Options Skew Analytics

U options analytics

U · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

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U options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 59.9%, a move of about ±17.2% over the next month. That is higher than 21% of the 219 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 2.31 volatility points more than the puts, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

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

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-04 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 3 reports the options market priced an average move of ±15.6% and U moved 44.4% on average, staying inside the priced band 1 times out of 3.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
59.91%

Prices a move of about ±17.2% over 30 days, or ±3.8% on a typical day.

Higher than 21% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-2.31

Calls carry 2.31 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 59% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.24

The wings carry 1.24 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.070

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

Higher than 80% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 219 prior sessions (one-year window)

59.9% — 21th percentile
48.9%131.2%
IV percentile, 1 year
21%
IV rank, 1 year
13%
IV percentile, 2 years
21%
IV rank, 2 years
13%

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
$44.10
30-day implied forward
$44.24
60-day ATM IV
69.35%
90-day ATM IV
64.07%
180-day ATM IV
—
Expirations used
8
Total open interest
256,949
Put / call open interest
0.27

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

40%60%80%100%120%140%5 Sep25 Nov18 Feb7 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2359.91%-2.311.070$44.10
2026-09-2252.84%-2.901.119$43.11
2026-09-2155.62%-1.641.062$43.21
2026-09-1850.89%-0.291.168$41.40
2026-09-1752.55%+1.821.154$41.84
2026-09-1656.64%+1.171.104$42.13
2026-09-1555.77%+1.731.135$43.01
2026-09-1455.57%-0.491.150$43.45
2026-09-1152.52%+0.131.172$43.96
2026-09-1055.34%-0.181.129$42.07
2026-09-0952.85%+0.431.179$42.54
2026-09-0855.31%-0.331.106$42.75
2026-09-0458.14%-0.261.030$41.66
2026-09-03———$42.08
2026-09-0250.98%+0.311.187$40.76
2026-09-0152.38%+2.581.147$40.92
2026-08-3151.68%+1.451.158$42.10
2026-08-2850.16%+1.331.205$43.31
2026-08-2750.05%+1.871.197$43.49
2026-08-2648.92%+1.111.236$44.38
2025-06-3069.79%-7.200.980$24.20
2025-06-2761.86%-8.281.069$24.32
2025-06-2656.99%+1.261.167$23.40
2025-06-2560.29%-15.501.112$24.15
2025-06-2455.96%-3.781.179$24.04
2025-06-2359.24%-6.131.103$23.30
2025-06-2057.30%-5.381.117$23.07
2025-06-1860.94%-5.581.098$23.91
2025-06-1761.04%-7.161.078$23.55
2025-06-1664.52%-8.011.049$24.40
2025-06-1366.62%-9.631.020$23.66
2025-06-1265.20%-9.901.056$24.98
2025-06-1170.07%-9.570.973$24.23
2025-06-1075.04%-15.470.946$24.84
2025-06-0967.34%-10.541.064$24.69
2025-06-0674.31%-9.500.957$25.13
2025-06-0570.22%-8.141.015$24.79
2025-06-0475.34%-13.101.029$26.06
2025-06-0374.60%-12.020.990$26.20
2025-06-0281.12%-18.420.962$26.24
2025-05-3082.74%-14.350.951$26.08
2025-05-2970.57%-8.761.004$23.77
2025-05-2879.80%-13.090.938$24.54
2025-05-2761.44%-2.661.072$21.81
2025-05-2369.16%-7.440.972$20.75
2025-05-2268.97%-5.851.000$21.86
2025-05-2160.64%-3.071.051$20.81
2025-05-2061.51%-7.211.022$22.23
2025-05-1964.40%-9.511.004$22.24
2025-05-1668.02%-8.330.964$22.81
2025-05-1556.78%-2.841.069$21.22
2025-05-1456.05%-4.651.078$21.54
2025-05-1354.71%+0.381.084$21.95
2025-05-1255.11%-0.021.082$21.84
2025-05-0956.80%+2.141.099$20.56
2025-05-0863.63%+1.720.985$20.65
2025-05-0763.04%-1.571.040$20.66
2025-05-0685.37%+2.090.818$21.32
2025-05-0581.42%+4.620.862$21.47
2025-05-0287.96%-3.560.826$21.44
2025-05-0182.88%+2.960.842$21.19
2025-04-3080.85%+1.400.915$21.07
2025-04-2980.88%+6.630.865$22.31
2025-04-2882.47%+3.360.852$22.12
2025-04-2576.08%+7.980.887$22.45
2025-04-2479.08%+9.670.874$22.31
2025-04-2381.00%+7.910.862$20.95
2025-04-2280.54%+17.130.898$20.17
2025-04-2189.47%+9.010.859$19.25
2025-04-1779.68%+13.050.901$19.23
2025-04-1683.39%+15.380.873$18.89
2025-04-1581.07%+9.850.884$18.82
2025-04-1486.61%+13.640.855$18.16
2025-04-1189.44%+17.530.836$19.23
2025-04-1093.59%+13.700.823$19.08
2025-04-0981.44%+10.310.842$19.99
2025-04-08102.26%+16.780.826$16.75
2025-04-07100.35%+19.040.831$17.25
2025-04-04———$16.92
2025-04-0375.21%+9.280.944$18.19
2025-04-0260.20%+1.981.024$20.91
2025-04-0162.31%+4.691.034$20.19
2025-03-3164.83%+3.391.021$19.59
2025-03-2860.49%+12.751.081$20.54
2025-03-2758.84%+1.501.053$21.58
2025-03-2661.60%+1.971.013$22.07
2025-03-2556.91%+1.111.070$22.89
2025-03-2458.52%+1.891.001$22.73
2025-03-2158.15%+0.321.109$21.55
2025-03-2058.80%+2.081.101$21.03
2025-03-1963.47%+1.011.048$21.56
2025-03-1867.45%+0.851.024$21.15
2025-03-1766.94%+0.260.996$21.46
2025-03-1470.27%+3.570.983$20.77
2025-03-1373.47%-0.380.966$20.48
2025-03-1276.60%-3.610.945$21.51
2025-03-1174.62%-0.070.922$20.97
2025-03-1086.16%-1.130.895$21.51
2025-03-0771.07%+0.051.023$24.19
2025-03-0673.28%-6.851.041$23.16
2025-03-0574.52%-4.510.949$25.40
2025-03-0471.12%-4.351.003$24.72
2025-03-0367.99%-5.521.049$23.70
2025-02-2871.15%-6.040.976$25.64
2025-02-2770.25%-9.310.985$26.17
2025-02-2670.24%-1.891.014$26.51
2025-02-2567.56%+0.281.011$25.65
2025-02-2466.39%-8.331.018$27.28
2025-02-2171.26%-8.481.022$28.34
2025-02-2072.34%-10.550.952$28.00
2025-02-1987.88%-12.060.838$21.47
2025-02-1895.42%-11.390.850$21.82
2025-02-1485.42%-5.210.854$21.51
2025-02-1387.88%-8.990.853$20.74
2025-02-1277.94%-4.890.905$19.44
2025-02-1173.91%-2.590.942$19.50
2025-02-1077.96%-3.890.897$20.40
2025-02-0777.66%-8.240.940$21.04
2025-02-0683.43%-5.260.895$21.19
2025-02-0587.11%-7.14—$21.11

