Options Skew Analytics

U options analytics

U · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

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U options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 49.0%, a move of about ±14.1% over the next month. That is higher than 0% of the 249 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 3.35 volatility points more than the calls, which is further than on all but 9% of the past year.

Its next earnings report is 2027-02-04 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 6 reports the options market priced an average move of ±17.5% and U moved 28.2% on average, staying inside the priced band 4 times out of 6.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
49.01%

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

Lower than almost every reading of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+3.35

Puts carry 3.35 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 91% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.14

The wings carry 0.14 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.000

90-day and 30-day options carry about the same volatility.

Higher than 53% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 249 prior sessions (one-year window)

49.0% — 0th percentile
48.9%111.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
0%
IV rank, 1 year
0%
IV percentile, 2 years
0%
IV rank, 2 years
0%

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
$51.43
30-day implied forward
$51.99
60-day ATM IV
47.38%
90-day ATM IV
49.00%
180-day ATM IV
—
Expirations used
5
Total open interest
329,520
Put / call open interest
0.22

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

40%60%80%100%120%140%5 Sep30 Dec28 Apr19 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0949.01%+3.351.000$51.43
2026-11-06———$51.49
2026-11-0565.45%+0.790.946$48.80
2026-11-0482.26%-2.580.762$42.46
2026-11-0380.79%+0.230.809$40.48
2026-11-0277.95%+2.480.845$38.87
2026-10-3080.99%-0.090.778$37.70
2026-10-2973.50%-0.110.846$39.27
2026-10-2875.51%+2.110.822$39.50
2026-10-2774.67%-1.630.850$40.10
2026-10-2674.81%+1.130.838$40.33
2026-10-2374.01%+1.870.839$40.79
2026-10-2275.26%+1.950.805$40.27
2026-10-2172.91%+0.940.833$41.21
2026-10-2070.33%+0.440.856$40.16
2026-10-1972.05%+0.720.849$40.58
2026-10-1679.41%+1.180.792$40.40
2026-10-1573.65%+0.000.833$43.34
2026-10-1477.05%+1.470.765$41.40
2026-10-1374.49%+2.270.807$46.63
2026-10-0964.41%-1.200.922$46.88
2026-10-0864.04%-1.070.930$45.89
2026-10-0766.33%-0.630.929$45.44
2026-10-0665.22%-1.410.942$44.95
2026-10-0569.34%-2.600.874$45.68
2026-10-0259.27%+0.671.026$43.61
2026-10-0161.39%-2.131.027$43.61
2026-09-3057.55%-0.431.075$40.93
2026-09-2969.21%-1.460.900$39.72
2026-09-2857.16%+0.221.076$39.86
2026-09-2561.13%+0.491.010$41.55
2026-09-2461.94%-0.761.015$41.42
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
2025-09-2966.56%-5.061.081$42.94
2025-09-2671.22%-8.531.020$42.76
2025-09-2568.32%-7.831.059$42.11
2025-09-2470.82%-11.32—$44.45
2025-09-2362.57%-0.96—$44.52
2025-09-2272.64%-6.83—$45.91
2025-09-1969.25%-7.281.043$46.05
2025-09-1872.16%-8.611.035$45.45
2025-09-1772.66%-8.571.018$45.57
2025-09-1673.29%-9.041.018$45.92
2025-09-1574.36%-7.571.014$46.53
2025-09-1268.99%-5.571.054$43.55
2025-09-1171.08%-10.751.017$43.40
2025-09-1066.41%-2.821.091$43.10
2025-09-0968.74%-6.711.055$45.50
2025-09-0873.35%-8.031.002$45.50
2025-09-0577.25%-6.730.946$43.82
2025-09-0469.10%-5.151.063$40.18
2025-09-0366.59%-4.661.083$39.10
2025-09-0266.57%-5.461.088$39.41
2025-08-2966.32%-4.641.083$39.41
2025-08-2869.81%-8.621.057$40.17
2025-08-2773.29%-8.411.040$40.34
2025-08-2671.76%-11.181.029$40.07
2025-08-2570.98%-6.191.039$39.83
2025-08-2266.85%-5.961.057$39.16
2025-08-2166.82%-5.551.079$36.28
2025-08-2064.75%-5.451.070$35.84
2025-08-1965.63%-6.251.071$37.23
2025-08-1865.86%-7.131.075$38.34
2025-08-1563.23%-7.131.085$38.01
2025-08-1464.16%-6.101.066$38.42
2025-08-1362.97%-8.001.074$37.94
2025-08-1271.35%-12.070.984$37.29
2025-08-1164.27%-6.801.039$33.19
2025-08-0865.90%-7.491.026$33.25
2025-08-0764.45%-7.691.035$33.57
2025-08-0667.86%-4.630.990$31.92
2025-08-0588.77%-11.950.861$33.94
2025-08-0487.45%-7.980.880$34.01
2025-08-0185.50%-11.940.862$31.83
2025-07-3183.75%-10.310.889$33.36
2025-07-3086.41%-10.420.858$32.97
2025-07-2986.05%-9.250.853$32.54
2025-07-2885.38%-11.700.859$33.49
2025-07-2582.62%-11.950.872$32.77
2025-07-2485.74%-7.460.857$33.34
2025-07-2385.07%-11.290.873$33.41
2025-07-2286.50%-7.950.843$34.23
2025-07-2186.70%-9.160.838$35.92
2025-07-1893.52%-12.790.815$36.75
2025-07-1798.25%-13.600.823$36.52
2025-07-1692.41%-11.350.820$33.94
2025-07-1586.22%-9.350.843$29.69
2025-07-1485.35%-8.740.853$29.22
2025-07-1184.38%-6.510.867$28.93
2025-07-1084.04%-9.630.942$29.16
2025-07-0986.44%-10.290.889$29.35
2025-07-0887.89%-11.580.930$29.40
2025-07-0786.16%-2.500.885$27.86
2025-07-0376.25%-10.660.973$26.13
2025-07-0267.48%-5.931.008$24.28
2025-07-0168.64%-6.101.008$24.01
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

