Options Skew Analytics

LLY options analytics

LLY · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

LLY options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 32.1%, a move of about ±9.2% over the next month. That is higher than 36% of the 252 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 4.50 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 9% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2027-02-03 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 6 reports the options market priced an average move of ±6.7% and LLY moved 8.1% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 6.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
32.14%

Prices a move of about ±9.2% over 30 days, or ±2.0% on a typical day.

Higher than 36% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+4.50

Puts carry 4.50 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 87% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.44

The wings carry 1.44 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.089

90-day volatility is 9% above 30-day.

Higher than 54% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 252 prior sessions (one-year window)

32.1% — 36th percentile
24.8%63.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
36%
IV rank, 1 year
19%
IV percentile, 2 years
38%
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
$1,411.95
30-day implied forward
$1,417.12
60-day ATM IV
32.70%
90-day ATM IV
35.00%
180-day ATM IV
36.54%
Expirations used
13
Total open interest
189,180
Put / call open interest
0.60

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 331 sessions

20%30%40%50%60%70%26 Aug26 Dec28 Apr26 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0932.14%+4.501.089$1,411.95
2026-11-0633.14%+3.651.063$1,354.00
2026-11-0535.46%+2.601.017$1,364.73
2026-11-0431.69%+3.681.089$1,417.99
2026-11-0333.14%+1.711.058$1,409.38
2026-11-0234.40%+1.851.032$1,410.99
2026-10-3032.54%+0.501.058$1,417.54
2026-10-2931.75%+1.891.066$1,373.70
2026-10-2839.61%+1.110.926$1,288.30
2026-10-2739.42%-0.400.920$1,281.91
2026-10-2640.06%+1.210.903$1,279.14
2026-10-2338.51%+2.000.926$1,273.46
2026-10-2240.44%+2.600.866$1,306.69
2026-10-2138.81%+0.250.912$1,270.75
2026-10-2040.14%+3.090.896$1,283.66
2026-10-1940.33%+2.900.862$1,240.34
2026-10-1641.32%+4.100.866$1,257.03
2026-10-1542.07%+2.240.845$1,251.61
2026-10-1443.53%+2.800.846$1,208.74
2026-10-1342.48%+0.470.848$1,166.51
2026-10-0941.39%+2.770.890$1,179.27
2026-10-0841.31%+2.320.894$1,169.60
2026-10-0742.78%+3.130.846$1,188.72
2026-10-0640.39%+1.930.900$1,157.49
2026-10-0541.13%+1.370.881$1,143.12
2026-10-0240.86%-1.180.874$1,142.85
2026-10-0140.22%+2.620.910$1,149.85
2026-09-3042.00%+1.290.870$1,157.08
2026-09-2941.02%+1.370.891$1,184.63
2026-09-2839.59%+1.120.954$1,184.78
2026-09-2534.21%+0.831.083$1,183.46
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
2025-09-2937.44%+1.790.960$726.51
2025-09-2633.07%+0.591.084$724.54
2025-09-2534.13%+1.371.053$714.59
2025-09-2428.73%-0.001.201$741.85
2025-09-2330.06%+0.631.147$746.98
2025-09-2229.86%+0.781.154$754.95
2025-09-1929.60%-0.121.171$751.99
2025-09-1829.03%+0.051.159$762.93
2025-09-1729.03%+1.071.161$760.13
2025-09-1630.12%+0.781.124$764.71
2025-09-1529.44%+1.491.181$748.19
2025-09-1227.58%+0.671.236$755.39
2025-09-1127.98%+0.521.217$756.28
2025-09-1028.93%+1.061.199$754.62
2025-09-0930.30%+1.951.115$750.61
2025-09-0829.58%-0.631.160$738.64
2025-09-0527.44%+2.111.221$727.21
2025-09-0427.28%+2.061.206$742.91
2025-09-0326.89%-0.141.234$737.83
2025-09-0227.76%+0.601.190$735.19
2025-08-2926.85%+2.121.208$732.58
2025-08-2828.17%+1.851.168$731.96
2025-08-2728.52%+0.311.174$734.17
2025-08-2629.48%-0.961.144$736.03
2025-08-2528.74%+1.331.169$695.33
2025-08-2227.01%+0.991.171$711.68
2025-08-2129.25%-0.021.150$709.82
2025-08-2028.85%+0.731.141$705.44
2025-08-1930.60%+0.741.102$703.21
2025-08-1829.37%+1.181.164$698.05
2025-08-1530.68%+0.241.129$701.23
2025-08-1431.36%+2.681.069$684.43
2025-08-1330.54%-1.491.087$660.49
2025-08-1231.82%-1.331.077$639.43
2025-08-1131.93%+0.441.068$635.22
2025-08-0832.97%+1.011.042$625.65
2025-08-0736.25%-0.171.003$640.86
2025-08-0645.47%+1.730.833$746.37
2025-08-0543.46%+3.340.844$765.95
2025-08-0446.28%+1.020.828$769.00
2025-08-0144.69%+1.370.837$762.33
2025-07-3144.03%+2.830.858$740.07
2025-07-3047.71%+0.890.797$760.08
2025-07-2948.02%+1.640.799$762.95
2025-07-2845.29%+3.360.829$808.11
2025-07-2545.73%+3.880.812$812.69
2025-07-2447.28%+2.020.816$805.43
2025-07-2346.86%+1.210.802$798.89
2025-07-2245.71%+1.840.813$776.44
2025-07-2145.82%+0.730.825$762.18
2025-07-1846.15%+2.820.813$771.71
2025-07-1748.07%+2.920.808$761.50
2025-07-1645.01%+1.990.823$789.80
2025-07-1544.89%+3.860.840$771.75
2025-07-1444.72%+2.530.829$799.34
2025-07-1144.70%+3.740.836$793.01
2025-07-1046.05%+2.310.835$790.65
2025-07-0944.49%+2.300.858$786.92
2025-07-0843.92%+3.030.871$777.66
2025-07-0742.21%+1.400.913$772.87
2025-07-0335.05%+0.381.067$780.67

