Options Skew Analytics

M options analytics

M · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

M options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 51.7%, a move of about ±14.8% over the next month. That is higher than 64% of the 228 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 2.58 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 10% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-12-02 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 5 reports the options market priced an average move of ±11.3% and M moved 4.9% on average, staying inside the priced band 4 times out of 5.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
51.72%

Prices a move of about ±14.8% over 30 days, or ±3.3% on a typical day.

Higher than 64% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+2.58

Puts carry 2.58 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 48% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.22

The wings carry 0.22 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.896

90-day volatility is 10% below 30-day.

Higher than 31% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 228 prior sessions (one-year window)

51.7% — 64th percentile
34.2%71.5%
IV percentile, 1 year
64%
IV rank, 1 year
47%
IV percentile, 2 years
63%
IV rank, 2 years
47%

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
$24.95
30-day implied forward
$25.37
60-day ATM IV
48.46%
90-day ATM IV
46.35%
180-day ATM IV
46.24%
Expirations used
10
Total open interest
156,561
Put / call open interest
1.31

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 292 sessions

30%40%50%60%70%80%27 Sep14 Jan1 May26 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0951.72%+2.580.896$24.95
2026-11-0651.14%+0.240.900$23.08
2026-11-0551.62%+1.000.905$24.19
2026-11-0449.93%+0.530.917$25.70
2026-11-0351.10%-1.720.927$23.88
2026-11-0249.84%+0.640.936$24.33
2026-10-3048.27%+1.640.957$24.11
2026-10-2946.76%+0.730.963$24.72
2026-10-2842.64%+2.500.976$23.74
2026-10-2747.02%+1.951.009$23.86
2026-10-26———$23.59
2026-10-2346.40%+0.600.974$24.10
2026-10-2247.28%+0.510.980$24.17
2026-10-2144.87%+0.621.018$23.43
2026-10-2044.87%+0.611.034$23.41
2026-10-1945.36%+0.791.006$23.60
2026-10-1641.28%+1.071.061$24.00
2026-10-1541.00%+0.491.070$24.22
2026-10-1441.40%+2.131.100$22.68
2026-10-1339.51%-1.481.134$22.74
2026-10-0940.13%-0.581.141$22.67
2026-10-0840.58%+0.101.109$22.79
2026-10-0740.25%+0.701.082$22.79
2026-10-0639.41%+0.241.120$22.46
2026-10-0540.38%+0.481.115$22.51
2026-10-0240.18%+0.941.132$22.73
2026-10-0142.08%+2.021.090$22.76
2026-09-3040.87%-0.341.103$22.77
2026-09-2940.03%+1.101.139$23.27
2026-09-2839.81%+1.591.139$23.01
2026-09-2539.51%-0.011.162$22.64
2026-09-2437.88%+0.221.175$22.31
2026-09-2338.57%-0.471.131$22.24
2026-09-2239.01%-0.081.143$22.78
2026-09-2138.59%-0.001.147$22.19
2026-09-1837.14%+0.011.163$21.94
2026-09-1739.03%-0.011.126$21.64
2025-10-0741.29%+2.831.132$17.77
2025-10-0641.49%+2.791.126$18.30
2025-10-0339.94%+2.361.136$18.21
2025-10-0238.81%+2.021.161$18.19
2025-10-0140.32%+2.081.129$17.96
2025-09-3039.19%+2.341.142$17.93
2025-09-2940.55%+3.161.093$18.17
2025-09-2637.87%+2.631.134$18.00
2025-09-2537.95%+2.221.122$17.08
2025-09-2437.91%+2.921.120$17.38
2025-09-2338.53%+2.221.100$17.13
2025-09-2238.12%+2.071.102$16.89
2025-09-1936.99%+1.101.138$17.55
2025-09-1837.44%+1.571.125$17.61
2025-09-1737.69%+2.651.110$17.40
2025-09-1638.56%+2.761.102$17.43
2025-09-1538.42%+2.681.089$17.44
2025-09-1237.12%+1.711.109$16.95
2025-09-1136.75%+2.781.109$17.46
2025-09-1039.05%+3.561.062$17.04
2025-09-0939.43%+3.301.064$17.21
2025-09-0840.80%+2.311.021$17.09
2025-09-0537.62%+4.201.102$17.33
2025-09-0439.51%+1.271.042$17.24
2025-09-0342.08%+3.021.016$16.28
2025-09-0256.03%+5.900.844$13.49
2025-08-2955.19%+3.640.872$13.23
2025-08-2854.23%+4.530.882$13.36
2025-08-2755.09%+4.250.868$13.60
2025-08-2656.89%+4.470.855$13.36
2025-08-2556.31%+4.590.856$13.27
2025-08-2255.36%+4.690.855$13.58
2025-08-2156.54%+4.110.847$12.94
2025-08-2055.60%+3.990.853$12.88
2025-08-1955.75%+4.030.870$13.04
2025-08-1855.94%+5.150.843$13.27
2025-08-1554.82%+3.100.866$12.81
2025-08-1454.70%+3.720.868$12.96
2025-08-1353.78%+2.830.877$13.21
2025-08-1255.72%+5.270.895$12.73
2025-08-1157.09%+4.370.862$12.11
2025-08-0853.83%+3.370.895$12.08
2025-08-0754.43%+3.290.888$12.11
2025-08-0654.63%+1.920.892$12.11
2025-08-0554.47%+5.480.908$12.00
2025-08-0454.29%+3.590.922$11.90
2025-08-0154.67%+2.420.884$12.36
2025-07-3151.39%+3.540.943$12.63
2025-07-3054.03%+3.910.885$13.02
2025-07-2952.56%+2.200.905$13.31
2025-07-2851.96%+2.810.928$13.72
2025-07-2549.43%+1.880.985$13.08
2025-07-2449.27%+2.561.001$12.70
2025-07-2351.59%+0.370.948$12.78
2025-07-2252.54%+2.000.947$13.01
2025-07-2143.69%+4.801.076$12.21
2025-07-18———$11.95
2025-07-1741.47%+3.181.106$12.00
2025-07-1646.34%+1.200.996$12.05
2025-07-1542.59%+1.611.082$12.07
2025-07-1442.24%+3.111.091$12.48
2025-07-11———$12.53
2025-07-10———$12.73
2025-07-0942.94%+2.611.060$12.50
2025-07-0844.34%+3.621.052$12.54
2025-07-0745.84%+4.321.027$12.45
2025-07-0343.30%+4.511.096$12.52
2025-07-02———$12.48
2025-07-0140.06%+0.391.151$12.33
2025-06-30———$11.66
2025-06-27———$11.35
2025-06-2643.49%+2.551.067$11.12
2025-06-2545.64%+3.161.026$11.02
2025-06-24———$10.81
2025-06-23———$10.64
2025-06-20———$11.05
2025-06-18———$11.07
2025-06-17———$11.33
2025-06-16———$11.88
2025-06-13———$11.24
2025-06-1238.88%+5.041.094$11.90
2025-06-1139.82%+4.841.068$12.16
2025-06-1039.20%+6.011.078$12.37

