Options Skew Analytics

USB options analytics

USB · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

USB options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 24.9%, a move of about ±7.1% over the next month. That is higher than 43% of the 244 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 3.41 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Its next earnings report is 2027-01-14 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 5 reports the options market priced an average move of ±4.0% and USB moved 3.2% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 5.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
24.88%

Prices a move of about ±7.1% over 30 days, or ±1.6% on a typical day.

Higher than 43% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+3.41

Puts carry 3.41 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 47% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.80

The wings carry 0.80 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.991

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

Higher than 45% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 244 prior sessions (one-year window)

24.9% — 43th percentile
19.0%58.4%
IV percentile, 1 year
43%
IV rank, 1 year
15%
IV percentile, 2 years
41%
IV rank, 2 years
15%

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
$60.95
30-day implied forward
$61.41
60-day ATM IV
24.18%
90-day ATM IV
24.67%
180-day ATM IV
25.62%
Expirations used
10
Total open interest
141,469
Put / call open interest
0.47

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 315 sessions

0%20%40%60%80%6 Sep31 Dec28 Apr21 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0924.88%+3.410.991$60.95
2026-11-0626.31%+3.320.980$59.45
2026-11-0527.51%+3.820.951$59.75
2026-11-0423.65%+3.911.015$61.03
2026-11-0324.77%+2.530.998$59.89
2026-11-0224.26%+2.740.996$60.49
2026-10-3025.36%+2.800.943$59.45
2026-10-2922.24%+2.471.019$60.64
2026-10-2822.21%+3.471.028$59.60
2026-10-2722.90%+3.121.027$59.74
2026-10-2622.90%+3.731.020$59.70
2026-10-2323.54%+2.531.010$59.58
2026-10-2223.35%+2.161.000$60.02
2026-10-2122.50%+2.871.034$59.05
2026-10-2023.33%+2.791.001$59.09
2026-10-1923.50%+2.670.986$57.85
2026-10-1624.34%+2.430.953$58.73
2026-10-1524.24%+3.280.989$57.39
2026-10-1427.74%+3.620.939$56.26
2026-10-1327.13%+3.330.932$56.89
2026-10-0927.19%+2.260.929$57.08
2026-10-0827.71%+3.440.937$57.03
2026-10-0727.37%+2.010.925$56.17
2026-10-0627.42%+2.520.920$57.29
2026-10-0527.29%+2.640.937$57.27
2026-10-0228.01%+3.310.928$57.51
2026-10-0126.89%+2.640.955$57.36
2026-09-3028.18%+2.210.912$57.76
2026-09-2927.73%+1.780.949$58.14
2026-09-2828.34%+0.890.878$58.78
2026-09-2526.39%+2.870.947$59.33
2026-09-2427.46%+3.440.916$58.40
2026-09-2327.71%+1.140.911$58.48
2026-09-2227.57%+2.610.926$59.44
2026-09-2126.44%+2.600.913$60.44
2026-09-1825.42%+3.520.964$60.06
2026-09-1725.77%+3.020.967$60.25
2026-09-1627.49%+1.360.932$59.73
2026-09-1526.33%+3.500.933$62.22