The chart covers every session in the archive, 331 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 331 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.026 Aug26 Dec28 Apr26 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) · 18d (2026-11-27)

25%30%35%40%45%50%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 35.46%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 34.75%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 35.51%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 35.31%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 35.27%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 35.59%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 36.03%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 37.05%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 36.39%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 36.90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 35.97%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 37.14%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 37.21%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 36.94%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 38.14%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 39.21%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 40.24%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 41.97%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 44.38%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ C — IV 33.85%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 32.79%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 32.54%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 32.30%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 32.36%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 32.53%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 32.61%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 33.46%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 34.32%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 34.96%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 33.56%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 34.03%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 35.42%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 35.09%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 35.41%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 35.97%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 37.01%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 38.56%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 44.22%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ C — IV 30.02%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ C — IV 30.10%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ C — IV 29.49%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 30.14%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 29.90%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 30.64%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 31.13%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 29.86%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 30.60%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 31.24%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 32.34%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 32.87%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 33.60%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 34.19%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 34.72%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 35.66%2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ P — IV 37.15%2026-11-27 (18d) — 5Δ P — IV 41.05%18d10Δ 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
Delta4d11d18d
5Δ call35.46%33.85%—
10Δ call34.75%32.79%30.02%
15Δ call35.51%32.54%30.10%
20Δ call35.31%32.30%29.49%
25Δ call35.27%32.36%30.14%
30Δ call35.59%32.53%29.90%
35Δ call36.03%32.61%30.64%
40Δ call37.05%33.46%31.13%
45Δ call36.39%34.32%29.86%
ATM36.90%34.96%30.60%
45Δ put35.97%33.56%31.24%
40Δ put37.14%34.03%32.34%
35Δ put37.21%35.42%32.87%
30Δ put36.94%35.09%33.60%
25Δ put38.14%35.41%34.19%
20Δ put39.21%35.97%34.72%
15Δ put40.24%37.01%35.66%
10Δ put41.97%38.56%37.15%
5Δ put44.38%44.22%41.05%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$1,412.5036.90%38.14%35.27%+2.87-0.2066
2026-11-2011$1,413.5734.96%35.41%32.36%+3.05-1.0748
2026-11-2718$1,414.7830.60%34.19%30.14%+4.06+1.5757
2026-12-0425$1,415.5031.30%35.66%30.10%+5.57+1.5853
2026-12-1132$1,417.7732.40%35.88%31.70%+4.17+1.3945
2026-12-1839$1,418.9533.03%34.89%31.62%+3.27+0.2247
2026-12-2445$1,419.7232.47%36.24%32.08%+4.16+1.6934
2027-01-1567$1,423.3332.77%33.95%31.88%+2.07+0.1546
2027-02-19102$1,427.8235.74%36.99%34.64%+2.35+0.0858
2027-03-19130$1,431.6036.03%37.06%35.02%+2.04+0.0066
2027-04-16158$1,437.1535.92%37.61%34.96%+2.65+0.3767
2027-06-17220$1,446.8037.34%38.35%36.05%+2.29-0.1497
2027-09-17312$1,461.3037.35%38.50%36.38%+2.12+0.0961

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%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 36.90%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 34.96%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 30.60%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 31.30%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 32.40%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 33.03%2026-12-24 — 45 days — at-the-money IV 32.47%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 32.77%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 35.74%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 36.03%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 35.92%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 37.34%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 37.35%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$1,412.5036.90%$1,413.5566
2026-11-2011 days$1,413.5734.96%$1,416.1848
2026-11-2718 days$1,414.7830.60%$1,418.0557
2026-12-0425 days$1,415.5031.30%$1,420.2653
2026-12-1132 days$1,417.7732.40%$1,424.3145
2026-12-1839 days$1,418.9533.03%$1,427.2447
2026-12-2445 days$1,419.7232.47%$1,428.9834
2027-01-1567 days$1,423.3332.77%$1,437.4246
2027-02-19102 days$1,427.8235.74%$1,453.5258
2027-03-19130 days$1,431.6036.03%$1,465.0966
2027-04-16158 days$1,437.1535.92%$1,477.8467
2027-06-17220 days$1,446.8037.34%$1,508.9097
2027-09-17312 days$1,461.3037.35%$1,551.0761

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
32.14%
60 days
32.70%
90 days
35.00%
180 days
36.54%

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 331 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4026 Aug26 Dec28 Apr26 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.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2027-02-03Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 6 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 6
50% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
6.7%
Mean move that happened
8.1%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-11-10Time not stated———
2026-10-29Before the open7.6%+6.6%0.88×
2026-08-05Before the open———
2026-04-30Before the open———
2026-02-04Before the open———
2025-10-30Before the open———
2025-08-07Before the open8.1%-14.1%1.74×
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.