The chart covers every session in the archive, 292 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 292 sessions

-10.00.010.020.027 Sep14 Jan1 May26 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)

40%45%50%55%60%65%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 57.31%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 57.07%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 55.86%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 53.44%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 52.51%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 53.04%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 53.65%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 53.61%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 52.90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 52.32%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 52.30%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 52.42%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 52.59%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 52.90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 53.51%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 55.29%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 58.23%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 62.34%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 50.94%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 50.84%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 51.54%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 52.46%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 52.91%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 49.78%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 48.79%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 48.50%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 48.33%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 48.24%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 48.65%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 49.53%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 50.58%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 52.03%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 54.14%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 57.46%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 47.32%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 46.59%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 44.84%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 44.44%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 45.27%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 47.32%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 48.74%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 48.53%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 47.62%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 47.38%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 47.55%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 48.43%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 49.75%2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ P — IV 51.87%2026-11-27 (18d) — 5Δ P — IV 56.90%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
10Δ call57.31%——
15Δ call57.07%——
20Δ call55.86%50.94%—
25Δ call53.44%50.84%47.32%
30Δ call52.51%51.54%46.59%
35Δ call53.04%52.46%44.84%
40Δ call53.65%52.91%44.44%
45Δ call53.61%49.78%45.27%
ATM52.90%48.79%47.32%
45Δ put52.32%48.50%48.74%
40Δ put52.30%48.33%48.53%
35Δ put52.42%48.24%47.62%
30Δ put52.59%48.65%47.38%
25Δ put52.90%49.53%47.55%
20Δ put53.51%50.58%48.43%
15Δ put55.29%52.03%49.75%
10Δ put58.23%54.14%51.87%
5Δ put62.34%57.46%56.90%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$25.1952.90%52.90%53.44%-0.54+0.2711
2026-11-2011$25.2548.79%49.53%50.84%-1.31+1.4010
2026-11-2718$25.3347.32%47.55%47.32%+0.23+0.1110
2026-12-1132$25.3852.12%53.73%50.96%+2.78+0.2312
2026-12-1839$25.2351.55%53.28%54.29%-1.01+2.2413
2027-01-1567$25.2047.84%48.89%47.69%+1.19+0.4513
2027-02-19102$25.4045.83%46.32%44.82%+1.50-0.2617
2027-03-19130$25.3648.15%47.85%45.68%+2.17-1.3917
2027-05-21193$25.4245.90%47.81%45.27%+2.53+0.6414
2027-06-17220$25.3846.55%47.93%45.86%+2.07+0.349

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

10 listed expirations produced a usable reading

44%46%48%50%52%54%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 52.90%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 48.79%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 47.32%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 52.12%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 51.55%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 47.84%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 45.83%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 48.15%2027-05-21 — 193 days — at-the-money IV 45.90%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 46.55%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$25.1952.90%$25.2211
2026-11-2011 days$25.2548.79%$25.3410
2026-11-2718 days$25.3347.32%$25.4710
2026-12-1132 days$25.3852.12%$25.6812
2026-12-1839 days$25.2351.55%$25.5913
2027-01-1567 days$25.2047.84%$25.7313
2027-02-19102 days$25.4045.83%$26.1617
2027-03-19130 days$25.3648.15%$26.4317
2027-05-21193 days$25.4245.90%$26.8814
2027-06-17220 days$25.3846.55%$27.109

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
51.72%
60 days
48.46%
90 days
46.35%
180 days
46.24%

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 292 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4027 Sep15 Jan5 May26 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

2026-12-02Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 5 reports

Landed inside the implied band
4 of 5
80% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
11.3%
Mean move that happened
4.9%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-09-10Before the open———
2026-06-03Before the open———
2026-03-18Before the open———
2025-12-03Before the open———
2025-09-03Before the open10.7%+20.7%1.94×
2025-05-28Before the open8.1%-0.3%0.04×
2025-03-06Before the open12.3%-0.7%0.05×
2024-12-11Before the open12.4%-0.8%0.07×
2024-11-25Before the open13.0%-2.2%0.17×
2024-08-21Before the open———
2024-05-21Before the open———
2024-02-27Before the open———
2023-11-16Before 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.