2026-09-1424.40%+3.050.995$62.68
2026-09-1123.08%+2.501.025$62.84
2026-09-10———$62.41
2026-09-0924.70%+1.950.988$62.11
2026-09-0824.57%+2.590.998$62.49
2026-09-0422.78%+1.761.020$63.37
2026-09-0324.09%+1.210.971$63.53
2026-09-0222.59%+1.611.042$62.77
2026-09-0123.63%+1.651.018$61.21
2026-08-3123.38%+2.231.017$61.58
2026-08-2822.40%+1.661.076$62.47
2026-08-2723.01%+2.151.061$62.40
2025-09-2925.93%+6.050.948$48.99
2025-09-2626.21%+4.630.928$49.44
2025-09-2527.26%+4.040.910$49.03
2025-09-2426.67%+4.230.929$49.18
2025-09-2327.03%+4.000.923$49.35
2025-09-2227.06%+3.220.910$49.49
2025-09-1924.58%+6.200.977$50.41
2025-09-1827.02%+3.050.905$50.21
2025-09-1726.47%+2.030.929$49.61
2025-09-1625.94%+3.910.940$48.39
2025-09-1525.51%+4.600.927$49.29
2025-09-1223.85%+3.740.996$49.13
2025-09-1123.48%+5.531.033$49.32
2025-09-1022.90%+3.981.064$49.20
2025-09-0923.58%+4.101.030$49.37
2025-09-0823.28%+4.301.049$48.65
2025-09-0522.34%+3.491.086$48.80
2025-09-0422.89%+4.411.052$49.17
2025-09-0323.55%+4.971.035$48.54
2025-09-0222.89%+4.171.050$48.52
2025-08-2921.94%+3.691.076$48.83
2025-08-2820.30%+2.651.171$48.67
2025-08-2721.63%+2.981.099$48.76
2025-08-2621.67%+2.661.067$48.57
2025-08-2520.73%+3.091.137$48.16
2025-08-2219.91%+3.671.144$48.28
2025-08-2122.71%+4.041.024$46.17
2025-08-2022.08%+6.551.093$46.41
2025-08-1922.07%+3.641.088$46.21
2025-08-1821.85%+2.741.079$46.11
2025-08-1521.03%+1.421.141$45.93
2025-08-1421.28%+2.521.073$46.83
2025-08-1322.01%+3.911.048$46.61
2025-08-1220.45%+1.981.159$45.77
2025-08-1122.09%+2.891.135$44.56
2025-08-0825.22%+4.400.926$44.86
2025-08-0725.97%+4.010.971$44.09
2025-08-0623.44%+3.941.064$44.44
2025-08-0525.07%+3.531.032$44.56
2025-08-0424.20%+4.491.007$44.42
2025-08-0124.85%+3.681.053$43.94
2025-07-3122.02%+3.081.080$44.96
2025-07-3022.13%+4.831.056$45.88
2025-07-2921.66%+3.351.052$46.09
2025-07-2821.46%+3.201.100$46.09
2025-07-2520.53%+4.151.101$46.32
2025-07-2420.56%+2.621.128$46.06
2025-07-2321.09%+3.211.096$46.29
2025-07-2221.82%+3.761.093$46.16
2025-07-2122.03%+3.111.132$45.78
2025-07-1821.17%+2.831.082$45.69
2025-07-1721.70%+2.251.057$45.21
2025-07-1625.86%+3.080.957$45.68
2025-07-1525.97%+2.820.936$45.69
2025-07-1427.05%+2.881.126$47.06
2025-07-1127.43%+3.790.920$47.14
2025-07-1026.06%+3.560.920$47.57
2025-07-0926.65%+2.600.945$47.30
2025-07-0827.00%+3.440.943$47.66
2025-07-0727.68%+4.130.910$47.78
2025-07-0326.11%+3.090.947$47.93
2025-07-0227.48%+3.150.929$47.49
2025-07-0127.56%+4.920.921$46.49
2025-06-3026.31%+4.100.931$45.25
2025-06-2726.18%+3.550.961$45.76
2025-06-2626.06%+2.740.913$45.62
2025-06-2526.05%+3.320.971$44.82
2025-06-2424.77%+3.950.994$44.54
2025-06-2326.57%+4.190.987$44.09

The chart covers every session in the archive, 315 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 315 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.06 Sep31 Dec28 Apr21 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

11d (2026-11-20) · 18d (2026-11-27) · 25d (2026-12-04)

