Options Skew Analytics

UPST options analytics

UPST · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

UPST options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 63.5%, a move of about ±18.2% over the next month. That is higher than 12% of the 249 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 5.03 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 6% above 30-day.

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

Across its last 5 reports the options market priced an average move of ±22.9% and UPST moved 40.8% on average, staying inside the priced band 1 times out of 5.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
63.50%

Prices a move of about ±18.2% over 30 days, or ±4.0% on a typical day.

Higher than 12% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+5.03

Puts carry 5.03 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 81% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.04

The wings carry 1.04 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.062

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

Higher than 45% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 249 prior sessions (one-year window)

63.5% — 12th percentile
56.1%139.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
12%
IV rank, 1 year
9%
IV percentile, 2 years
10%
IV rank, 2 years
9%

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
$22.25
30-day implied forward
$22.50
60-day ATM IV
62.10%
90-day ATM IV
67.45%
180-day ATM IV
69.22%
Expirations used
10
Total open interest
159,938
Put / call open interest
0.85

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%160%5 Sep31 Dec25 Apr18 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0963.50%+5.031.062$22.25
2026-11-0665.31%+4.811.067$21.89
2026-11-0568.37%+1.761.004$22.14
2026-11-0462.92%+1.531.023$23.38
2026-11-0365.32%+0.111.028$21.37
2026-11-0281.64%+2.560.874$21.31
2026-10-3079.97%+2.340.858$23.02
2026-10-2973.73%+0.290.888$24.84
2026-10-2880.19%+1.380.883$24.14
2026-10-2775.28%-0.820.896$23.71
2026-10-2680.14%-6.100.891$23.00
2026-10-2377.38%+1.820.876$23.78
2026-10-2277.42%+2.640.871$23.85
2026-10-2175.41%-2.630.884$23.66
2026-10-2075.97%-0.290.883$23.65
2026-10-1977.05%+4.070.882$23.25
2026-10-1678.86%-0.410.857$23.56
2026-10-1577.86%-3.370.859$24.75
2026-10-1478.13%-0.660.847$22.74
2026-10-1376.92%+1.370.830$23.83
2026-10-0976.78%+1.740.862$24.10
2026-10-0878.70%-4.010.882$24.19
2026-10-0776.02%+0.910.871$24.02
2026-10-0672.68%-3.180.908$23.86
2026-10-0569.68%+0.460.963$24.35
2026-10-0256.08%+0.901.195$22.81
2026-10-0162.83%+6.071.122$22.95
2026-09-3060.38%+0.031.157$22.99
2026-09-2960.21%-0.351.176$23.14
2026-09-2859.34%-0.771.172$23.03
2026-09-2557.97%+1.021.181$23.81
2026-09-2458.73%+0.711.189$24.64
2026-09-2359.04%-1.771.153$24.45
2026-09-2258.08%+2.101.168$25.97
2026-09-2157.66%+1.281.162$25.58
2026-09-1857.05%+0.931.221$25.00
2026-09-1759.14%-1.461.175$24.77
2026-09-1660.16%-0.821.202$24.85
2026-09-1560.17%-1.921.183$25.28
2026-09-1462.78%-0.681.125$26.10
2026-09-1169.22%+0.581.032$25.59
2026-09-10———$25.10
2026-09-09———$25.89
2026-09-0869.79%-0.941.035$26.98
2026-09-0462.75%-4.201.061$28.05
2026-09-0360.12%+0.931.142$28.52
2026-09-0264.34%-0.141.032$28.17
2026-09-0165.13%-4.091.060$27.39
2026-08-3160.66%-3.411.124$28.68
2026-08-2865.47%+1.281.064$29.08
2026-08-27———$30.46
2026-08-2660.30%-1.101.128$30.47
2025-09-2975.85%-0.191.081$52.74
2025-09-2669.97%-4.831.131$57.35
2025-09-2572.02%-0.761.120$56.93
2025-09-2471.58%-4.911.126$60.61
2025-09-2370.65%+0.621.150$62.38
2025-09-2269.30%-5.341.171$64.90
2025-09-1968.29%-4.911.158$67.89
2025-09-1867.39%-3.311.169$68.05
2025-09-1769.45%-3.521.135$68.12
2025-09-1670.70%-4.051.114$67.17
2025-09-1569.98%-4.151.113$66.98
2025-09-1264.64%-3.831.167$63.08
2025-09-1165.20%+0.041.153$62.19
2025-09-1070.32%-4.121.111$62.42
2025-09-0967.85%+2.471.108$68.92
2025-09-0863.96%+0.431.170$68.22
2025-09-0565.27%-0.401.138$66.90
2025-09-0464.69%+3.241.148$65.87
2025-09-0365.53%+3.731.130$64.46
2025-09-0267.19%+0.331.118$69.17
2025-08-2965.19%+2.581.141$73.28
2025-08-2865.87%+0.251.108$73.76
2025-08-2765.75%+2.001.104$69.60
2025-08-2666.78%+3.191.079$68.89
2025-08-2562.24%-2.301.173$69.15
2025-08-2262.56%+1.871.113$68.85
2025-08-2164.24%+6.461.078$63.52
2025-08-2061.82%+3.891.111$63.88
2025-08-1961.02%+3.331.105$61.59
2025-08-1859.17%+3.261.132$65.30
2025-08-1559.71%+3.761.141$64.09
2025-08-1463.26%+1.671.084$63.83
2025-08-1358.13%-0.151.180$66.83
2025-08-1263.04%-0.101.098$63.41
2025-08-1167.76%-1.841.056$63.46
2025-08-0863.64%-0.201.100$68.76
2025-08-0770.75%-2.651.013$69.53
2025-08-0675.78%-1.370.951$67.14
2025-08-05100.18%-5.50—$82.62
2025-08-04109.43%-0.32—$82.83
2025-08-01106.09%+3.03—$79.22
2025-07-31107.09%+3.71—$81.74
2025-07-30114.58%-2.89—$83.33
2025-07-29105.65%-7.270.791$80.43
2025-07-28100.27%-1.69—$82.30
2025-07-2598.46%-3.72—$83.53
2025-07-24105.60%-3.24—$82.70
2025-07-23107.84%-4.28—$84.13
2025-07-22104.05%+2.95—$79.99
2025-07-21104.19%+0.790.771$76.68
2025-07-18105.09%-0.760.786$78.36
2025-07-17105.14%-0.860.798$77.58
2025-07-16107.03%-0.060.786$76.96
2025-07-15107.71%-1.520.780$74.13
2025-07-14107.65%-2.390.782$74.99
2025-07-11114.57%-5.260.732$75.62
2025-07-1079.93%-3.771.055$79.03
2025-07-0990.68%-3.160.934$78.42
2025-07-0890.39%-3.810.950$76.07
2025-07-0795.96%-5.190.885$76.35
2025-07-0373.88%-4.541.118$73.82
2025-07-0268.18%-0.121.217$73.39
2025-07-0169.16%+0.521.177$68.14
2025-06-3070.20%-3.691.150$64.68
2025-06-2766.94%+1.411.222$63.43
2025-06-2665.16%-0.611.242$63.35
2025-06-2567.53%-6.271.215$62.44
2025-06-2469.76%+3.041.185$64.85

