Options Skew Analytics

NUGT options analytics

NUGT · ETF

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

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NUGT options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 79.5%, a move of about ±22.8% over the next month. That is higher than 85% of the 194 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 7.18 volatility points more than the puts, closer together than on 96% of the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 7% above 30-day.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
79.52%

Prices a move of about ±22.8% over 30 days, or ±5.0% on a typical day.

Higher than 85% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-7.18

Calls carry 7.18 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 4% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+5.35

The wings carry 5.35 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.071

90-day volatility is 7% above 30-day.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 194 prior sessions (one-year window)

79.5% — 85th percentile
53.1%103.7%
IV percentile, 1 year
85%
IV rank, 1 year
52%
IV percentile, 2 years
85%
IV rank, 2 years
52%

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
$168.35
30-day implied forward
$169.95
60-day ATM IV
83.96%
90-day ATM IV
85.17%
180-day ATM IV
—
Expirations used
7
Total open interest
15,699
Put / call open interest
0.72

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 Sep13 Nov29 Jan1 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2379.52%-7.181.071$168.35
2026-09-2284.53%+0.890.993$184.39
2026-09-2184.97%-1.870.975$172.71
2026-09-1885.83%-4.021.035$176.52
2026-09-1787.27%-0.651.027$178.13
2026-09-1688.46%-12.691.020$166.79
2026-09-1587.04%-4.701.031$171.61
2026-09-1489.13%-1.990.993$171.74
2026-09-1184.76%-4.061.034$182.76
2026-09-1090.12%-4.150.996$179.04
2026-09-0988.67%-7.810.993$192.46
2026-09-0891.92%-2.711.001$188.48
2026-09-0487.62%-0.721.014$191.85
2026-09-0389.32%+1.780.998$200.56
2026-09-0289.72%-7.110.999$185.75
2026-09-01———$174.94
2026-08-3184.89%-9.121.033$189.73
2026-08-2890.27%-15.280.988$194.47
2026-08-2794.43%-1.831.000$210.79
2026-08-2695.78%-7.000.991$205.78
2026-08-2597.53%-0.320.982$218.64
2026-08-24103.74%-14.100.923$210.50
2025-06-3063.28%-3.241.020$74.34
2025-06-27———$70.67
2025-06-26———$76.14
2025-06-25———$74.28
2025-06-24———$74.17
2025-06-23———$77.73
2025-06-20———$75.64
2025-06-18———$77.68
2025-06-17———$79.23
2025-06-16———$79.37
2025-06-1369.09%-3.141.003$82.10
2025-06-1268.82%-1.131.009$79.32
2025-06-1166.37%-1.761.011$74.71
2025-06-1063.40%-3.601.056$73.34
2025-06-0966.98%-0.901.047$75.40
2025-06-0663.03%-3.061.100$73.96
2025-06-0571.92%-5.481.038$78.45
2025-06-0464.17%-1.761.052$78.75
2025-06-0366.66%-1.241.007$78.28
2025-06-0269.77%-0.731.043$80.27
2025-05-30———$71.52
2025-05-2964.77%-0.131.059$70.48
2025-05-2865.05%+0.541.069$70.62
2025-05-2769.43%-1.970.994$69.06
2025-05-2370.00%+3.471.028$71.25
2025-05-2275.76%-0.130.947$67.58
2025-05-2170.88%+1.581.048$68.40
2025-05-20———$66.56
2025-05-19———$62.70
2025-05-1665.10%-1.521.031$60.13
2025-05-15———$60.67
2025-05-1467.94%-0.481.011$58.22
2025-05-1366.09%+1.401.046$60.89
2025-05-1268.19%+0.241.036$61.04
2025-05-0974.00%-1.010.979$71.69
2025-05-0875.86%-2.471.014$67.58
2025-05-0774.27%+5.39—$70.53
2025-05-0679.95%+4.35—$73.14
2025-05-0576.48%+1.580.979$67.45
2025-05-0273.55%+5.301.006$63.04
2025-05-0177.44%-3.091.002$63.22
2025-04-30———$68.27
2025-04-2971.55%+9.26—$67.00
2025-04-28———$69.53
2025-04-25———$67.98
2025-04-24———$70.65
2025-04-2378.27%+1.27—$67.99
2025-04-2283.71%+6.34—$72.04
2025-04-2189.73%+4.04—$76.27
2025-04-17———$74.22
2025-04-16———$77.25
2025-04-15———$73.26
2025-04-1489.66%+0.01—$71.73
2025-04-11———$70.91
2025-04-10———$63.95
2025-04-09———$58.31
2025-04-0890.80%+9.550.863$50.07
2025-04-0782.07%+0.760.910$50.00
2025-04-04———$50.58
2025-04-03———$61.26
2025-04-0260.15%+6.17—$61.60
2025-04-0164.50%+3.43—$61.62
2025-03-3168.09%+0.23—$62.12
2025-03-2864.89%+1.71—$60.94
2025-03-27———$61.44
2025-03-2658.69%+3.33—$58.64
2025-03-2560.25%+0.99—$59.62
2025-03-2460.38%+2.45—$57.71
2025-03-2165.24%+4.130.915$58.45
2025-03-2071.22%-4.880.870$60.21
2025-03-1959.62%+17.291.108$60.26
2025-03-1864.16%+1.411.022$59.45
2025-03-1769.35%-5.260.975$58.68
2025-03-1469.45%+2.530.975$56.20
2025-03-13———$55.18
2025-03-1275.32%+0.460.881$52.07
2025-03-1167.44%+5.390.983$51.74
2025-03-1062.98%+7.581.011$48.66
2025-03-07———$51.44
2025-03-0665.36%+3.160.938$50.78
2025-03-0565.67%+1.380.921$51.67
2025-03-0467.35%+3.000.912$48.30
2025-03-0374.92%+2.480.936$47.03
2025-02-2856.26%+5.901.043$46.99
2025-02-2761.70%+3.070.994$46.41
2025-02-2661.73%+2.170.978$49.84
2025-02-2560.85%+1.610.957$48.64
2025-02-2463.17%+2.380.935$50.09
2025-02-2163.95%+0.550.968$49.72
2025-02-2063.05%+0.790.945$53.45
2025-02-1963.69%+0.791.009$51.75
2025-02-1864.95%+1.220.961$51.75
2025-02-1461.68%-0.230.962$50.49
2025-02-1363.41%-2.110.965$54.12
2025-02-1261.81%+2.251.027$53.35
2025-02-1162.31%+3.160.979$51.63
2025-02-1063.12%+1.361.044$53.05
2025-02-0759.30%-0.141.037$50.28