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

-80.0-60.0-40.0-20.00.020.040.05 Sep25 Nov18 Feb7 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)

40%60%80%100%120%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 110.76%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 92.00%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 90.78%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 90.22%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 86.98%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 85.68%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 85.04%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 83.97%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 82.28%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 80.66%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 79.42%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 78.20%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 77.39%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 77.28%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 77.29%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 77.33%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 77.45%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 77.76%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ P — IV 78.75%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 72.21%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 69.26%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 67.70%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 68.85%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 65.54%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 65.58%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 63.83%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 63.12%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 65.46%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 63.43%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 64.80%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 63.12%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 67.38%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 66.80%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 66.30%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 64.75%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 66.10%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 63.32%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 64.23%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 65.95%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 61.36%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 62.14%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 61.19%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 60.95%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 61.27%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 call110.76%——
10Δ call92.00%——
15Δ call90.78%72.21%—
20Δ call90.22%69.26%—
25Δ call86.98%67.70%66.30%
30Δ call85.68%68.85%64.75%
35Δ call85.04%65.54%66.10%
40Δ call83.97%65.58%63.32%
45Δ call82.28%63.83%64.23%
ATM80.66%63.12%65.95%
45Δ put79.42%65.46%61.36%
40Δ put78.20%63.43%62.14%
35Δ put77.39%64.80%61.19%
30Δ put77.28%63.12%60.95%
25Δ put77.29%67.38%61.27%
20Δ put77.33%66.80%—
15Δ put77.45%——
10Δ put77.76%——
5Δ put78.75%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$44.0480.66%77.29%86.98%-9.69+1.489
2026-10-029$44.1663.12%67.38%67.70%-0.32+4.4118
2026-10-0916$44.0765.95%61.27%66.30%-5.03-2.1713
2026-10-1623$44.2660.06%60.46%62.50%-2.04+1.4324
2026-10-3037$44.2259.81%59.69%62.17%-2.48+1.1215
2026-11-2058$44.5069.87%69.32%70.78%-1.46+0.1820
2027-01-15114$44.7761.72%61.58%62.54%-0.97+0.3420
2027-02-19149$45.2062.00%63.07%63.80%-0.73+1.4323

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

8 listed expirations produced a usable reading

50%60%70%80%90%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 80.66%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 63.12%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 65.95%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 60.06%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 59.81%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 69.87%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 61.72%2027-02-19 — 149 days — at-the-money IV 62.00%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$44.0480.66%$44.119
2026-10-029 days$44.1663.12%$44.3718
2026-10-0916 days$44.0765.95%$44.4913
2026-10-1623 days$44.2660.06%$44.7724
2026-10-3037 days$44.2259.81%$45.0315
2026-11-2058 days$44.5069.87%$46.2620
2027-01-15114 days$44.7761.72%$47.5220
2027-02-19149 days$45.2062.00%$48.8923

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
59.91%
60 days
69.35%
90 days
64.07%
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 222 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.405 Sep22 Nov20 Feb8 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.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2026-11-04Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 3 reports

Landed inside the implied band
1 of 3
33% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
15.6%
Mean move that happened
44.4%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-06Before the open———
2026-05-07Before the open———
2026-02-11Before the open———
2025-11-05Before the open———
2025-08-06Before the open———
2025-05-07Before the open16.0%-3.1%0.19×
2025-02-20Before the open15.9%+30.4%1.92×
2024-11-07After the close14.8%+99.8%6.74×
2024-08-08After the close———
2024-05-09After the close———
2024-02-26After the close———
2023-11-09After the close———
2023-10-10Before 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.