Options Skew Analytics

SOXX options analytics

SOXX · ETF

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

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SOXX options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 49.3%, a move of about ±14.1% over the next month. That is higher than 95% of the 206 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 10.59 volatility points more than the calls, which is further than on all but 6% of the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 6% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
49.32%

Prices a move of about ±14.1% over 30 days, or ±3.1% on a typical day.

Higher than 95% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+10.59

Puts carry 10.59 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 94% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.79

The wings carry 1.79 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.939

90-day volatility is 6% below 30-day.

Higher than 24% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 206 prior sessions (one-year window)

49.3% — 95th percentile
25.4%60.9%
IV percentile, 1 year
95%
IV rank, 1 year
67%
IV percentile, 2 years
96%
IV rank, 2 years
67%

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
$146.76
30-day implied forward
$147.74
60-day ATM IV
47.95%
90-day ATM IV
46.33%
180-day ATM IV
44.30%
Expirations used
12
Total open interest
1,673,015
Put / call open interest
2.84

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 317 sessions

20%30%40%50%60%70%5 Sep30 Dec16 Apr7 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0949.32%+10.590.939$146.76
2026-11-0656.55%+10.540.884$136.53
2026-11-0558.21%+12.790.906$131.90
2026-11-0446.64%+2.440.928$450.41
2026-11-0349.95%+5.010.889$465.00
2026-11-0249.80%+5.020.907$453.65
2026-10-3048.28%+8.110.907$471.51
2026-10-2940.09%+5.240.981$513.86
2026-10-2840.98%+5.110.971$521.94
2026-10-2742.78%+4.030.925$511.06
2026-10-2641.93%+5.070.956$491.83
2026-10-2345.20%+5.100.926$478.20
2026-10-2246.79%+4.800.896$475.69
2026-10-2141.57%+4.880.934$510.36
2026-10-2041.21%+5.080.942$500.01
2026-10-1940.68%+4.760.961$501.93
2026-10-1641.92%+5.970.950$493.39
2026-10-1541.16%+7.430.914$514.71
2026-10-1440.10%+5.950.958$519.42
2026-10-1337.63%+4.020.971$543.90
2026-10-0936.67%+3.340.989$559.40
2026-10-0838.13%+3.120.987$563.28
2026-10-0736.01%+5.141.025$582.82
2026-10-0635.82%+2.811.052$589.45
2026-10-0536.79%+1.201.014$589.51
2026-10-0238.69%+1.541.023$588.90
2026-10-0137.69%+5.841.064$576.33
2026-09-3039.88%+2.481.012$568.64
2026-09-2939.96%+1.031.007$567.44
2026-09-2838.19%+3.401.053$560.79
2026-09-2538.50%+4.651.055$572.68
2026-09-2438.19%+3.481.086$566.07
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
2025-09-29———$268.93
2025-09-26———$268.83
2025-09-2530.19%+3.591.012$268.24
2025-09-2429.89%+2.671.025$269.10
2025-09-23———$269.51
2025-09-22———$269.83
2025-09-19———$265.86
2025-09-18———$267.57
2025-09-1727.15%+3.091.077$258.53
2025-09-16———$258.58
2025-09-15———$257.80
2025-09-12———$255.64
2025-09-11———$255.19
2025-09-10———$253.45
2025-09-09———$249.06
2025-09-08———$248.85
2025-09-05———$247.05
2025-09-04———$244.17
2025-09-03———$241.68
2025-09-02———$242.83
2025-08-2926.92%+5.67—$245.32
2025-08-28———$252.55
2025-08-27———$251.34
2025-08-26———$250.85
2025-08-25———$248.51
2025-08-2227.50%+5.421.027$249.09
2025-08-2128.03%+8.141.032$242.36
2025-08-2028.32%+6.541.019$243.74
2025-08-1928.00%+9.400.976$245.15
2025-08-1826.78%+5.271.038$249.05
2025-08-1527.17%+5.061.030$248.32
2025-08-1428.18%+3.150.981$254.14
2025-08-1326.39%+4.081.037$253.88
2025-08-1226.64%+4.581.019$250.16
2025-08-1127.16%+7.101.028$242.41
2025-08-0827.36%+4.931.013$242.87
2025-08-0726.53%+6.391.020$240.84
2025-08-0630.08%+5.270.941$236.93
2025-08-0529.73%+6.541.019$238.73
2025-08-0428.94%+5.850.984$240.40
2025-08-0132.33%+7.280.936$237.24
2025-07-3131.90%+7.970.919$240.03
2025-07-3028.03%+5.281.000$247.95
2025-07-2927.22%+3.991.033$246.19
2025-07-2827.68%+3.420.983$245.75
2025-07-2525.94%+4.411.043$241.54
2025-07-2427.17%+4.331.018$241.56
2025-07-2329.90%+8.820.964$242.06
2025-07-2230.51%+3.650.949$243.54
2025-07-2129.72%+4.010.977$246.95
2025-07-1829.35%+4.461.018$246.73
2025-07-1729.47%+4.210.993$246.53
2025-07-1630.49%+4.560.992$245.59
2025-07-1530.31%+3.410.983$246.26
2025-07-1429.90%+4.270.976$243.83
2025-07-1129.44%+4.070.995$246.17
2025-07-1029.19%+3.751.008$246.55
2025-07-0931.15%+2.810.961$244.12
2025-07-0832.56%+3.590.952$243.34
2025-07-0730.96%+4.460.936$238.78
2025-07-0329.85%+2.860.995$243.34
2025-07-0228.58%+3.791.038$242.14
2025-07-0131.83%+0.260.967$237.62
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

