Options Skew Analytics

MNST option chain

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

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

2026-10-16(23 days)ATM 25.85%±2.84skew +0.23
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
241$8.40$9.10—$35.00—————
15$4.50$5.00—$39.0029.03%$0.05$0.10311
036$3.50$4.10—$40.00—————
03$2.80$3.20—$41.0026.54%$0.20$0.302419
027$2.10$2.30—$42.0025.77%$0.40$0.5020678
156188$1.45$1.60—$43.0025.97%$0.70$0.90748106
169132$0.95$1.0525.84%$44.00—$1.20$1.3514339
151658$0.55$0.7025.98%$45.00—$1.85$2.003984
100325$0.30$0.4025.54%$46.00—$2.45$2.85380
8748$0.15$0.2526.01%$47.00—$3.20$4.001251
—————$48.00—$3.90$4.60531
—————$49.00—$4.50$5.90380
—————$50.00—$5.80$7.00820
—————$55.00—$9.60$12.4060

Forward $43.72. The 25-delta put carries +0.23 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-11-20(58 days)ATM 31.62%±5.53skew +1.76
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
200$8.70$9.90—$35.00—————
—————$37.0035.10%$0.25$0.35101
—————$38.0034.57%$0.35$0.5010
—————$39.0033.73%$0.50$0.65108
—————$40.0033.05%$0.70$0.8511224
10$3.80$4.10—$41.0032.78%$0.95$1.15480
08$3.10$3.40—$42.0032.30%$1.30$1.453235
40$2.60$2.80—$43.0031.96%$1.65$1.9034
103$2.05$2.2531.70%$44.00—$2.15$2.3510
024$1.60$1.8031.40%$45.00—$2.70$2.90292
2958$1.25$1.4031.20%$46.00—$3.30$3.60201
921$0.90$1.1531.17%$47.00—————
639$0.65$0.9031.02%$48.00—————
1114$0.55$0.7031.86%$49.00—————
11805$0.40$0.6032.55%$50.00—————

Forward $43.90. The 25-delta put carries +1.76 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-12-18(86 days)ATM 30.12%±6.44skew +1.43
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
052$16.50$19.10—$26.25—————
065$14.60$17.80—$27.50—————
028$14.40$16.60—$28.75—————
080$12.90$15.00—$30.00—————
082$12.30$13.70—$31.25—————
0714$11.20$12.50—$32.50—————
0102$10.00$11.30—$33.75—————
0218$8.80$10.10—$35.00—————
0486$7.70$9.00—$36.2533.87%$0.30$0.451340
0386$6.60$7.80—$37.5032.88%$0.45$0.602013
018$5.50$6.80—$38.7532.82%$0.75$0.80740
0823$4.80$5.20—$40.0032.00%$1.00$1.101372
075$3.80$4.80—$41.2531.91%$1.40$1.501570
5381$3.10$3.50—$42.5031.32%$1.85$1.951,2910
14182$2.55$2.85—$43.7530.28%$2.30$2.502629
30783$2.05$2.2030.09%$45.00—$3.00$3.201234
2167$1.60$1.7530.30%$46.25—$3.70$4.101871
4579$1.20$1.3530.09%$47.50—$4.70$4.901251
0202$0.95$1.0530.57%$48.75—$4.90$6.00690
02,034$0.70$0.8030.53%$50.00—$6.60$7.001090
31,266$0.35$0.4530.34%$52.50—$8.10$9.30850

Forward $44.05. The 25-delta put carries +1.43 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-01-15(114 days)ATM 29.39%±7.25skew +1.51
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
0604$15.00$16.30—$28.75—————
01,012$13.80$15.10—$30.00—————
0340$12.60$13.90—$31.25—————
0316$11.30$12.70—$32.50—————
2060$10.20$11.50—$33.75—————
0253$9.00$10.40—$35.00—————
0226$7.90$9.20—$36.2531.89%$0.40$0.553280
01,535$6.90$8.10—$37.5031.11%$0.55$0.752,0680
0321$5.90$7.10—$38.7531.08%$0.85$1.002270
203,062$5.20$5.50—$40.0030.44%$1.15$1.304263
0325$4.20$5.10—$41.2530.17%$1.55$1.707890
40758$3.60$3.90—$42.5029.58%$2.00$2.151,6111
1214$2.95$3.20—$43.7529.72%$2.60$2.754386
1,0101,286$2.40$2.5529.32%$45.00—$3.20$3.406660
28397$1.90$2.0529.11%$46.25—$4.00$4.203750
0263$1.50$1.6529.15%$47.50—$4.80$5.003140
0261$1.15$1.3028.97%$48.75—$5.80$6.102590
81,388$0.90$1.0028.93%$50.00—$6.10$7.201910
2488$0.50$0.6529.23%$52.50—$8.20$9.40240
05,006$0.25$0.4029.16%$55.00—$10.50$11.90300
0346$0.15$0.2529.84%$57.50—————

Forward $44.16. The 25-delta put carries +1.51 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-03-19(177 days)ATM 29.91%±9.28skew +2.78
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
035$14.10$15.50—$30.00—————
040$11.80$13.20—$32.50—————
011$10.80$12.10—$33.7533.87%$0.40$0.65130
020$9.70$11.00—$35.0032.66%$0.55$0.75211
022$8.70$9.90—$36.2532.15%$0.75$0.95241
021$7.70$8.90—$37.5032.04%$1.05$1.204061
061$6.80$7.90—$38.7531.58%$1.35$1.5066824
0147$5.90$7.00—$40.0031.09%$1.70$1.85420
066$5.10$6.10—$41.2530.77%$2.10$2.30840
0804$4.60$4.90—$42.5030.56%$2.60$2.802970
2266$3.90$4.20—$43.7530.64%$3.20$3.401650
0215$3.30$3.6030.18%$45.00—$3.80$4.004160
082$2.75$3.0029.61%$46.25—$4.50$4.806450
0184$2.30$2.5529.57%$47.50—$5.30$5.703590
0400$1.90$2.1529.45%$48.75—$6.00$6.50760
1190$1.55$1.7028.85%$50.00—$6.50$7.50300
0703$1.00$1.2028.81%$52.50—$8.50$9.6040
8311$0.65$0.8529.05%$55.00—$10.60$11.8010
099$0.40$0.5528.76%$57.50—————
0209$0.25$0.4029.19%$60.00—————
046$0.15$0.2528.98%$62.50—————

Forward $44.54. The 25-delta put carries +2.78 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-06-17(267 days)ATM 30.25%±11.63skew +1.33
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$30.0036.85%$0.40$0.6510740
—————$32.5034.92%$0.65$0.90115118
04$10.60$11.80—$35.0032.89%$1.00$1.201100
06$8.80$9.70—$37.5031.54%$1.45$1.75300
016$7.00$8.10—$40.0030.58%$2.10$2.50280
017$5.50$6.50—$42.5030.07%$3.00$3.503360
0110$4.90$5.80—$43.7530.49%$3.70$4.101662
030$4.20$4.7030.19%$45.00—$4.30$4.701,0150
01$3.80$4.1030.29%$46.25—$5.00$5.401042
0413$3.20$3.6029.73%$47.50—$5.40$6.202810
08$2.70$3.2029.52%$48.75—$6.20$7.10690
01,210$2.45$2.7529.69%$50.00—$7.00$8.00590
0578$1.75$2.0529.16%$52.50—$8.90$9.9090
1374$1.30$1.5529.25%$55.00—————
0366$0.95$1.2029.47%$57.50—$13.30$14.20200
1336$0.70$0.9029.59%$60.00—————

Forward $44.95. The 25-delta put carries +1.33 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.