Options Skew Analytics

RUT options analytics

RUT · Index

Data as of 6 November 2026 (end of day)

RUT options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 22.0%, a move of about ±6.3% over the next month. That is higher than 72% of the 241 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 6.65 volatility points more than the calls, which is further than on all but 7% of the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 4% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
21.96%

Prices a move of about ±6.3% over 30 days, or ±1.4% on a typical day.

Higher than 72% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+6.65

Puts carry 6.65 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 93% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.80

The wings carry 0.80 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.957

90-day volatility is 4% below 30-day.

Higher than 19% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 241 prior sessions (one-year window)

22.0% — 72th percentile
16.0%45.4%
IV percentile, 1 year
72%
IV rank, 1 year
20%
IV percentile, 2 years
66%
IV rank, 2 years
20%

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
$2,754.11
30-day implied forward
$2,763.37
60-day ATM IV
21.22%
90-day ATM IV
21.02%
180-day ATM IV
21.03%
Expirations used
6
Total open interest
467,864
Put / call open interest
1.78

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 330 sessions

10%20%30%40%50%26 Aug26 Dec24 Apr26 Aug6 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0621.96%+6.650.957$2,754.11
2026-11-0524.13%+7.590.910$2,729.89
2026-11-0417.41%+3.851.040$2,856.95
2026-11-0320.74%+5.240.953$2,812.45
2026-11-0220.97%+5.520.952$2,805.88
2026-10-3019.99%+5.500.979$2,811.84
2026-10-2917.65%+3.941.042$2,859.22
2026-10-2817.95%+3.681.038$2,830.51
2026-10-2718.61%+3.781.015$2,818.87
2026-10-2619.31%+4.190.998$2,786.42
2026-10-2320.02%+4.650.986$2,775.90
2026-10-2220.29%+4.260.975$2,784.03
2026-10-2118.54%+3.261.020$2,781.02
2026-10-20———$2,773.42
2026-10-19———$2,728.30
2026-10-16———$2,721.37
2026-10-1517.98%+3.371.021$2,767.27
2026-10-1419.07%+4.211.010$2,729.53
2026-10-1318.24%+3.231.031$2,783.37
2026-10-0917.96%+3.131.055$2,806.98
2026-10-0818.77%+3.401.027$2,794.13
2026-10-0718.69%+3.291.028$2,793.20
2026-10-0618.32%+2.881.035$2,830.30
2026-10-0518.30%+3.171.033$2,847.14
2026-10-0218.04%+3.511.045$2,832.90
2026-10-0119.20%+3.891.005$2,806.63
2026-09-3018.90%+3.701.010$2,796.86
2026-09-2919.09%+3.821.006$2,807.92
2026-09-2818.74%+3.841.014$2,817.91
2026-09-2517.63%+3.331.054$2,837.55
2026-09-2418.29%+3.491.038$2,835.57
2026-09-2317.82%+3.681.044$2,838.66
2026-09-2216.67%+2.551.082$2,889.92
2026-09-2116.77%+3.191.083$2,875.36
2026-09-1816.30%+4.081.115$2,860.40
2026-09-1716.47%+4.291.109$2,874.63
2026-09-1618.60%+5.511.039$2,858.81
2026-09-1518.49%+5.221.034$2,870.29
2026-09-1417.97%+5.071.054$2,892.24