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

-20.0-10.00.010.020.03 Sep13 Nov29 Jan1 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) · 23d (2026-10-16)

70%80%90%100%110%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 102.13%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 98.67%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 96.09%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 92.94%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 90.73%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 89.99%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 94.22%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 95.46%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 94.83%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 93.78%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 83.21%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 85.79%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 85.82%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 85.90%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 86.16%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 86.75%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 88.27%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 87.74%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 81.79%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 84.19%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 84.22%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 77.10%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 79.62%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 80.40%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 80.02%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 82.44%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 85.01%9d2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ C — IV 82.32%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ C — IV 83.40%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ C — IV 82.26%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ C — IV 82.79%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ C — IV 81.19%2026-10-16 (23d) — ATM — IV 81.26%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ P — IV 80.42%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ P — IV 79.80%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ P — IV 78.67%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ P — IV 79.90%2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ P — IV 81.12%2026-10-16 (23d) — 20Δ P — IV 79.09%2026-10-16 (23d) — 15Δ P — IV 81.51%23d10Δ 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
Delta2d9d23d
5Δ call102.13%——
10Δ call98.67%——
15Δ call96.09%——
20Δ call92.94%——
25Δ call90.73%88.27%82.32%
30Δ call89.99%87.74%83.40%
35Δ call94.22%81.79%82.26%
40Δ call95.46%84.19%82.79%
45Δ call94.83%84.22%81.19%
ATM93.78%77.10%81.26%
45Δ put83.21%79.62%80.42%
40Δ put85.79%80.40%79.80%
35Δ put85.82%80.02%78.67%
30Δ put85.90%82.44%79.90%
25Δ put86.16%85.01%81.12%
20Δ put86.75%—79.09%
15Δ put——81.51%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$168.6593.78%86.16%90.73%-4.57-5.3415
2026-10-029$169.0077.10%85.01%88.27%-3.26+9.5427
2026-10-1623$169.5581.26%81.12%82.32%-1.20+0.4645
2026-10-2330$169.9579.52%81.27%88.46%-7.18+5.3533
2026-11-2058$170.1483.81%83.32%87.49%-4.17+1.6022
2026-12-1886$170.0085.32%84.18%88.60%-4.42+1.0739
2027-01-15114$170.2584.49%82.86%88.21%-5.35+1.0546

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

75%80%85%90%95%100%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 93.78%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 77.10%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 81.26%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 79.52%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 83.81%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 85.32%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 84.49%7306090days 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$168.6593.78%$169.0615
2026-10-029 days$169.0077.10%$170.2427
2026-10-1623 days$169.5581.26%$173.1145
2026-10-2330 days$169.9579.52%$174.4233
2026-11-2058 days$170.1483.81%$179.9022
2026-12-1886 days$170.0085.32%$185.2239
2027-01-15114 days$170.2584.49%$190.3346

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
79.52%
60 days
83.96%
90 days
85.17%
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 Sep5 Nov31 Jan12 May23 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.