Options Skew Analytics

LMT option chain

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

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

2026-10-02(10 days)ATM 26.38%±22.81skew +0.46
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
32$29.60$36.40—$490.00—————
01$25.10$32.80—$495.00—————
01$21.00$27.50—$500.0026.94%$1.55$2.405222
02$17.00$23.90—$505.0027.34%$2.35$3.803411
10$15.70$21.00—$507.50—————
—————$512.5028.49%$4.20$7.00812
23$10.10$14.80—$515.0026.25%$4.60$7.003628
100$9.50$13.10—$517.5026.83%$6.00$8.0025
212$8.40$12.40—$520.0025.75%$7.10$8.4010114
70$7.10$10.9026.41%$522.50—$8.00$10.4090
156$6.10$9.1025.72%$525.00—$9.30$12.703510
31$5.10$8.1025.88%$527.50—$10.40$16.20110
—————$530.00—$12.00$16.50459
—————$532.50—$13.90$18.5022
2023$3.40$5.2026.67%$535.00—$15.70$20.20330
3417$2.50$3.7026.88%$540.00—$19.30$24.201290
—————$542.50—$20.00$26.7010
—————$545.00—$22.70$28.602960
—————$550.00—$26.50$32.90100
—————$555.00—$31.90$36.10300
—————$560.00—$35.70$42.4060

Forward $522.30. The 25-delta put carries +0.46 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-09(17 days)ATM 25.27%±28.53skew -0.55
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
01$31.30$37.80—$490.00—————
01$22.80$28.40—$500.0026.35%$2.65$4.40255
—————$502.5026.32%$3.20$5.0004
—————$505.0026.16%$3.70$5.70159
60$19.00$19.90—$510.00—————
20$15.40$19.30—$512.5026.87%$6.70$8.1002
012$13.70$17.80—$515.0026.82%$7.40$9.301517
22$13.30$15.90—$517.5026.13%$8.30$9.9001
30$11.30$14.80—$520.0026.40%$9.30$11.40451
60$10.80$13.50—$522.5026.37%$10.40$12.7006
06$8.30$11.9024.48%$525.00—$11.80$13.9090
220$8.50$10.5025.62%$527.50—————
1312$7.60$9.8026.14%$530.00—$14.50$19.50101
107$5.20$7.6025.00%$535.00—$17.60$22.6090
20$4.60$7.0025.45%$537.50—————
—————$540.00—$20.20$25.7080
—————$545.00—$24.30$30.1030
1120$2.85$3.7026.71%$550.00—$28.70$32.30132
158$1.95$3.1026.97%$555.00—$31.90$38.0030
—————$560.00—$36.60$41.60220
—————$565.00—$40.90$47.6040

Forward $523.10. The 25-delta put carries -0.55 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-16(24 days)ATM 25.36%±33.97skew -1.55
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
02$34.10$39.50—$490.0026.40%$2.45$3.9015326
—————$495.0025.90%$3.40$4.607934
063$25.00$30.00—$500.0025.64%$4.50$5.70148128
—————$502.5025.55%$4.70$6.8064
—————$505.0025.75%$5.60$7.60614
024$19.80$23.60—$510.0024.80%$7.00$8.702789
—————$512.5024.11%$7.10$9.8020
13$17.80$18.80—$515.0024.95%$9.10$10.701834
20$16.00$18.80—$517.50—————
6215$14.40$16.10—$520.0024.91%$11.30$13.0025221
20$12.00$14.8025.38%$522.50—$12.50$14.8008
3627$10.80$13.6025.32%$525.00—$13.60$16.00389
971$10.20$11.3026.61%$530.00—$16.30$18.301075
010$7.40$10.6025.09%$532.50—————
3100$7.00$9.4025.27%$535.00—$19.00$21.50841
12$6.00$9.3025.82%$537.50—————
24130$6.60$7.7026.38%$540.00—$23.00$26.6015332
01$5.00$7.0025.44%$542.50—$24.60$28.2010
931$4.40$7.0026.21%$545.00—$26.40$31.20311
27328$4.40$5.5027.19%$550.00—$30.20$35.20301
80527$3.20$4.4026.78%$555.00—$34.00$38.70261