2026-09-1117.51%+4.761.073$2,903.94
2026-09-1019.64%+5.361.006$2,890.95
2026-09-0918.25%+4.381.039$2,921.24
2026-09-0817.13%+4.071.073$2,960.20
2026-09-0416.06%+3.631.109$2,975.65
2026-09-0316.44%+3.531.091$2,968.27
2026-09-0217.08%+4.351.067$2,953.17
2026-09-0118.01%+5.001.035$2,920.13
2026-08-3116.43%+4.031.084$2,956.45
2026-08-2816.06%+3.781.116$2,972.37
2026-08-2716.17%+3.681.114$3,014.34
2026-08-2616.67%+3.891.104$3,005.90
2026-08-2516.92%+3.941.094$3,010.02
2026-08-2417.23%+4.131.077$2,995.08
2026-08-2116.70%+3.811.107$3,017.87
2026-08-2017.35%+4.651.098$2,992.43
2026-08-1915.99%+3.911.147$3,032.94
2026-08-1816.79%+4.551.124$3,017.89
2026-08-1716.28%+3.841.151$3,057.54
2025-09-2920.08%+2.561.038$2,435.25
2025-09-2619.71%+2.461.048$2,434.32
2025-09-2521.10%+2.941.021$2,411.04
2025-09-2421.18%+2.561.018$2,434.98
2025-09-2321.18%+2.531.016$2,457.51
2025-09-2220.63%+2.141.019$2,463.34
2025-09-1919.54%+2.191.047$2,448.77
2025-09-1820.14%+1.971.033$2,467.70
2025-09-1720.57%+2.371.002$2,407.35
2025-09-1621.42%+2.180.979$2,403.03
2025-09-1520.96%+2.420.991$2,405.13
2025-09-1219.90%+2.301.020$2,397.06
2025-09-1120.07%+2.191.012$2,421.53
2025-09-1020.47%+3.030.999$2,378.01
2025-09-0920.47%+3.210.997$2,381.82
2025-09-0820.11%+2.921.003$2,394.89
2025-09-0519.87%+2.901.019$2,391.05
2025-09-0420.91%+2.940.983$2,379.61
2025-09-0321.22%+3.520.974$2,349.97
2025-09-0221.62%+3.630.967$2,352.21
2025-08-2920.23%+2.801.007$2,366.42
2025-08-2820.16%+2.221.006$2,378.41
2025-08-2720.68%+2.340.995$2,373.80
2025-08-2620.37%+2.411.004$2,358.60
2025-08-2520.41%+2.301.007$2,339.17
2025-08-2220.35%+2.031.003$2,361.95
2025-08-2121.79%+3.520.968$2,274.10
2025-08-2021.28%+3.270.987$2,269.35
2025-08-19———$2,276.61
2025-08-18———$2,294.47
2025-08-15———$2,286.52
2025-08-1420.33%+3.211.004$2,299.08
2025-08-1320.45%+2.431.002$2,328.06
2025-08-1220.41%+2.710.995$2,282.78
2025-08-1122.07%+3.910.953$2,216.51
2025-08-0821.14%+3.850.983$2,218.42
2025-08-0721.91%+4.300.970$2,214.72
2025-08-0621.97%+4.490.975$2,221.29
2025-08-0522.43%+4.770.969$2,225.67
2025-08-0422.18%+4.920.971$2,212.30
2025-08-0123.92%+6.160.944$2,166.78
2025-07-3121.90%+5.090.966$2,211.65
2025-07-3020.60%+4.410.988$2,232.40
2025-07-2920.62%+4.080.987$2,242.96
2025-07-2820.12%+3.590.993$2,256.73
2025-07-2520.05%+3.381.004$2,261.07
2025-07-2420.50%+3.480.996$2,252.13
2025-07-2320.73%+3.380.992$2,283.13
2025-07-2221.56%+4.230.975$2,248.76
2025-07-2121.94%+4.410.970$2,231.13
2025-07-1821.65%+3.800.985$2,240.01
2025-07-1721.20%+3.350.986$2,253.68
2025-07-1622.00%+3.810.977$2,226.99
2025-07-1522.42%+3.560.970$2,205.05
2025-07-1421.91%+3.540.976$2,249.73
2025-07-1121.10%+3.381.001$2,234.83
2025-07-1020.37%+2.681.017$2,263.41
2025-07-0920.76%+2.461.006$2,252.49
2025-07-0821.51%+3.010.993$2,228.74
2025-07-0722.01%+3.350.984$2,214.23
2025-07-0320.47%+2.691.014$2,249.04
2025-07-0221.33%+2.520.994$2,226.38

