Options Skew Analytics

SOXX options analytics

SOXX · ETF

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

SOXX options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 39.1%, a move of about ±11.2% over the next month. That is higher than 87% of the 189 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 3.36 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
39.08%

Prices a move of about ±11.2% over 30 days, or ±2.5% on a typical day.

Higher than 87% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+3.36

Puts carry 3.36 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 23% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.12

The wings carry 0.12 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.044

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

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 189 prior sessions (one-year window)

39.1% — 87th percentile
25.4%60.9%
IV percentile, 1 year
87%
IV rank, 1 year
38%
IV percentile, 2 years
87%
IV rank, 2 years
38%

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
$565.72
30-day implied forward
$565.05
60-day ATM IV
41.55%
90-day ATM IV
40.80%
180-day ATM IV
40.55%
Expirations used
14
Total open interest
361,018
Put / call open interest
1.49

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 222 sessions

20%30%40%50%60%70%5 Sep20 Nov21 Feb1 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2339.08%+3.361.044$565.72
2026-09-2239.07%+2.521.021$572.78
2026-09-2137.43%+4.621.079$559.34
2026-09-1835.34%+4.061.089$533.07
2026-09-1735.18%+3.391.085$519.10
2026-09-1636.53%+4.101.087$502.06
2026-09-1536.35%+4.261.066$498.85
2026-09-14———$497.40
2026-09-1135.47%+3.351.070$527.07
2026-09-1038.18%+2.031.052$517.43
2026-09-0938.57%+1.551.057$532.00
2026-09-0840.98%+2.411.015$528.40
2026-09-0436.45%+2.981.075$519.86
2026-09-0335.03%+3.421.075$502.20
2026-09-0236.28%+1.401.064$501.44
2026-09-0136.73%+4.261.060$500.31
2026-08-3135.93%+3.671.093$511.04
2026-08-2837.66%+1.891.082$508.62
2026-08-2738.70%+3.071.091$525.43
2026-08-2640.43%+3.401.049$515.40
2025-06-3028.44%+3.901.097$238.70
2025-06-2728.80%+3.701.080$238.86
2025-06-2628.44%+4.181.055$239.07
2025-06-2529.14%+4.211.050$237.21
2025-06-2429.00%+5.531.048$235.10
2025-06-2330.52%+6.96—$226.51
2025-06-2031.54%+7.021.044$225.11
2025-06-1831.39%+6.691.108$226.56
2025-06-17———$225.64
2025-06-16———$227.44
2025-06-13———$220.96
2025-06-12———$226.87
2025-06-11———$226.56
2025-06-10———$227.32
2025-06-0930.45%+4.921.034$222.46
2025-06-0630.17%+5.351.007$217.34
2025-06-0531.96%+6.061.016$215.89
2025-06-0431.37%+3.821.019$216.80
2025-06-0330.30%+6.031.053$213.62
2025-06-0231.22%+5.831.010$208.03
2025-05-3032.44%+6.240.998$204.94
2025-05-2931.87%+6.731.030$209.09
2025-05-2835.19%+6.280.954$208.24
2025-05-2733.52%+5.830.967$209.29
2025-05-2334.45%+6.230.971$202.56
2025-05-2234.12%+5.470.935$205.75
2025-05-2134.94%+2.520.983$207.67
2025-05-20———$211.54
2025-05-19———$211.85
2025-05-16———$213.13
2025-05-15———$213.41
2025-05-14———$214.79
2025-05-1332.07%+3.320.980$213.76
2025-05-12———$207.87
2025-05-0934.96%+5.330.979$193.94
2025-05-0835.46%+4.990.975$191.74
2025-05-0735.28%+3.361.068$190.04
2025-05-0640.66%+2.550.847$186.77
2025-05-0536.22%+6.471.013$188.57
2025-05-0234.54%+9.010.993$190.03
2025-05-0136.51%+7.370.957$183.59
2025-04-3037.18%+4.000.943$183.84
2025-04-2937.70%+6.790.943$182.51
2025-04-2837.96%+8.970.950$184.48
2025-04-2536.74%+8.350.974$184.81
2025-04-2439.11%+8.280.945$183.03
2025-04-2341.65%+8.360.901$173.07
2025-04-2246.95%+9.120.860$166.82
2025-04-2151.03%+11.000.802$163.64
2025-04-1745.04%+11.410.903$166.55
2025-04-1646.59%+8.890.859$167.39
2025-04-1544.17%+10.210.907$174.11
2025-04-1448.58%+12.980.843$173.40
2025-04-1151.48%+14.550.837$172.26
2025-04-1057.27%+15.090.831$168.61
2025-04-09———$183.62
2025-04-0860.10%+21.620.847$154.86
2025-04-0760.91%+20.720.800$161.27
2025-04-0459.36%+16.690.817$157.63
2025-04-0342.87%+7.090.949$170.36
2025-04-0233.97%+3.890.950$189.48
2025-04-0136.29%+5.710.896$188.27
2025-03-3136.72%+4.180.896$188.17
2025-03-2835.79%+5.800.909$188.68
2025-03-2735.27%+3.860.818$194.56
2025-03-2630.82%+4.001.004$198.47
2025-03-2530.29%+5.100.961$204.19
2025-03-2429.81%+4.580.915$205.30
2025-03-2130.60%+5.480.954$199.38
2025-03-2031.77%+5.580.965$201.49
2025-03-1931.59%+6.531.009$203.11
2025-03-1834.88%+6.580.935$201.47
2025-03-1732.41%+3.811.024$204.44
2025-03-1435.77%+5.990.912$201.12
2025-03-1338.96%+8.230.910$195.10
2025-03-1240.92%+6.180.810$196.08
2025-03-1139.33%+13.520.965$192.12
2025-03-1044.03%+8.850.857$194.42
2025-03-0737.83%+7.110.905$203.85
2025-03-0642.79%+8.160.861$198.04
2025-03-0537.21%+9.760.902$206.63
2025-03-0439.94%+9.910.864$202.27
2025-03-0338.27%+12.390.912$201.15
2025-02-2834.70%+7.330.932$208.52
2025-02-2735.46%+7.710.940$205.25
2025-02-2633.50%+9.68—$217.94
2025-02-2532.76%+5.701.051$214.21
2025-02-2432.20%+6.280.943$218.72
2025-02-2128.12%+9.941.085$223.98
2025-02-2027.43%+3.191.015$231.07
2025-02-1928.89%+2.891.051$230.53
2025-02-18———$226.76
2025-02-1427.61%+3.971.085$223.07
2025-02-13———$222.84
2025-02-12———$220.14
2025-02-1130.51%+3.200.953$219.90
2025-02-1029.58%+3.541.084$219.70
2025-02-0730.45%+4.870.986$216.87
2025-02-0628.53%+5.101.057$220.30
2025-02-0532.09%+3.000.985$220.59