Forward $522.25. The 25-delta put carries -1.55 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-23(31 days)ATM 30.54%±46.53skew +0.75
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$465.0031.27%$1.95$2.25926
—————$470.0031.63%$2.40$3.20169
—————$475.0031.84%$2.90$4.3011,866
60$44.10$50.70—$480.0031.50%$3.60$5.102106
—————$485.0030.37%$4.40$5.4010554
—————$490.0031.28%$5.40$7.50217
—————$500.0030.44%$7.90$9.902620
—————$505.0030.86%$9.40$12.3023
23$23.20$27.60—$510.0030.63%$10.30$15.00114
01$19.30$24.60—$515.0030.82%$13.20$16.60154
200$17.80$22.00—$520.0030.98%$15.00$19.70166
283$15.40$19.5030.53%$525.00—$17.50$21.80261
09$12.60$17.5030.21%$530.00—$20.80$22.903069
03$11.00$16.2031.13%$535.00—$23.30$28.30620
03$10.40$14.0031.83%$540.00—$26.50$31.50170
06$7.40$11.7030.01%$545.00—$29.20$35.0020
37$6.70$10.6030.98%$550.00—$33.00$39.0020
11$5.60$8.7030.53%$555.00—$37.00$42.7020
—————$560.00—$41.10$46.6030
420$3.70$5.5031.40%$570.00—$48.50$54.9010
—————$580.00—$56.40$63.7010

Forward $522.79. The 25-delta put carries +0.75 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-30(38 days)ATM 30.55%±51.53skew -0.64
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
04$81.50$88.20—$440.00—————
—————$475.0030.95%$3.60$5.30810
—————$490.0030.89%$6.70$8.9090
—————$495.0030.62%$8.00$10.20276
02$31.00$36.30—$500.0030.16%$9.40$11.501212
—————$505.0031.38%$10.80$15.2061
—————$510.0030.19%$12.70$15.8020
20$21.80$26.40—$515.0030.37%$14.90$18.2005
03$19.90$24.60—$520.0031.45%$17.10$22.2073
110$16.90$22.0030.58%$525.00—$19.60$23.70220
09$14.00$20.0030.23%$530.00—$22.20$24.303871
94$12.80$17.2030.26%$535.00—$24.70$29.70652
14$11.80$15.4030.94%$540.00—$27.70$33.10163
—————$545.00—$31.10$37.2031
21$9.30$11.1030.60%$550.00—$34.30$40.3002
—————$555.00—$38.00$44.2050
27$6.30$10.0031.53%$560.00—————
—————$565.00—$46.00$51.5010
—————$570.00—$49.30$55.6020
—————$580.00—$57.70$64.2010
33$3.10$4.5031.52%$585.00—————

Forward $522.79. The 25-delta put carries -0.64 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-11-20(59 days)ATM 30.31%±63.96skew -0.14
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
10$53.40$59.80—$475.0030.08%$6.00$7.80326
01$49.80$55.80—$480.0029.97%$7.40$8.607257
21$46.00$51.00—$485.0029.65%$7.00$11.20182
011$42.30$47.90—$490.0029.68%$9.30$11.8011524
05$39.60$43.90—$495.0029.78%$11.50$12.90534
258$36.00$41.00—$500.0029.46%$13.20$14.2028722
055$32.00$38.00—$505.0029.55%$14.90$16.40945
023$29.10$35.00—$510.0029.99%$16.80$19.301136
2175$26.20$31.50—$515.0030.28%$18.30$22.703412
966$26.80$28.60—$520.0030.06%$21.30$24.104954
1837$24.30$26.6030.57%$525.00—$24.40$26.902910
8120$22.10$23.7030.24%$530.00—$26.90$30.40395
878$19.90$21.5030.16%$535.00—$28.50$32.40590
13127$17.50$19.3029.77%$540.00—$31.30$37.001460
1835$13.70$18.1028.93%$545.00—$34.50$40.40460
280$13.10$15.5029.03%$550.00—$37.30$42.80430
036$11.00$14.7029.14%$555.00—$40.80$47.00280
9281$10.50$12.7029.34%$560.00—$44.30$50.20310
060$8.90$11.3029.04%$565.00—$48.70$54.30260
352$8.20$10.1029.35%$570.00—$51.90$58.10380
060$6.80$10.0029.82%$575.00—$55.80$61.90100