The chart covers every session in the archive, 330 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 330 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.026 Aug26 Dec24 Apr26 Aug6 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

14d (2026-11-20) · 42d (2026-12-18) · 70d (2027-01-15)

10%20%30%40%50%2026-11-20 (14d) — 5Δ C — IV 17.93%2026-11-20 (14d) — 10Δ C — IV 18.50%2026-11-20 (14d) — 15Δ C — IV 19.09%2026-11-20 (14d) — 20Δ C — IV 19.62%2026-11-20 (14d) — 25Δ C — IV 20.14%2026-11-20 (14d) — 30Δ C — IV 20.65%2026-11-20 (14d) — 35Δ C — IV 21.16%2026-11-20 (14d) — 40Δ C — IV 21.65%2026-11-20 (14d) — 45Δ C — IV 22.14%2026-11-20 (14d) — ATM — IV 22.67%2026-11-20 (14d) — 45Δ P — IV 23.21%2026-11-20 (14d) — 40Δ P — IV 23.83%2026-11-20 (14d) — 35Δ P — IV 24.56%2026-11-20 (14d) — 30Δ P — IV 25.39%2026-11-20 (14d) — 25Δ P — IV 26.41%2026-11-20 (14d) — 20Δ P — IV 27.80%2026-11-20 (14d) — 15Δ P — IV 29.69%2026-11-20 (14d) — 10Δ P — IV 32.88%2026-11-20 (14d) — 5Δ P — IV 40.36%14d2026-12-18 (42d) — 5Δ C — IV 17.92%2026-12-18 (42d) — 10Δ C — IV 18.09%2026-12-18 (42d) — 15Δ C — IV 18.39%2026-12-18 (42d) — 20Δ C — IV 18.81%2026-12-18 (42d) — 25Δ C — IV 19.26%2026-12-18 (42d) — 30Δ C — IV 19.70%2026-12-18 (42d) — 35Δ C — IV 20.18%2026-12-18 (42d) — 40Δ C — IV 20.67%2026-12-18 (42d) — 45Δ C — IV 21.21%2026-12-18 (42d) — ATM — IV 21.78%2026-12-18 (42d) — 45Δ P — IV 22.42%2026-12-18 (42d) — 40Δ P — IV 23.12%2026-12-18 (42d) — 35Δ P — IV 23.92%2026-12-18 (42d) — 30Δ P — IV 24.85%2026-12-18 (42d) — 25Δ P — IV 26.01%2026-12-18 (42d) — 20Δ P — IV 27.47%2026-12-18 (42d) — 15Δ P — IV 29.45%2026-12-18 (42d) — 10Δ P — IV 32.59%2026-12-18 (42d) — 5Δ P — IV 39.08%42d2027-01-15 (70d) — 5Δ C — IV 17.59%2027-01-15 (70d) — 10Δ C — IV 17.69%2027-01-15 (70d) — 15Δ C — IV 17.96%2027-01-15 (70d) — 20Δ C — IV 18.31%2027-01-15 (70d) — 25Δ C — IV 18.69%2027-01-15 (70d) — 30Δ C — IV 19.10%2027-01-15 (70d) — 35Δ C — IV 19.53%2027-01-15 (70d) — 40Δ C — IV 19.98%2027-01-15 (70d) — 45Δ C — IV 20.49%2027-01-15 (70d) — ATM — IV 21.03%2027-01-15 (70d) — 45Δ P — IV 21.65%2027-01-15 (70d) — 40Δ P — IV 22.34%2027-01-15 (70d) — 35Δ P — IV 23.13%2027-01-15 (70d) — 30Δ P — IV 24.05%2027-01-15 (70d) — 25Δ P — IV 25.19%2027-01-15 (70d) — 20Δ P — IV 26.65%2027-01-15 (70d) — 15Δ P — IV 28.61%2027-01-15 (70d) — 10Δ P — IV 31.64%2027-01-15 (70d) — 5Δ P — IV 37.93%70d10Δ 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
Delta14d42d70d
5Δ call17.93%17.92%17.59%
10Δ call18.50%18.09%17.69%
15Δ call19.09%18.39%17.96%
20Δ call19.62%18.81%18.31%
25Δ call20.14%19.26%18.69%
30Δ call20.65%19.70%19.10%
35Δ call21.16%20.18%19.53%
40Δ call21.65%20.67%19.98%
45Δ call22.14%21.21%20.49%
ATM22.67%21.78%21.03%
45Δ put23.21%22.42%21.65%
40Δ put23.83%23.12%22.34%
35Δ put24.56%23.92%23.13%
30Δ put25.39%24.85%24.05%
25Δ put26.41%26.01%25.19%
20Δ put27.80%27.47%26.65%
15Δ put29.69%29.45%28.61%
10Δ put32.88%32.59%31.64%
5Δ put40.36%39.08%37.93%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-2014$2,760.4022.67%26.41%20.14%+6.27+0.60144
2026-12-1842$2,765.6021.78%26.01%19.26%+6.75+0.85186
2027-01-1570$2,774.4321.03%25.19%18.69%+6.50+0.92118
2027-03-19133$2,789.1421.01%24.94%18.81%+6.13+0.86129
2027-06-17223$2,812.6721.04%24.70%19.08%+5.62+0.8555
2027-09-17315$2,837.4021.03%24.47%19.24%+5.23+0.8251

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

6 listed expirations produced a usable reading

21%21%22%22%23%23%2026-11-20 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 22.67%2026-12-18 — 42 days — at-the-money IV 21.78%2027-01-15 — 70 days — at-the-money IV 21.03%2027-03-19 — 133 days — at-the-money IV 21.01%2027-06-17 — 223 days — at-the-money IV 21.04%2027-09-17 — 315 days — at-the-money IV 21.03%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
2026-11-2014 days$2,760.4022.67%$2,763.12144
2026-12-1842 days$2,765.6021.78%$2,773.16186
2027-01-1570 days$2,774.4321.03%$2,786.22118
2027-03-19133 days$2,789.1421.01%$2,811.67129
2027-06-17223 days$2,812.6721.04%$2,850.9755
2027-09-17315 days$2,837.4021.03%$2,892.0851

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
21.96%
60 days
21.22%
90 days
21.02%
180 days
21.03%

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 330 sessions

0.700.800.901.001.101.2026 Aug26 Dec24 Apr26 Aug6 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.