Options Skew Analytics

NXPI options analytics

NXPI · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

NXPI options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 45.8%, a move of about ±13.1% over the next month. That is higher than 89% of the 196 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 0.85 volatility points more than the calls, closer together than on 95% of the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 1% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-26 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 3 reports the options market priced an average move of ±8.5% and NXPI moved 6.6% on average, staying inside the priced band 2 times out of 3.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
45.78%

Prices a move of about ±13.1% over 30 days, or ±2.9% on a typical day.

Higher than 89% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+0.85

Puts carry 0.85 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 5% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.78

The wings carry 0.78 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.990

90-day volatility is 1% below 30-day.

Higher than 37% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 196 prior sessions (one-year window)

45.8% — 89th percentile
27.6%58.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
89%
IV rank, 1 year
60%
IV percentile, 2 years
89%
IV rank, 2 years
60%

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
$235.44
30-day implied forward
$236.36
60-day ATM IV
48.40%
90-day ATM IV
45.31%
180-day ATM IV
45.44%
Expirations used
7
Total open interest
126,626
Put / call open interest
0.16

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

20%30%40%50%60%70%3 Sep14 Nov31 Jan23 Apr23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2345.78%+0.850.990$235.44
2026-09-2243.84%+0.481.046$237.57
2026-09-2144.28%+0.541.006$232.41
2026-09-1842.32%+0.081.059$227.99
2026-09-1740.65%+0.071.105$227.95
2026-09-1642.16%+1.511.086$218.98
2026-09-15———$226.35
2026-09-14———$224.23
2026-09-11———$236.62
2026-09-10———$226.47
2026-09-09———$223.32
2026-09-08———$223.87
2026-09-04———$227.84
2026-09-03———$224.99
2026-09-02———$228.50
2026-09-01———$222.40
2026-08-31———$224.64
2026-08-28———$223.58
2026-08-27———$225.86
2026-08-26———$223.15
2026-08-25———$224.75
2026-08-2442.15%-0.481.090$222.44
2025-06-3038.34%+2.720.997$218.49
2025-06-27———$217.04
2025-06-2636.94%+3.141.053$218.30
2025-06-25———$216.28
2025-06-2437.73%+3.141.064$218.51
2025-06-2338.57%+5.251.054$210.86
2025-06-2038.46%+3.851.096$209.00
2025-06-1838.13%+4.691.098$211.45
2025-06-17———$212.83
2025-06-16———$217.53
2025-06-1338.45%+4.491.082$210.90
2025-06-1236.53%+2.701.112$217.40
2025-06-1137.67%+3.631.074$217.41
2025-06-1037.40%+1.701.091$218.72
