Options Skew Analytics

MRNA options analytics

MRNA · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

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MRNA options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 78.9%, a move of about ±22.6% over the next month. That is higher than 69% of the 225 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 5.88 volatility points more than the puts, closer together than on 90% of the past year.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-16 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 4 reports the options market priced an average move of ±14.3% and MRNA moved 7.1% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 4.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
78.89%

Prices a move of about ±22.6% over 30 days, or ±5.0% on a typical day.

Higher than 69% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-5.88

Calls carry 5.88 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 10% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.52

The wings carry 0.52 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
—

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 225 prior sessions (one-year window)

78.9% — 69th percentile
51.4%98.3%
IV percentile, 1 year
69%
IV rank, 1 year
59%
IV percentile, 2 years
69%
IV rank, 2 years
59%

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
$182.11
30-day implied forward
$183.28
60-day ATM IV
—
90-day ATM IV
—
180-day ATM IV
—
Expirations used
7
Total open interest
537,744
Put / call open interest
0.56

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 226 sessions

40%60%80%100%120%3 Sep22 Nov19 Feb9 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2378.89%-5.88—$182.11
2026-09-2278.32%-5.36—$182.56
2026-09-2179.35%-7.23—$172.94
2026-09-1866.93%-3.531.205$154.04
2026-09-1776.43%-3.361.117$158.07
2026-09-1671.20%-5.061.162$145.62
2026-09-1572.18%-2.701.121$143.77
2026-09-1472.81%-2.891.137$146.69
2026-09-1169.32%-5.151.180$143.97
2026-09-1067.92%-5.761.166$136.62
2026-09-0971.26%-4.301.128$135.61
2026-09-0871.93%-6.041.103$140.33
2026-09-0472.35%-5.401.116$145.55
2026-09-0372.45%-4.051.112$148.87
2026-09-0278.34%-5.391.068$150.81
2026-09-0179.07%-1.411.053$154.27
2026-08-3175.60%-2.391.064$140.34
2026-08-2873.56%-1.151.099$137.99
2026-08-2772.17%-2.451.118$142.77
2026-08-2681.84%-4.111.042$149.66
2026-08-2590.81%-5.95—$158.83
2026-08-2491.79%-9.541.038$138.89
2025-06-3063.49%-2.161.093$27.59
2025-06-2757.05%-0.541.200$27.16
2025-06-2657.05%-0.721.194$27.54
2025-06-2557.94%-0.441.191$26.86
2025-06-2452.79%+5.731.324$26.80
2025-06-2360.54%-2.231.181$25.67
2025-06-2063.14%-0.421.179$25.90
2025-06-1861.34%-1.311.149$25.40
2025-06-1763.27%-1.301.167$25.55
2025-06-1665.01%-2.491.141$26.00
2025-06-1370.06%+1.131.058$26.67
2025-06-1263.32%-1.431.173$27.35
2025-06-1164.46%+1.431.150$27.75
2025-06-1062.31%-0.551.188$27.68
2025-06-0964.15%+0.941.160$28.14
2025-06-0662.77%-2.691.221$27.46
2025-06-0571.04%-2.461.069$26.12
2025-06-0466.20%-0.881.149$27.27
2025-06-0365.19%-1.701.153$27.81
2025-06-0267.82%-0.411.122$27.05
2025-05-3072.46%-3.011.046$26.56
2025-05-2971.37%-1.221.084$26.93
2025-05-2876.89%-6.161.020$26.05
2025-05-2775.13%+1.141.012$26.76
2025-05-2371.00%+1.641.058$26.26
2025-05-2271.63%+0.671.046$26.72
2025-05-2172.84%+1.251.025$25.80
2025-05-2070.31%-0.061.028$27.99
2025-05-1971.94%+2.621.014$26.39
2025-05-1668.11%+8.771.063$24.86
2025-05-1569.44%+2.991.047$23.65
2025-05-1471.67%+0.180.997$24.02
2025-05-1366.16%+1.691.047$25.49
2025-05-1264.96%+4.121.057$25.70
2025-05-0970.11%+2.841.027$24.25
2025-05-0873.03%+1.530.976$24.38
2025-05-0772.56%+8.030.997$24.06
2025-05-0673.46%+2.860.996$24.43
2025-05-0564.48%+3.041.050$27.84
2025-05-0262.15%+3.971.072$27.61
2025-05-0165.82%+5.771.029$27.03
2025-04-3075.24%+9.610.911$28.54
2025-04-2977.29%+5.820.944$27.82
2025-04-2884.65%+7.550.862$27.46
2025-04-2578.38%+5.370.942$27.22
2025-04-2480.70%+8.180.905$27.39
2025-04-2380.13%+5.450.926$26.54
2025-04-2284.83%+21.810.900$25.74
2025-04-2189.41%+14.360.888$25.13
2025-04-1785.54%+10.810.905$24.72
2025-04-1686.02%+11.070.897$25.19
2025-04-1584.38%+9.770.838$26.24
2025-04-1482.17%+14.480.933$26.80
2025-04-1188.48%+18.400.889$26.20
2025-04-1095.58%+21.580.832$24.50
2025-04-0977.13%+16.130.938$26.67
2025-04-0894.44%+28.960.889$24.64
2025-04-0795.66%+20.050.860$25.64
2025-04-0492.05%+10.810.966$25.11
2025-04-0390.86%+6.620.898$25.73
2025-04-0274.31%-3.551.012$27.72
2025-04-0179.04%-7.440.954$27.16
2025-03-3172.33%-3.501.023$28.35
2025-03-2866.78%-2.291.069$31.12
2025-03-2764.86%-6.951.040$32.12
2025-03-2662.87%-4.101.105$31.48
2025-03-2558.57%-5.501.198$33.85
2025-03-2458.67%-4.351.191$34.17
2025-03-2165.82%-2.461.081$32.66
2025-03-2065.88%-5.071.136$32.45
2025-03-1964.63%-4.061.143$33.32
2025-03-1869.30%-4.261.062$33.81
2025-03-1768.56%-2.931.036$34.71
2025-03-1471.59%-3.381.071$34.62
2025-03-1378.44%-1.561.020$34.30
2025-03-1276.77%+4.101.033$35.01
2025-03-1181.70%-9.160.948$33.76
2025-03-1085.43%-1.830.989$35.96
2025-03-0774.70%-3.151.080$35.61
2025-03-0675.69%+3.541.073$34.30
2025-03-0571.47%+0.941.145$35.21
2025-03-0472.86%-5.151.088$30.37
2025-03-0376.09%-3.841.078$30.27
2025-02-2874.78%-4.651.106$30.96
2025-02-2780.44%-9.861.011$31.09
2025-02-2676.50%-11.941.049$33.58
2025-02-2576.97%-8.121.042$33.28
2025-02-2472.71%-10.091.108$33.90
2025-02-2181.47%-13.161.044$35.53
2025-02-2070.58%-6.571.147$33.73
2025-02-1970.23%-5.281.133$35.90
2025-02-1874.70%-7.921.080$35.75
2025-02-1468.52%-4.091.152$32.99
2025-02-1390.48%-0.440.973$31.92
2025-02-1282.93%-7.701.034$30.54
2025-02-1171.62%-4.361.138$30.93
2025-02-1081.19%-10.191.014$31.87
2025-02-0780.09%-2.641.014$32.60

