09-308.15%+0.670.990$89.31
2026-09-298.05%+0.740.990$89.45
2026-09-288.06%+0.930.974$89.53
2026-09-257.60%+0.721.007$90.00
2026-09-248.18%+0.890.941$89.69
2026-09-237.25%+0.430.990$90.19
2026-09-226.05%+0.051.073$91.16
2026-09-216.13%-0.021.070$91.15
2026-09-186.15%+0.251.089$90.80
2026-09-175.99%+0.331.082$91.25
2026-09-166.74%+0.351.003$90.73
2026-09-156.73%+0.321.012$90.82
2026-09-146.59%+0.541.008$90.93
2026-09-116.58%+0.561.006$91.01
2026-09-107.04%+0.750.983$91.18
2026-09-095.88%+0.421.046$91.90
2026-09-085.66%+0.281.061$92.16
2026-09-045.70%+0.221.038$92.25
2026-09-035.90%+0.311.009$92.28
2026-09-025.89%+0.321.009$92.18
2026-09-016.07%+0.570.999$92.10
2026-08-315.75%+0.201.013$92.74
2026-08-285.43%+0.311.065$92.85
2026-08-275.46%+0.221.046$93.23
2026-08-265.40%-0.051.032$93.32
2026-08-255.34%+0.041.022$93.51
2026-08-245.43%+0.121.043$93.01
2025-09-296.32%-0.241.060$96.50
2025-09-266.21%-0.081.084$96.22
2025-09-256.18%-0.351.087$96.27
2025-09-245.93%-0.201.096$96.48
2025-09-235.84%-0.231.115$96.74
2025-09-225.92%-0.101.087$96.47
2025-09-195.67%-0.241.114$96.63
2025-09-185.79%-0.161.088$96.67
2025-09-175.86%-0.271.081$96.99
2025-09-166.26%-0.211.040$97.20
2025-09-156.18%-0.131.046$97.14
2025-09-125.94%-0.181.070$96.98
2025-09-116.10%-0.251.049$97.26
2025-09-106.37%-0.141.018$97.11
2025-09-096.51%-0.321.005$96.85
2025-09-086.76%-0.220.980$97.08
2025-09-056.72%-0.040.984$96.78
2025-09-047.16%-0.270.939$96.31
2025-09-037.11%-0.290.933$95.88
2025-09-026.85%-0.230.959$95.55
2025-08-296.39%-0.331.006$96.15
2025-08-286.10%-0.191.071$96.23
2025-08-276.23%-0.341.032$96.01
2025-08-266.07%-0.381.046$95.83
2025-08-255.97%-0.341.051$95.58
2025-08-226.16%-0.421.033$95.77
2025-08-216.33%-0.251.014$95.24
2025-08-206.27%-0.181.035$95.52
2025-08-196.13%-0.121.061$95.38
2025-08-186.20%+0.061.042$95.14
2025-08-155.95%-0.011.099$95.23
2025-08-145.98%+0.061.109$95.42
2025-08-136.01%+0.031.128$95.73
2025-08-125.99%+0.091.117$95.39
2025-08-116.47%+0.011.076$95.41
2025-08-086.15%+0.011.113$95.38
2025-08-076.38%+0.391.137$95.60
2025-08-066.59%-0.151.138$95.67
2025-08-056.79%-0.471.085$95.74
2025-08-047.20%-0.261.038$95.81
2025-08-017.03%-0.491.038$95.68
2025-07-316.26%+0.031.110$94.90
2025-07-306.33%-0.041.103$94.82
2025-07-296.57%-0.121.084$95.15
2025-07-286.34%+0.021.113$94.53
2025-07-256.34%-0.061.143$94.74
2025-07-246.56%-0.011.118$94.52
2025-07-236.57%-0.071.115$94.66
2025-07-226.74%-0.211.093$95.00
2025-07-216.79%-0.161.073$94.73
2025-07-186.39%+0.301.148$94.40
2025-07-176.49%+0.331.115$94.14
2025-07-166.72%+0.471.112$94.17
2025-07-156.91%+0.291.066$93.91
2025-07-146.82%-0.091.076$94.28
2025-07-116.66%+0.021.082$94.32
2025-07-106.29%-0.071.100$94.76
2025-07-096.46%+0.051.080$94.81
2025-07-086.71%-0.011.056$94.32
2025-07-076.89%+0.151.049$94.46
2025-07-036.91%-0.101.036$94.76
2025-07-027.67%-0.330.968$95.09
2025-07-017.55%-0.330.979$95.29
2025-06-307.56%-0.330.984$95.77
2025-06-277.17%-0.351.031$95.39
2025-06-267.18%-0.431.039$95.64

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

-2.0-1.00.01.02.03 Sep17 Jan9 May28 Aug9 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

4d (2026-11-13) · 11d (2026-11-20) · 14d (2026-11-23)