The chart covers every session in the archive, 222 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 222 sessions

-10.00.010.020.030.05 Sep20 Nov21 Feb1 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)

30%35%40%45%50%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 35.38%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 35.25%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 35.34%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 35.01%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 35.50%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 35.74%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 35.34%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 35.11%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 35.91%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 37.05%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 37.22%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 36.86%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 38.00%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 39.40%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 41.61%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 5Δ C — IV 36.55%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ C — IV 35.33%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 35.86%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 34.74%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 34.88%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 35.95%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 35.47%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 36.66%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 36.76%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 37.12%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 37.43%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 38.13%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 38.31%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 38.38%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 39.72%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 40.12%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ P — IV 41.72%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ P — IV 43.54%2026-10-02 (9d) — 5Δ P — IV 47.04%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ C — IV 35.13%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ C — IV 34.75%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 35.00%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 35.29%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 35.47%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 35.77%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 36.20%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 37.32%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 37.05%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 38.02%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 37.60%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 38.98%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 38.67%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 39.47%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ P — IV 40.34%2026-10-09 (16d) — 10Δ P — IV 42.02%2026-10-09 (16d) — 5Δ P — IV 45.37%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 call—36.55%—
10Δ call—35.33%—
15Δ call—35.86%35.13%
20Δ call35.38%34.74%34.75%
25Δ call35.25%34.88%35.00%
30Δ call35.34%35.95%35.29%
35Δ call35.01%35.47%35.47%
40Δ call35.50%36.66%35.77%
45Δ call35.74%36.76%36.20%
ATM35.34%37.12%37.32%
45Δ put35.11%37.43%37.05%
40Δ put35.91%38.13%38.02%
35Δ put37.05%38.31%37.60%
30Δ put37.22%38.38%38.98%
25Δ put36.86%39.72%38.67%
20Δ put38.00%40.12%39.47%
15Δ put39.40%41.72%40.34%
10Δ put41.61%43.54%42.02%
5Δ put—47.04%45.37%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$564.6035.34%36.86%35.25%+1.61+0.7113
2026-10-029$565.2037.12%39.72%34.88%+4.84+0.1740
2026-10-0916$565.5537.32%38.67%35.00%+3.66-0.4938
2026-10-1623$565.7038.22%40.64%36.81%+3.83+0.5148
2026-10-2330$565.0539.08%40.64%37.27%+3.36-0.1244
2026-10-3037$566.2639.28%42.56%37.47%+5.09+0.7353
2026-11-2058$567.4741.62%43.15%39.99%+3.16-0.0462
2026-12-1886$569.2940.93%43.48%39.58%+3.90+0.6076
2027-01-15114$571.9340.23%42.52%38.77%+3.75+0.4292
2027-02-19149$572.8540.57%42.45%38.94%+3.51+0.1386
2027-03-19177$574.4440.55%42.63%39.05%+3.58+0.29111
2027-04-16205$576.5740.50%42.72%39.12%+3.61+0.4270
2027-06-17267$580.5240.79%42.93%39.30%+3.63+0.32120
2027-09-17359$586.0440.91%42.90%39.22%+3.68+0.15101

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

14 listed expirations produced a usable reading

34%36%38%40%42%44%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 35.34%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 37.12%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 37.32%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 38.22%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 39.08%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 39.28%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 41.62%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 40.93%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 40.23%2027-02-19 — 149 days — at-the-money IV 40.57%2027-03-19 — 177 days — at-the-money IV 40.55%2027-04-16 — 205 days — at-the-money IV 40.50%2027-06-17 — 267 days — at-the-money IV 40.79%2027-09-17 — 359 days — at-the-money IV 40.91%7306090180days 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$564.6035.34%$564.7913
2026-10-029 days$565.2037.12%$566.1640
2026-10-0916 days$565.5537.32%$567.2838
2026-10-1623 days$565.7038.22%$568.3148
2026-10-2330 days$565.0539.08%$568.6144
2026-10-3037 days$566.2639.28%$570.7053
2026-11-2058 days$567.4741.62%$575.3362
2026-12-1886 days$569.2940.93%$580.6476
2027-01-15114 days$571.9340.23%$586.5692
2027-02-19149 days$572.8540.57%$592.4286
2027-03-19177 days$574.4440.55%$597.81111
2027-04-16205 days$576.5740.50%$603.7470
2027-06-17267 days$580.5240.79%$616.94120
2027-09-17359 days$586.0440.91%$636.32101

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
39.08%
60 days
41.55%
90 days
40.80%
180 days
40.55%

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 222 sessions

0.700.800.901.001.101.205 Sep13 Nov3 Mar5 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.