The chart covers every session in the archive, 226 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 226 sessions

-20.00.020.040.03 Sep22 Nov19 Feb9 May23 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

2d (2026-09-25) · 9d (2026-10-02) · 16d (2026-10-09)

70%80%90%100%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 96.49%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 90.61%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 89.07%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 87.80%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 86.08%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 83.44%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 82.73%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 84.40%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 85.44%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 84.56%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 84.41%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 84.68%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 85.40%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 85.88%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 85.09%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 86.63%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 86.87%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 86.95%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ P — IV 88.53%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 5Δ C — IV 92.37%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ C — IV 90.49%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 88.41%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 88.03%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 85.37%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 79.76%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 81.59%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 78.96%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 76.84%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 78.52%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 78.12%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 78.10%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 76.34%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 78.68%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 74.79%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 75.51%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ P — IV 75.50%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ P — IV 77.99%2026-10-02 (9d) — 5Δ P — IV 79.37%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ C — IV 88.90%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ C — IV 82.91%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 80.68%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 79.17%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 79.00%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 79.21%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 78.81%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 76.59%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 77.65%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 75.88%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 76.41%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 73.75%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 74.19%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 73.58%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ P — IV 75.36%16d10Δ 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
Delta2d9d16d
5Δ call96.49%92.37%—
10Δ call90.61%90.49%—
15Δ call89.07%88.41%88.90%
20Δ call87.80%88.03%82.91%
25Δ call86.08%85.37%80.68%
30Δ call83.44%79.76%79.17%
35Δ call82.73%81.59%79.00%
40Δ call84.40%78.96%79.21%
45Δ call85.44%76.84%78.81%
ATM84.56%78.52%76.59%
45Δ put84.41%78.12%77.65%
40Δ put84.68%78.10%75.88%
35Δ put85.40%76.34%76.41%
30Δ put85.88%78.68%73.75%
25Δ put85.09%74.79%74.19%
20Δ put86.63%75.51%73.58%
15Δ put86.87%75.50%75.36%
10Δ put86.95%77.99%—
5Δ put88.53%79.37%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$182.8084.56%85.09%86.08%-0.99+1.0323
2026-10-029$183.0078.52%74.79%85.37%-10.57+1.5630
2026-10-0916$182.9876.59%74.19%80.68%-6.49+0.8422
2026-10-1623$182.8777.64%74.58%81.02%-6.43+0.1541
2026-10-2330$183.2878.89%75.43%81.30%-5.88-0.5233
2026-10-3037$183.3798.70%97.74%105.58%-7.84+2.9642
2026-11-2058$183.7995.49%93.29%99.69%-6.40+1.0033

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

7 listed expirations produced a usable reading

70%80%90%100%110%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 84.56%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 78.52%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 76.59%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 77.64%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 78.89%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 98.70%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 95.49%730days 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
2026-09-252 days$182.8084.56%$183.1623
2026-10-029 days$183.0078.52%$184.4030
2026-10-0916 days$182.9876.59%$185.3422
2026-10-1623 days$182.8777.64%$186.3841
2026-10-2330 days$183.2878.89%$188.0333
2026-10-3037 days$183.3798.70%$192.6542
2026-11-2058 days$183.7995.49%$197.6033

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
78.89%
60 days
—
90 days
—
180 days
—

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 226 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.403 Sep21 Nov14 Feb6 May18 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

2026-10-16Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 4 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 4
75% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
14.3%
Mean move that happened
7.1%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-07-31Before the open———
2026-05-01Before the open———
2026-02-13Before the open———
2026-01-12Before the open———
2025-11-06Before the open———
2025-08-01Before the open———
2025-05-01Before the open13.4%-5.3%0.40×
2025-02-14Before the open15.8%+3.4%0.21×
2025-01-13Before the open11.3%-16.8%1.49×
2024-11-07Before the open16.8%-3.0%0.18×
2024-08-01Before the open———
2024-05-02Before the open———
2024-02-22Before the open———
2024-01-08Before 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.