Options Skew Analytics

KGC options analytics

KGC · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

KGC options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 45.2%, a move of about ±13.0% over the next month. Its history here is 5 sessions, short of the 180 a percentile needs, so this reading is not yet ranked against its own past.

Its 25-delta calls carry 0.28 volatility points more than the puts.

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-03 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
45.25%

Prices a move of about ±13.0% over 30 days, or ±2.9% on a typical day.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-0.28

Calls carry 0.28 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.64

The wings carry 0.64 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.036

90-day volatility is 4% above 30-day.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 5 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
$27.62
30-day implied forward
$27.77
60-day ATM IV
47.46%
90-day ATM IV
46.86%
180-day ATM IV
47.54%
Expirations used
7
Total open interest
104,079
Put / call open interest
0.63

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 5 sessions

45%46%46%47%47%48%2026-09-17 — 30-day ATM IV 47%2026-09-18 — 30-day ATM IV 47%2026-09-21 — 30-day ATM IV 46%2026-09-22 — 30-day ATM IV 46%2026-09-23 — 30-day ATM IV 45%17 Sep18 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 5)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2345.25%-0.281.036$27.62
2026-09-2246.02%+1.331.048$28.70
2026-09-2146.14%-1.151.031$27.79
2026-09-1847.32%-1.131.025$28.08
2026-09-1747.12%-0.131.040$28.49

The chart covers every session in the archive, 5 in total. The table lists the most recent 5.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 5 sessions

-2.0-1.00.01.02.02026-09-17 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) -0.12026-09-18 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) -1.12026-09-21 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) -1.12026-09-22 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 1.32026-09-23 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) -0.317 Sep18 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 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

9d (2026-10-02) · 16d (2026-10-09) · 23d (2026-10-16)

42%44%46%48%50%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 46.15%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 45.46%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 45.05%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 44.72%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 44.39%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 43.87%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 43.56%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 44.09%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 44.64%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 43.89%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 43.11%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 44.73%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ C — IV 47.84%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 45.55%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 44.94%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 44.76%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 44.39%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 44.03%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 43.98%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 44.06%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 44.11%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 44.33%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 44.85%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 44.78%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 45.67%16d2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ C — IV 45.26%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ C — IV 44.77%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ C — IV 44.45%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ C — IV 44.10%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ C — IV 43.84%2026-10-16 (23d) — ATM — IV 43.76%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ P — IV 43.84%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ P — IV 43.79%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ P — IV 44.11%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ P — IV 44.17%2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ P — IV 43.56%2026-10-16 (23d) — 20Δ P — IV 45.30%2026-10-16 (23d) — 15Δ P — IV 46.53%2026-10-16 (23d) — 10Δ P — IV 47.08%2026-10-16 (23d) — 5Δ P — IV 47.61%23d10Δ 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
Delta9d16d23d
20Δ call—47.84%—
25Δ call46.15%45.55%45.26%
30Δ call45.46%44.94%44.77%
35Δ call45.05%44.76%44.45%
40Δ call44.72%44.39%44.10%
45Δ call44.39%44.03%43.84%
ATM43.87%43.98%43.76%
45Δ put43.56%44.06%43.84%
40Δ put44.09%44.11%43.79%
35Δ put44.64%44.33%44.11%
30Δ put43.89%44.85%44.17%
25Δ put43.11%44.78%43.56%
20Δ put44.73%45.67%45.30%
15Δ put——46.53%
10Δ put——47.08%
5Δ put——47.61%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-10-029$27.6743.87%43.11%46.15%-3.04+0.768
2026-10-0916$27.7243.98%44.78%45.55%-0.76+1.1911
2026-10-1623$27.7443.76%43.56%45.26%-1.70+0.6512
2026-11-2058$27.9147.52%49.02%47.23%+1.79+0.6112
2027-01-15114$27.9846.61%46.71%49.38%-2.67+1.4319
2027-02-19149$28.1346.32%46.99%48.05%-1.06+1.2017
2027-05-21240$28.1348.95%44.85%49.47%-4.61-1.7915

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

7 listed expirations produced a usable reading

42%44%46%48%50%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 43.87%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 43.98%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 43.76%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 47.52%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 46.61%2027-02-19 — 149 days — at-the-money IV 46.32%2027-05-21 — 240 days — at-the-money IV 48.95%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
2026-10-029 days$27.6743.87%$27.748
2026-10-0916 days$27.7243.98%$27.8311
2026-10-1623 days$27.7443.76%$27.9012
2026-11-2058 days$27.9147.52%$28.4112
2027-01-15114 days$27.9846.61%$28.9519
2027-02-19149 days$28.1346.32%$29.3917
2027-05-21240 days$28.1348.95%$30.4315

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
45.25%
60 days
47.46%
90 days
46.86%
180 days
47.54%

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 5 sessions

0.981.001.021.041.062026-09-17 — 90-day over 30-day 1.042026-09-18 — 90-day over 30-day 1.022026-09-21 — 90-day over 30-day 1.032026-09-22 — 90-day over 30-day 1.052026-09-23 — 90-day over 30-day 1.0417 Sep18 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 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

2026-11-03Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence