Options Skew Analytics

LLY options analytics

LLY · Stock

Data as of 24 September 2026 (end of day)

LLY options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 33.4%, a move of about ±9.6% over the next month. That is higher than 48% of the 236 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 0.55 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 11% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-29, before the open.

Across its last 4 reports the options market priced an average move of ±6.1% and LLY moved 7.0% on average, staying inside the priced band 2 times out of 4.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
33.42%

Prices a move of about ±9.6% over 30 days, or ±2.1% on a typical day.

Higher than 48% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+0.55

Puts carry 0.55 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 14% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.25

The wings carry 0.25 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.106

90-day volatility is 11% above 30-day.

Higher than 60% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 236 prior sessions (one-year window)

33.4% — 48th percentile
24.4%63.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
48%
IV rank, 1 year
23%
IV percentile, 2 years
48%
IV rank, 2 years
23%

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
$1,181.89
30-day implied forward
$1,193.42
60-day ATM IV
38.60%
90-day ATM IV
36.96%
180-day ATM IV
37.61%
Expirations used
13
Total open interest
173,891
Put / call open interest
0.67

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 237 sessions

20%30%40%50%60%70%26 Aug20 Nov19 Feb14 May24 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2433.42%+0.551.106$1,181.89
2026-09-2330.66%+0.641.201$1,150.99
2026-09-2231.18%+2.191.165$1,170.14
2026-09-2132.01%+0.911.137$1,164.89
2026-09-1831.02%+0.781.188$1,152.93
2026-09-1731.43%+0.351.142$1,152.44
2026-09-1632.85%+1.661.101$1,137.82
2026-09-1532.30%+0.461.160$1,136.11
2026-09-1432.18%+1.211.148$1,138.28
2026-09-1131.25%+1.911.159$1,115.70
2026-09-1032.32%+0.701.125$1,123.00
2026-09-0933.35%+1.241.110$1,124.21
2026-09-0833.11%+1.111.112$1,123.91
2026-09-0431.56%-0.651.154$1,149.36
2026-09-0331.73%+1.741.120$1,159.60
2026-09-0232.42%+0.741.118$1,160.08
2026-09-0131.90%-0.441.138$1,160.00
2026-08-3131.39%-1.191.140$1,156.73
2026-08-2831.42%-0.981.154$1,174.61
2026-08-2732.48%+1.711.126$1,176.10
2026-08-2631.76%+0.851.137$1,189.41
2026-08-2531.47%+2.131.170$1,233.66
2026-08-2431.50%+2.311.156$1,246.93
2026-08-2131.46%+2.031.154$1,255.40
2026-08-2030.47%+1.841.205$1,244.40
2026-08-1932.50%+1.321.123$1,280.34
2026-08-1830.30%+2.071.148$1,225.73
2026-08-1730.66%+2.901.148$1,183.16
2025-06-3033.30%+4.391.145$779.53
2025-06-2734.86%+2.371.118$775.45
2025-06-2635.70%+2.111.094$795.12
2025-06-2535.41%+1.441.108$792.30
2025-06-2433.92%+3.741.147$778.08
2025-06-2333.72%+3.311.125$770.64
2025-06-2038.05%+2.951.057$762.73
2025-06-1835.83%+2.881.109$785.03
2025-06-1736.50%+2.311.091$791.24
2025-06-1635.96%+1.781.099$807.58
2025-06-1336.93%+2.821.082$819.36
2025-06-1237.19%+1.541.069$812.03
2025-06-1139.28%+2.131.027$808.61
2025-06-1039.15%+2.851.033$807.19
2025-06-0939.62%+2.431.039$773.71
2025-06-0639.69%+1.381.028$769.88
2025-06-0540.25%+2.351.023$765.68
2025-06-0440.68%+0.851.008$765.84
2025-06-0341.05%+4.001.009$750.78
2025-06-0241.33%+2.011.012$747.12
2025-05-3043.14%+0.830.953$737.67
2025-05-2941.99%+1.781.001$722.57
2025-05-2841.34%+2.761.026$719.39
2025-05-2738.53%+2.401.099$725.22
2025-05-2338.82%+1.071.098$713.71
2025-05-2237.78%+0.131.101$715.20
2025-05-2137.49%+2.481.093$724.95
2025-05-2035.88%+2.011.099$747.01
2025-05-1936.63%+1.581.085$755.11
2025-05-1635.64%+1.211.097$757.39
2025-05-1537.76%+3.491.048$733.29
2025-05-1438.85%+2.721.010$715.56
2025-05-1335.04%+3.061.059$746.06
2025-05-1235.24%+2.831.073$755.57
2025-05-0937.52%+4.671.028$734.57
2025-05-0837.68%+5.431.020$751.45
2025-05-0737.29%+4.611.025$776.72
2025-05-0636.73%+4.681.025$775.12
2025-05-0531.40%+6.121.101$821.46
2025-05-0230.93%+4.851.115$823.62
2025-05-0136.11%+1.751.020$794.10
2025-04-3037.11%+4.170.963$898.95
2025-04-2937.34%+6.510.947$885.20
2025-04-2838.35%+4.750.926$877.29
2025-04-2537.43%+6.440.953$884.54
2025-04-2438.57%+5.940.942$859.73
2025-04-2341.73%+6.670.892$829.42
2025-04-2241.59%+6.000.881$827.54
2025-04-2143.08%+6.920.884$818.02
2025-04-1741.71%+7.380.878$839.96
2025-04-1654.34%+10.540.776$734.90
2025-04-1551.48%+9.900.792$757.18
2025-04-1452.80%+11.060.789$754.35
2025-04-1159.18%+13.590.777$732.41
2025-04-1062.86%+15.160.761$720.91
2025-04-0955.44%+11.530.782$753.71
2025-04-0862.88%+13.270.757$726.24
2025-04-0763.27%+14.190.764$723.73
2025-04-0460.14%+12.920.768$738.21
2025-04-0349.36%+7.880.814$789.09
2025-04-0246.98%+4.530.800$818.22
2025-04-0146.54%+5.330.828$805.23
2025-03-3142.77%+5.830.873$825.91
2025-03-2836.95%+4.380.998$822.51
2025-03-2734.52%+4.161.059$821.67
2025-03-2632.45%+4.591.108$826.76
2025-03-2529.97%+3.711.161$852.35
2025-03-2429.35%+3.641.171$864.90
2025-03-2129.77%+3.761.159$837.57
2025-03-2029.02%+3.981.199$842.57
2025-03-1929.89%+2.591.136$837.01
2025-03-1831.11%+3.291.141$822.51
2025-03-1730.54%+3.371.152$824.76
2025-03-1431.89%+3.491.140$813.48
2025-03-1334.09%+5.441.091$801.65
2025-03-1233.92%+4.891.095$821.86
2025-03-1135.95%+4.821.066$824.06
2025-03-1035.98%+5.421.064$829.76
2025-03-0732.32%+3.651.132$869.58
2025-03-0630.79%+2.621.177$912.76
2025-03-0529.28%+2.361.210$929.72
2025-03-0430.27%+3.391.164$911.06
2025-03-0329.63%+1.811.180$929.72
2025-02-2827.77%+1.401.251$920.63
2025-02-2729.41%+1.701.165$905.16
2025-02-2628.56%+2.071.190$915.01
2025-02-2529.11%+0.901.175$901.80
2025-02-2427.98%+1.201.194$881.40
2025-02-2127.45%+1.401.229$873.68
2025-02-2025.74%+1.111.293$873.12
2025-02-1926.76%+1.131.255$867.05
2025-02-1826.51%+1.491.262$857.20

The chart covers every session in the archive, 237 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 237 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.026 Aug20 Nov19 Feb14 May24 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

1d (2026-09-25) · 8d (2026-10-02) · 15d (2026-10-09)

30%32%34%36%38%40%2026-09-25 (1d) — 5Δ C — IV 38.41%2026-09-25 (1d) — 10Δ C — IV 37.22%2026-09-25 (1d) — 15Δ C — IV 35.65%2026-09-25 (1d) — 20Δ C — IV 36.24%2026-09-25 (1d) — 25Δ C — IV 35.86%2026-09-25 (1d) — 30Δ C — IV 35.44%2026-09-25 (1d) — 35Δ C — IV 35.34%2026-09-25 (1d) — 40Δ C — IV 35.32%2026-09-25 (1d) — 45Δ C — IV 35.16%2026-09-25 (1d) — ATM — IV 34.73%2026-09-25 (1d) — 45Δ P — IV 33.28%2026-09-25 (1d) — 40Δ P — IV 32.11%2026-09-25 (1d) — 35Δ P — IV 32.62%2026-09-25 (1d) — 30Δ P — IV 33.36%2026-09-25 (1d) — 25Δ P — IV 33.88%1d2026-10-02 (8d) — 5Δ C — IV 34.22%2026-10-02 (8d) — 10Δ C — IV 32.72%2026-10-02 (8d) — 15Δ C — IV 31.99%2026-10-02 (8d) — 20Δ C — IV 31.74%2026-10-02 (8d) — 25Δ C — IV 31.97%2026-10-02 (8d) — 30Δ C — IV 32.37%2026-10-02 (8d) — 35Δ C — IV 32.83%2026-10-02 (8d) — 40Δ C — IV 32.41%2026-10-02 (8d) — 45Δ C — IV 32.54%2026-10-02 (8d) — ATM — IV 32.42%2026-10-02 (8d) — 45Δ P — IV 33.29%2026-10-02 (8d) — 40Δ P — IV 33.43%2026-10-02 (8d) — 35Δ P — IV 33.88%2026-10-02 (8d) — 30Δ P — IV 33.53%2026-10-02 (8d) — 25Δ P — IV 33.70%2026-10-02 (8d) — 20Δ P — IV 33.39%2026-10-02 (8d) — 15Δ P — IV 33.36%2026-10-02 (8d) — 10Δ P — IV 34.63%2026-10-02 (8d) — 5Δ P — IV 36.28%8d2026-10-09 (15d) — 15Δ C — IV 31.60%2026-10-09 (15d) — 20Δ C — IV 31.79%2026-10-09 (15d) — 25Δ C — IV 32.06%2026-10-09 (15d) — 30Δ C — IV 31.74%2026-10-09 (15d) — 35Δ C — IV 32.18%2026-10-09 (15d) — 40Δ C — IV 32.60%2026-10-09 (15d) — 45Δ C — IV 33.07%2026-10-09 (15d) — ATM — IV 32.70%2026-10-09 (15d) — 45Δ P — IV 32.73%2026-10-09 (15d) — 40Δ P — IV 32.71%2026-10-09 (15d) — 35Δ P — IV 31.97%2026-10-09 (15d) — 30Δ P — IV 33.01%2026-10-09 (15d) — 25Δ P — IV 33.51%2026-10-09 (15d) — 20Δ P — IV 32.84%2026-10-09 (15d) — 15Δ P — IV 34.00%2026-10-09 (15d) — 10Δ P — IV 35.40%15d10Δ 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
Delta1d8d15d
5Δ call38.41%34.22%—
10Δ call37.22%32.72%—
15Δ call35.65%31.99%31.60%
20Δ call36.24%31.74%31.79%
25Δ call35.86%31.97%32.06%
30Δ call35.44%32.37%31.74%
35Δ call35.34%32.83%32.18%
40Δ call35.32%32.41%32.60%
45Δ call35.16%32.54%33.07%
ATM34.73%32.42%32.70%
45Δ put33.28%33.29%32.73%
40Δ put32.11%33.43%32.71%
35Δ put32.62%33.88%31.97%
30Δ put33.36%33.53%33.01%
25Δ put33.88%33.70%33.51%
20Δ put—33.39%32.84%
15Δ put—33.36%34.00%
10Δ put—34.63%35.40%
5Δ put—36.28%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-251$1,189.9034.73%33.88%35.86%-1.98+0.1313
2026-10-028$1,191.4332.42%33.70%31.97%+1.72+0.4137
2026-10-0915$1,192.1232.70%33.51%32.06%+1.45+0.0945
2026-10-1622$1,192.3232.72%32.96%32.27%+0.69-0.1141
2026-10-2329$1,193.3231.83%32.46%32.07%+0.39+0.4447
2026-10-3036$1,194.0040.22%40.36%39.19%+1.18-0.4559
2026-11-2057$1,196.3838.85%38.72%37.84%+0.88-0.5651
2026-12-1885$1,199.5737.21%37.25%36.75%+0.51-0.2140
2027-01-15113$1,204.0036.09%36.48%35.74%+0.73+0.0253
2027-03-19176$1,211.4037.66%37.74%37.37%+0.36-0.1163
2027-04-16204$1,215.8837.32%38.16%36.90%+1.26+0.2153
2027-06-17266$1,225.9937.57%38.21%37.13%+1.09+0.1092
2027-09-17358$1,236.8737.67%38.32%37.32%+1.01+0.1557

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

13 listed expirations produced a usable reading

30%32%34%36%38%40%42%2026-09-25 — 1 days — at-the-money IV 34.73%2026-10-02 — 8 days — at-the-money IV 32.42%2026-10-09 — 15 days — at-the-money IV 32.70%2026-10-16 — 22 days — at-the-money IV 32.72%2026-10-23 — 29 days — at-the-money IV 31.83%2026-10-30 — 36 days — at-the-money IV 40.22%2026-11-20 — 57 days — at-the-money IV 38.85%2026-12-18 — 85 days — at-the-money IV 37.21%2027-01-15 — 113 days — at-the-money IV 36.09%2027-03-19 — 176 days — at-the-money IV 37.66%2027-04-16 — 204 days — at-the-money IV 37.32%2027-06-17 — 266 days — at-the-money IV 37.57%2027-09-17 — 358 days — at-the-money IV 37.67%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
2026-09-251 day$1,189.9034.73%$1,190.1013
2026-10-028 days$1,191.4332.42%$1,192.8037
2026-10-0915 days$1,192.1232.70%$1,194.7445
2026-10-1622 days$1,192.3232.72%$1,196.1741
2026-10-2329 days$1,193.3231.83%$1,198.1347
2026-10-3036 days$1,194.0040.22%$1,203.5659
2026-11-2057 days$1,196.3838.85%$1,210.5651
2026-12-1885 days$1,199.5737.21%$1,219.0740
2027-01-15113 days$1,204.0036.09%$1,228.5353
2027-03-19176 days$1,211.4037.66%$1,253.5563
2027-04-16204 days$1,215.8837.32%$1,264.1353
2027-06-17266 days$1,225.9937.57%$1,290.6892
2027-09-17358 days$1,236.8737.67%$1,326.0057

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
33.42%
60 days
38.60%
90 days
36.96%
180 days
37.61%

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 237 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4026 Aug20 Nov19 Feb14 May24 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

2026-10-29Before the openAnnounced

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 4 reports

Landed inside the implied band
2 of 4
50% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
6.1%
Mean move that happened
7.0%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-05Before the open———
2026-04-30Before the open———
2026-02-04Before the open———
2025-10-30Before the open———
2025-08-07Before the open———
2025-05-01Before the open6.4%-11.7%1.83×
2025-02-06Before the open6.6%+3.3%0.51×
2025-01-14Before the open3.7%-6.6%1.77×
2024-10-30Before the open7.7%-6.3%0.82×
2024-08-08Before the open———
2024-04-30Before the open———
2024-02-06Before the open———
2023-11-02Before the open———

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.