2025-06-0937.87%+2.581.083$213.08
2025-06-0638.09%+2.711.067$207.68
2025-06-0538.37%+5.071.063$206.90
2025-06-0438.51%+2.271.056$210.02
2025-06-0339.58%+3.931.036$198.96
2025-06-0240.17%+4.621.032$192.81
2025-05-3041.13%+4.051.015$191.13
2025-05-2939.65%+5.301.037$195.89
2025-05-2839.28%+5.371.056$196.21
2025-05-2739.49%+6.051.034$198.90
2025-05-2340.87%+5.171.041$192.15
2025-05-2240.28%+5.421.011$196.51
2025-05-2137.75%+3.311.037$205.35
2025-05-2035.16%+2.891.060$210.08
2025-05-1936.69%+3.121.016$210.36
2025-05-1635.18%+2.771.030$212.56
2025-05-1535.55%+2.601.023$210.73
2025-05-1435.93%+3.451.024$211.33
2025-05-1335.23%+3.311.020$212.40
2025-05-1235.83%+4.561.019$207.03
2025-05-0936.46%+4.401.093$191.88
2025-05-0840.27%+4.251.005$188.57
2025-05-0740.44%+5.381.011$186.87
2025-05-0642.34%+5.740.985$182.41
2025-05-0541.94%+6.800.985$184.95
2025-05-0240.27%+6.130.993$188.14
2025-05-0142.38%+4.271.009$181.84
2025-04-3046.11%+7.980.890$184.31
2025-04-2941.42%+6.600.946$182.62
2025-04-2846.87%+5.820.923$196.24
2025-04-2549.06%+6.530.874$193.55
2025-04-2450.27%+6.590.860$193.57
2025-04-2356.55%+5.910.818$180.87
2025-04-2255.21%+14.250.831$174.66
2025-04-2158.00%+10.890.848$171.50
2025-04-1754.87%+10.900.883$170.74
2025-04-1657.72%+12.280.833$168.59
2025-04-15———$171.63
2025-04-1454.00%+16.010.929$170.55
2025-04-11———$168.79
2025-04-10———$165.59
2025-04-09———$185.87
2025-04-08———$153.50
2025-04-07———$163.29
2025-04-04———$160.81
2025-04-0356.15%+10.090.814$171.88
2025-04-0247.52%+4.810.829$193.67
2025-04-0146.64%+3.910.872$190.00
2025-03-3145.72%+5.550.894$190.06
2025-03-2844.35%+3.920.866$189.99
2025-03-2739.38%+2.100.949$200.06
2025-03-2638.17%+5.050.978$205.75
2025-03-2536.49%+2.781.008$211.33
2025-03-2437.22%+2.700.982$211.12
2025-03-2137.22%+3.241.021$200.64
2025-03-2038.06%+2.831.016$202.64
2025-03-1937.65%+2.851.018$207.38
2025-03-1840.20%+4.160.979$207.10
2025-03-1738.43%+3.400.994$209.83
2025-03-1439.46%+3.310.968$206.16
2025-03-1344.10%+4.280.943$201.02
2025-03-1243.33%+3.620.942$204.45
2025-03-1144.14%+4.900.941$205.80
2025-03-1046.02%+2.920.937$208.84
2025-03-0739.90%+2.560.960$222.56
2025-03-0641.64%+3.410.952$214.47
2025-03-0539.89%+2.830.953$216.77
2025-03-0441.10%+3.310.936$211.16
2025-03-0339.94%+3.471.001$216.53
2025-02-2836.96%+2.961.005$215.59
2025-02-2737.12%+3.071.008$216.87
2025-02-2635.14%+3.711.015$229.38
2025-02-2535.41%+3.461.002$228.56
2025-02-2433.07%+3.341.038$233.15
2025-02-2133.16%+2.471.041$236.52
2025-02-2032.02%+2.521.041$245.86
2025-02-1932.83%+1.571.026$245.58
2025-02-1834.61%+2.020.985$228.86
2025-02-1431.19%+4.031.084$224.14
2025-02-1330.80%+2.291.097$219.59
2025-02-1233.01%+3.161.012$219.79
2025-02-1133.86%+1.270.992$210.97
2025-02-1033.18%+3.441.009$210.05
2025-02-0733.19%+4.301.021$212.93