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

-20.00.020.040.05 Sep31 Dec25 Apr18 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)

50%60%70%80%90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 69.66%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 71.00%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 69.98%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 69.50%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 69.46%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 70.29%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 72.53%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 73.35%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 73.48%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 73.52%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 73.53%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 73.54%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 73.91%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 74.90%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 76.03%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 77.04%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 77.20%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 79.32%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 82.30%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ C — IV 69.47%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 66.56%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 65.36%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 65.02%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 65.92%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 65.50%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 68.37%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 69.05%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 68.91%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 67.05%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 67.28%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 68.31%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 70.37%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 69.98%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 69.93%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 70.51%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 71.07%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 71.75%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 76.42%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ C — IV 63.06%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 63.57%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 63.72%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 63.67%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 61.40%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 63.31%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 63.88%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 63.75%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 63.55%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 64.82%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 66.91%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 67.33%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 67.03%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 66.65%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 call69.66%69.47%—
10Δ call71.00%66.56%—
15Δ call69.98%65.36%—
20Δ call69.50%65.02%63.06%
25Δ call69.46%65.92%63.57%
30Δ call70.29%65.50%63.72%
35Δ call72.53%68.37%63.67%
40Δ call73.35%69.05%61.40%
45Δ call73.48%68.91%63.31%
ATM73.52%67.05%63.88%
45Δ put73.53%67.28%63.75%
40Δ put73.54%68.31%63.55%
35Δ put73.91%70.37%64.82%
30Δ put74.90%69.98%66.91%
25Δ put76.03%69.93%67.33%
20Δ put77.04%70.51%67.03%
15Δ put77.20%71.07%66.65%
10Δ put79.32%71.75%—
5Δ put82.30%76.42%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$22.4073.52%76.03%69.46%+6.57-0.7816
2026-11-2011$22.4167.05%69.93%65.92%+4.01+0.8822
2026-11-2718$22.4663.88%67.33%63.57%+3.76+1.5712
2026-12-0425$22.4864.27%67.30%62.36%+4.95+0.5618
2026-12-1132$22.5163.26%66.97%61.91%+5.05+1.1915
2027-01-1567$22.5661.96%63.84%62.59%+1.25+1.2615
2027-02-19102$22.6269.24%68.96%69.81%-0.85+0.1515
2027-03-19130$22.7568.22%69.93%67.85%+2.09+0.6712
2027-04-16158$22.8367.56%67.63%69.28%-1.65+0.9012
2027-05-21193$22.8870.02%71.73%71.57%+0.17+1.6316

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

10 listed expirations produced a usable reading

60%65%70%75%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 73.52%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 67.05%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 63.88%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 64.27%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 63.26%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 61.96%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 69.24%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 68.22%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 67.56%2027-05-21 — 193 days — at-the-money IV 70.02%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$22.4073.52%$22.4716
2026-11-2011 days$22.4167.05%$22.5622
2026-11-2718 days$22.4663.88%$22.6912
2026-12-0425 days$22.4864.27%$22.8018
2026-12-1132 days$22.5163.26%$22.9015
2027-01-1567 days$22.5661.96%$23.3615
2027-02-19102 days$22.6269.24%$24.1915
2027-03-19130 days$22.7568.22%$24.7212
2027-04-16158 days$22.8367.56%$25.2012
2027-05-21193 days$22.8870.02%$26.0516

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
63.50%
60 days
62.10%
90 days
67.45%
180 days
69.22%

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 Sep11 Feb19 May5 Sep9 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

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

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 5 reports

Landed inside the implied band
1 of 5
20% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
22.9%
Mean move that happened
40.8%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-11-03Before the open17.0%+0.3%0.02×
2026-08-04After the close———
2026-05-05After the close———
2026-02-10After the close———
2025-11-04After the close———
2025-08-05After the close22.9%-63.1%2.76×
2025-05-06After the close25.0%-40.7%1.63×
2025-02-11After the close27.2%-54.8%2.01×
2024-11-07After the close22.5%-45.1%2.00×
2024-08-06After the close———
2024-05-07After the close———
2024-02-13After the close———
2023-11-07After the close———

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.