22%24%26%28%30%32%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 24.99%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 25.41%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 25.23%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 24.80%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 24.97%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 25.10%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 24.91%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 25.05%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 25.37%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 25.73%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 26.15%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 26.66%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 27.16%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 27.63%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 28.36%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 29.94%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ C — IV 23.50%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ C — IV 23.05%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 23.34%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 23.83%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 23.94%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 23.98%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 24.02%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 24.08%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 24.17%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 24.45%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 24.97%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 25.67%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 26.59%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 27.28%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 28.30%18d2026-12-04 (25d) — 20Δ C — IV 24.13%2026-12-04 (25d) — 25Δ C — IV 24.08%2026-12-04 (25d) — 30Δ C — IV 23.93%2026-12-04 (25d) — 35Δ C — IV 23.82%2026-12-04 (25d) — 40Δ C — IV 24.02%2026-12-04 (25d) — 45Δ C — IV 24.16%2026-12-04 (25d) — ATM — IV 24.08%2026-12-04 (25d) — 45Δ P — IV 24.02%2026-12-04 (25d) — 40Δ P — IV 24.59%2026-12-04 (25d) — 35Δ P — IV 25.24%2026-12-04 (25d) — 30Δ P — IV 25.42%2026-12-04 (25d) — 25Δ P — IV 25.81%2026-12-04 (25d) — 20Δ P — IV 27.01%25d10Δ 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
Delta11d18d25d
10Δ call24.99%——
15Δ call25.41%23.50%—
20Δ call25.23%23.05%24.13%
25Δ call24.80%23.34%24.08%
30Δ call24.97%23.83%23.93%
35Δ call25.10%23.94%23.82%
40Δ call24.91%23.98%24.02%
45Δ call25.05%24.02%24.16%
ATM25.37%24.08%24.08%
45Δ put25.73%24.17%24.02%
40Δ put26.15%24.45%24.59%
35Δ put26.66%24.97%25.24%
30Δ put27.16%25.67%25.42%
25Δ put27.63%26.59%25.81%
20Δ put28.36%27.28%27.01%
15Δ put29.94%28.30%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-2011$61.2725.37%27.63%24.80%+2.83+0.8510
2026-11-2718$61.3224.08%26.59%23.34%+3.24+0.899
2026-12-0425$61.3324.08%25.81%24.08%+1.73+0.879
2026-12-1132$61.4425.13%27.85%23.94%+3.91+0.7710
2026-12-1839$61.4424.50%27.13%23.39%+3.75+0.766
2027-01-1567$61.2824.12%26.32%22.50%+3.82+0.299
2027-02-19102$61.3824.85%27.30%23.97%+3.33+0.7811
2027-03-19130$61.5925.34%26.58%24.18%+2.40+0.0313
2027-06-17220$61.7025.76%28.14%23.94%+4.19+0.2816
2027-09-17312$61.8326.33%28.39%24.80%+3.60+0.2716

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

23%24%25%26%27%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 25.37%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 24.08%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 24.08%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 25.13%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 24.50%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 24.12%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 24.85%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 25.34%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 25.76%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 26.33%306090180days 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
2026-11-2011 days$61.2725.37%$61.3210
2026-11-2718 days$61.3224.08%$61.409
2026-12-0425 days$61.3324.08%$61.459
2026-12-1132 days$61.4425.13%$61.6110
2026-12-1839 days$61.4424.50%$61.646
2027-01-1567 days$61.2824.12%$61.619
2027-02-19102 days$61.3824.85%$61.9111
2027-03-19130 days$61.5925.34%$62.3013
2027-06-17220 days$61.7025.76%$62.9516
2027-09-17312 days$61.8326.33%$63.6816

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
24.88%
60 days
24.18%
90 days
24.67%
180 days
25.62%

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 315 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.406 Sep31 Dec28 Apr21 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

2027-01-14Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 5 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 5
60% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
4.0%
Mean move that happened
3.2%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-10-15Before the open1.6%+2.3%1.47×
2026-07-16Before the open———
2026-04-16Before the open———
2026-01-20Before the open———
2025-10-16Before the open———
2025-07-17Before the open3.9%-1.0%0.27×
2025-04-16Before the open5.0%-2.1%0.42×
2025-01-16Before the open4.9%-5.6%1.16×
2024-10-16Before the open4.9%+4.7%0.97×
2024-07-17Before the open———
2024-04-17Before the open———
2024-01-17Before the open———
2023-10-18Time not stated———

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.