Forward $524.80. The 25-delta put carries -0.14 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-12-18(87 days)ATM 29.37%±75.05skew +1.03
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
0100$68.00$74.80—$460.0028.92%$6.30$7.101050
0198$60.00$65.70—$470.0029.20%$8.30$9.9031338
0225$52.20$58.50—$480.0029.16%$10.80$12.7014613
024$45.00$51.30—$490.0028.43%$13.90$14.70876
21193$40.00$44.20—$500.0028.95%$17.30$19.60168129
292$34.10$37.90—$510.0029.07%$21.20$24.40743
120$30.60$35.20—$515.0029.00%$23.40$26.70252
26128$30.10$32.50—$520.0028.94%$25.80$29.103381
026$27.70$30.0029.35%$525.00—$28.40$32.50220
14109$25.50$27.8029.37%$530.00—$31.50$32.801224
147$23.60$25.1029.17%$535.00—$32.90$38.30240
1951$19.20$23.5028.14%$540.00—$35.80$40.701092
035$16.90$21.1027.62%$545.00—$39.00$45.0080
78269$18.00$19.0028.86%$550.00—$42.20$46.802654
124$14.50$17.8028.08%$555.00—$45.60$51.20311
087$13.40$16.3028.27%$560.00—$49.00$54.002211
750$12.00$14.9028.24%$565.00—$52.80$57.90171
1262$10.40$14.7028.66%$570.00—$56.20$61.901680
4434$8.80$12.0027.50%$575.00—$60.00$65.40180
3196$8.40$11.3028.13%$580.00—$63.90$70.003610
025$7.40$10.3028.11%$585.00—$68.10$73.90100

Forward $523.38. The 25-delta put carries +1.03 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-01-15(115 days)ATM 28.27%±83.27skew +0.40
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
0108$106.40$111.30—$420.0029.82%$2.60$4.002370
0197$96.80$102.30—$430.00—————
033$88.10$93.10—$440.0028.45%$4.00$6.301870
1101$79.80$84.80—$450.0028.70%$6.30$7.7031512
0132$70.40$76.80—$460.0028.73%$8.50$9.703590
0118$64.20$69.20—$470.0028.34%$10.70$11.803153
0144$57.50$61.50—$480.0028.51%$13.30$15.303135
0121$48.70$54.70—$490.0028.51%$16.50$18.802790
51,009$44.20$48.40—$500.0027.97%$20.20$21.6056716
5154$38.80$42.10—$510.0028.26%$24.20$26.8065411
110217$33.70$36.10—$520.0027.79%$29.00$30.502023
13310$29.30$31.5028.27%$530.00—$33.20$37.905211
16265$25.00$27.5028.27%$540.00—$39.80$42.301510
60385$21.60$22.9028.01%$550.00—$45.40$47.501,5303
3122$16.40$19.5027.07%$560.00—$51.60$56.201420
12151$15.10$16.9027.92%$570.00—$58.40$64.301100
0247$13.10$14.4028.18%$580.00—$65.80$71.601243
4200$10.90$12.1028.12%$590.00—$73.80$80.001130
10779$9.30$9.9028.10%$600.00—$81.80$85.301210
2168$7.70$8.8028.43%$610.00—$90.20$96.70460
7267$6.50$7.0028.29%$620.00—$99.20$105.80570

Forward $524.78. The 25-delta put carries +0.40 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.