The chart covers every session in the archive, 317 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 317 sessions

-10.00.010.020.030.05 Sep30 Dec16 Apr7 Aug9 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

4d (2026-11-13) · 11d (2026-11-20) · 18d (2026-11-27)

40%60%80%100%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 60.06%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 58.74%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 61.27%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 61.67%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 63.65%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 63.91%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 65.32%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 65.67%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 66.32%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 65.96%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 64.98%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 66.39%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 72.39%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 71.70%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 72.29%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 76.82%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 79.90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 91.20%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 53.79%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 53.12%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 54.56%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 54.44%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 56.80%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 57.84%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 59.50%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 60.24%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 61.46%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 58.96%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 58.72%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 61.12%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 61.92%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 64.07%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 65.76%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 69.80%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 74.48%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 83.36%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ C — IV 47.54%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ C — IV 48.18%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ C — IV 48.76%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 49.20%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 50.30%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 52.88%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 53.92%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 55.41%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 54.59%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 53.27%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 56.52%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 55.87%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 57.92%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 58.33%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 62.12%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 63.52%2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ P — IV 66.06%18d10Δ 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
Delta4d11d18d
10Δ call60.06%53.79%47.54%
15Δ call58.74%53.12%48.18%
20Δ call61.27%54.56%48.76%
25Δ call61.67%54.44%49.20%
30Δ call63.65%56.80%50.30%
35Δ call63.91%57.84%52.88%
40Δ call65.32%59.50%53.92%
45Δ call65.67%60.24%55.41%
ATM66.32%61.46%54.59%
45Δ put65.96%58.96%53.27%
40Δ put64.98%58.72%56.52%
35Δ put66.39%61.12%55.87%
30Δ put72.39%61.92%57.92%
25Δ put71.70%64.07%58.33%
20Δ put72.29%65.76%62.12%
15Δ put76.82%69.80%63.52%
10Δ put79.90%74.48%66.06%
5Δ put91.20%83.36%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$147.3066.32%71.70%61.67%+10.02+0.3655
2026-11-2011$147.2261.46%64.07%54.44%+9.63-2.2138
2026-11-2718$146.9254.59%58.33%49.20%+9.13-0.8256
2026-12-0425$146.9754.39%54.63%47.58%+7.05-3.2869
2026-12-1132$148.0547.63%56.95%45.25%+11.70+3.4761
2026-12-1839$147.2751.06%54.48%47.09%+7.39-0.2860
2027-01-1567$147.7847.33%51.19%43.64%+7.55+0.0970
2027-02-19102$147.3345.99%50.01%41.75%+8.26-0.1160
2027-03-19130$147.8746.34%49.15%42.59%+6.56-0.4882
2027-04-16158$148.2346.30%48.58%40.25%+8.32-1.8853
2027-06-17220$149.9041.55%47.88%41.45%+6.44+3.1280
2027-09-17312$148.0743.71%45.22%40.50%+4.72-0.8579

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

12 listed expirations produced a usable reading

30%40%50%60%70%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 66.32%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 61.46%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 54.59%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 54.39%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 47.63%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 51.06%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 47.33%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 45.99%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 46.34%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 46.30%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 41.55%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 43.71%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
2026-11-134 days$147.3066.32%$147.6655
2026-11-2011 days$147.2261.46%$148.0638
2026-11-2718 days$146.9254.59%$148.0056
2026-12-0425 days$146.9754.39%$148.4769
2026-12-1132 days$148.0547.63%$149.5361
2026-12-1839 days$147.2751.06%$149.3460
2027-01-1567 days$147.7847.33%$150.8470
2027-02-19102 days$147.3345.99%$151.7560
2027-03-19130 days$147.8746.34%$153.6482
2027-04-16158 days$148.2346.30%$155.2753
2027-06-17220 days$149.9041.55%$157.9080
2027-09-17312 days$148.0743.71%$160.6779

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
49.32%
60 days
47.95%
90 days
46.33%
180 days
44.30%

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 317 sessions

0.700.800.901.001.101.205 Sep8 Jan24 Apr12 Aug9 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.