5%6%7%8%9%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 7.53%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 7.36%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 7.30%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 7.27%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 7.25%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 7.23%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 7.21%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 7.20%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 7.19%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 7.18%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 7.17%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 7.16%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 7.16%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 7.17%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 7.19%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 7.24%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 7.34%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 8.11%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ C — IV 7.82%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 7.16%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 6.91%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 6.72%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 6.59%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 6.53%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 6.50%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 6.48%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 6.45%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 6.41%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 6.35%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 6.30%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 6.28%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 6.30%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 6.36%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 6.44%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 6.56%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 6.77%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 7.34%11d2026-11-23 (14d) — 5Δ C — IV 7.30%2026-11-23 (14d) — 10Δ C — IV 6.57%2026-11-23 (14d) — 15Δ C — IV 6.31%2026-11-23 (14d) — 20Δ C — IV 6.22%2026-11-23 (14d) — 25Δ C — IV 6.16%2026-11-23 (14d) — 30Δ C — IV 6.11%2026-11-23 (14d) — 35Δ C — IV 6.08%2026-11-23 (14d) — 40Δ C — IV 6.06%2026-11-23 (14d) — 45Δ C — IV 6.04%2026-11-23 (14d) — ATM — IV 6.03%2026-11-23 (14d) — 45Δ P — IV 6.02%2026-11-23 (14d) — 40Δ P — IV 6.01%2026-11-23 (14d) — 35Δ P — IV 6.00%2026-11-23 (14d) — 30Δ P — IV 5.99%2026-11-23 (14d) — 25Δ P — IV 5.99%2026-11-23 (14d) — 20Δ P — IV 5.99%2026-11-23 (14d) — 15Δ P — IV 6.04%2026-11-23 (14d) — 10Δ P — IV 6.28%2026-11-23 (14d) — 5Δ P — IV 6.93%14d10Δ 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
Delta4d11d14d
5Δ call—7.82%7.30%
10Δ call7.53%7.16%6.57%
15Δ call7.36%6.91%6.31%
20Δ call7.30%6.72%6.22%
25Δ call7.27%6.59%6.16%
30Δ call7.25%6.53%6.11%
35Δ call7.23%6.50%6.08%
40Δ call7.21%6.48%6.06%
45Δ call7.20%6.45%6.04%
ATM7.19%6.41%6.03%
45Δ put7.18%6.35%6.02%
40Δ put7.17%6.30%6.01%
35Δ put7.16%6.28%6.00%
30Δ put7.16%6.30%5.99%
25Δ put7.17%6.36%5.99%
20Δ put7.19%6.44%5.99%
15Δ put7.24%6.56%6.04%
10Δ put7.34%6.77%6.28%
5Δ put8.11%7.34%6.93%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$91.837.19%7.17%7.27%-0.10+0.036
2026-11-2011$91.886.41%6.36%6.59%-0.23+0.0613
2026-11-2314$91.906.03%5.99%6.16%-0.17+0.047
2026-11-2718$91.956.01%5.81%6.19%-0.38-0.0116
2026-12-0425$91.786.57%6.37%6.58%-0.21-0.0917
2026-12-1132$91.836.51%6.54%6.67%-0.13+0.1012
2026-12-1839$91.696.85%6.73%7.03%-0.30+0.0316
2027-01-1567$91.866.71%6.51%6.91%-0.40+0.0024
2027-03-19130$92.017.00%6.90%7.25%-0.35+0.0726
2027-04-16158$92.106.98%7.04%7.25%-0.21+0.1724
2027-06-17220$92.256.99%7.07%7.45%-0.38+0.2713
2027-09-17312$92.497.13%7.14%7.48%-0.34+0.1815

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

12 listed expirations produced a usable reading

6%6%7%7%8%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 7.19%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 6.41%2026-11-23 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 6.03%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 6.01%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 6.57%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 6.51%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 6.85%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 6.71%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 7.00%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 6.98%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 6.99%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 7.13%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
2026-11-134 days$91.837.19%$91.836
2026-11-2011 days$91.886.41%$91.8913
2026-11-2314 days$91.906.03%$91.917
2026-11-2718 days$91.956.01%$91.9616
2026-12-0425 days$91.786.57%$91.7917
2026-12-1132 days$91.836.51%$91.8512
2026-12-1839 days$91.696.85%$91.7216
2027-01-1567 days$91.866.71%$91.9024
2027-03-19130 days$92.017.00%$92.0926
2027-04-16158 days$92.106.98%$92.2024
2027-06-17220 days$92.256.99%$92.3913
2027-09-17312 days$92.497.13%$92.6915

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
6.52%
60 days
6.73%
90 days
6.87%
180 days
6.98%

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

0.800.901.001.101.201.303 Sep17 Jan9 May28 Aug9 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.