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

-80.0-60.0-40.0-20.00.020.040.05 Sep30 Dec28 Apr19 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%50%60%70%80%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 65.67%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 65.36%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 65.07%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 65.43%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 66.10%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 66.50%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 66.30%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 66.22%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 67.59%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 69.03%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 69.39%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 69.67%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 70.40%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 71.07%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 70.81%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 70.57%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 70.68%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 70.88%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 71.46%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 55.27%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 57.02%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 58.54%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 59.72%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 59.27%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 58.86%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 60.14%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 59.64%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 59.29%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 59.89%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 60.24%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 60.97%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 60.94%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 65.77%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 69.89%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 74.32%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 48.88%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 49.14%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 49.64%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 50.27%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 50.78%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 51.10%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 50.78%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 50.46%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 50.76%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 51.26%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 50.98%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
5Δ call65.67%——
10Δ call65.36%——
15Δ call65.07%——
20Δ call65.43%55.27%—
25Δ call66.10%57.02%48.88%
30Δ call66.50%58.54%49.14%
35Δ call66.30%59.72%49.64%
40Δ call66.22%59.27%50.27%
45Δ call67.59%58.86%50.78%
ATM69.03%60.14%51.10%
45Δ put69.39%59.64%50.78%
40Δ put69.67%59.29%50.46%
35Δ put70.40%59.89%50.76%
30Δ put71.07%60.24%51.26%
25Δ put70.81%60.97%50.98%
20Δ put70.57%60.94%—
15Δ put70.68%65.77%—
10Δ put70.88%69.89%—
5Δ put71.46%74.32%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$51.8769.03%70.81%66.10%+4.71-0.5816
2026-11-2011$51.8460.14%60.97%57.02%+3.95-1.1521
2026-11-2718$51.9051.10%50.98%48.88%+2.10-1.1710
2027-01-1567$52.2447.21%50.17%45.75%+4.43+0.7513
2027-02-19102$52.6749.60%55.53%47.15%+8.38+1.7410

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

5 listed expirations produced a usable reading

40%50%60%70%80%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 69.03%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 60.14%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 51.10%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 47.21%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 49.60%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
2026-11-134 days$51.8769.03%$52.0116
2026-11-2011 days$51.8460.14%$52.1321
2026-11-2718 days$51.9051.10%$52.2410
2027-01-1567 days$52.2447.21%$53.3213
2027-02-19102 days$52.6749.60%$54.5210

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
49.01%
60 days
47.38%
90 days
49.00%
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 317 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.405 Sep2 Jan28 Apr18 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.

Earnings

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

Next report

2027-02-04Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 6 reports

Landed inside the implied band
4 of 6
67% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
17.5%
Mean move that happened
28.2%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-11-05Before the open20.6%+14.9%0.73×
2026-11-04Time not stated20.6%+14.9%0.73×
2026-08-06Before the open———
2026-05-07Before the open———
2026-02-11Before the open———
2025-11-05Before the open———
2025-08-06Before the open17.2%-6.0%0.35×
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.