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

-5.00.05.010.015.020.03 Sep14 Nov31 Jan23 Apr23 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

23d (2026-10-16) · 58d (2026-11-20) · 86d (2026-12-18)

42%44%46%48%50%2026-10-16 (23d) — 10Δ C — IV 43.52%2026-10-16 (23d) — 15Δ C — IV 43.34%2026-10-16 (23d) — 20Δ C — IV 43.54%2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ C — IV 43.42%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ C — IV 43.22%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ C — IV 43.26%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ C — IV 43.56%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ C — IV 43.81%2026-10-16 (23d) — ATM — IV 43.83%2026-10-16 (23d) — 45Δ P — IV 43.83%2026-10-16 (23d) — 40Δ P — IV 43.83%2026-10-16 (23d) — 35Δ P — IV 43.78%2026-10-16 (23d) — 30Δ P — IV 43.59%2026-10-16 (23d) — 25Δ P — IV 43.42%2026-10-16 (23d) — 20Δ P — IV 43.48%2026-10-16 (23d) — 15Δ P — IV 43.75%2026-10-16 (23d) — 10Δ P — IV 44.29%2026-10-16 (23d) — 5Δ P — IV 46.09%23d2026-11-20 (58d) — 25Δ C — IV 46.37%2026-11-20 (58d) — 30Δ C — IV 46.60%2026-11-20 (58d) — 35Δ C — IV 47.22%2026-11-20 (58d) — 40Δ C — IV 47.76%2026-11-20 (58d) — 45Δ C — IV 48.28%2026-11-20 (58d) — ATM — IV 48.72%2026-11-20 (58d) — 45Δ P — IV 48.19%2026-11-20 (58d) — 40Δ P — IV 47.61%2026-11-20 (58d) — 35Δ P — IV 47.98%2026-11-20 (58d) — 30Δ P — IV 48.30%2026-11-20 (58d) — 25Δ P — IV 48.46%2026-11-20 (58d) — 20Δ P — IV 49.17%2026-11-20 (58d) — 15Δ P — IV 49.15%58d2026-12-18 (86d) — 10Δ C — IV 46.31%2026-12-18 (86d) — 15Δ C — IV 46.13%2026-12-18 (86d) — 20Δ C — IV 45.52%2026-12-18 (86d) — 25Δ C — IV 45.02%2026-12-18 (86d) — 30Δ C — IV 45.00%2026-12-18 (86d) — 35Δ C — IV 45.77%2026-12-18 (86d) — 40Δ C — IV 45.96%2026-12-18 (86d) — 45Δ C — IV 45.25%2026-12-18 (86d) — ATM — IV 45.55%2026-12-18 (86d) — 45Δ P — IV 45.96%2026-12-18 (86d) — 40Δ P — IV 46.32%2026-12-18 (86d) — 35Δ P — IV 46.42%2026-12-18 (86d) — 30Δ P — IV 46.77%2026-12-18 (86d) — 25Δ P — IV 47.15%2026-12-18 (86d) — 20Δ P — IV 47.19%2026-12-18 (86d) — 15Δ P — IV 46.21%2026-12-18 (86d) — 10Δ P — IV 48.83%86d10Δ 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
Delta23d58d86d
10Δ call43.52%—46.31%
15Δ call43.34%—46.13%
20Δ call43.54%—45.52%
25Δ call43.42%46.37%45.02%
30Δ call43.22%46.60%45.00%
35Δ call43.26%47.22%45.77%
40Δ call43.56%47.76%45.96%
45Δ call43.81%48.28%45.25%
ATM43.83%48.72%45.55%
45Δ put43.83%48.19%45.96%
40Δ put43.83%47.61%46.32%
35Δ put43.78%47.98%46.42%
30Δ put43.59%48.30%46.77%
25Δ put43.42%48.46%47.15%
20Δ put43.48%49.17%47.19%
15Δ put43.75%49.15%46.21%
10Δ put44.29%—48.83%
5Δ put46.09%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-10-1623$236.3443.83%43.42%43.42%+0.00-0.4110
2026-11-2058$236.4448.72%48.46%46.37%+2.09-1.3011
2026-12-1886$236.5245.55%47.15%45.02%+2.14+0.5419
2027-01-15114$237.3744.22%46.20%44.91%+1.30+1.3421
2027-03-19177$239.1345.32%47.11%45.90%+1.22+1.1831
2027-04-16205$238.4146.28%47.16%45.98%+1.18+0.2818
2027-06-17267$239.7446.60%46.91%46.33%+0.58+0.0234

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

42%44%46%48%50%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 43.83%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 48.72%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 45.55%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 44.22%2027-03-19 — 177 days — at-the-money IV 45.32%2027-04-16 — 205 days — at-the-money IV 46.28%2027-06-17 — 267 days — at-the-money IV 46.60%306090180days 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
2026-10-1623 days$236.3443.83%$237.7810
2026-11-2058 days$236.4448.72%$240.9411
2026-12-1886 days$236.5245.55%$242.3719
2027-01-15114 days$237.3744.22%$244.7221
2027-03-19177 days$239.1345.32%$251.3431
2027-04-16205 days$238.4146.28%$253.1918
2027-06-17267 days$239.7446.60%$259.5634

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
45.78%
60 days
48.40%
90 days
45.31%
180 days
45.44%

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 Sep14 Nov31 Jan23 Apr23 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

2026-10-26Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 3 reports

Landed inside the implied band
2 of 3
67% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
8.5%
Mean move that happened
6.6%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-07-28After the close———
2026-04-28After the close———
2026-02-03Before the open———
2025-10-28Before the open———
2025-07-22Before the open———
2025-04-28After the close7.8%+13.4%1.71×
2025-02-04Before the open8.2%-1.1%0.14×
2024-11-05Before the open9.4%-5.2%0.55×
2024-07-23Before the open———
2024-04-30Before the open———
2024-02-06Before the open———
2023-11-07Before 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.