Options Skew Analytics

VNQ option chain

Strikes around the forward, as they were quoted at the close

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

2027-01-15(114 days)ATM 14.91%±7.70
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
092$12.40$13.20—$80.00—————
02$10.10$12.30—$82.00—————
023$9.60$11.30—$83.00—————
02$8.80$10.40—$84.00—————
4071$7.90$8.60—$85.0016.69%$0.70$0.95181315
041$7.00$8.60—$86.0016.25%$0.80$1.154914
0107$6.20$7.80—$87.0016.44%$1.15$1.353270
05$5.40$7.00—$88.00—————
0104$4.70$6.10—$89.0015.10%$1.25$2.003450
0306$3.90$5.00—$90.00—————
0252$3.40$4.80—$91.0014.33%$1.80$2.706560
097$2.90$3.40—$92.0014.52%$2.20$3.302500
047$2.35$3.2015.00%$93.00—$3.10$3.8073430
1024$1.90$2.8515.11%$94.00—————
19530$1.50$2.2014.34%$95.00—$3.70$5.10260
—————$96.00—$4.30$6.70260
—————$97.00—$5.10$6.6060
—————$98.00—$5.90$7.40280
—————$99.00—$6.70$8.20180
23851$0.35$0.5512.70%$100.00—$8.20$9.001,3940
—————$102.00—$9.40$11.5010

Forward $92.41. Not enough surviving quotes on both wings to measure the skew here.

2027-03-19(177 days)ATM 15.43%±9.99skew +3.63
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
01$21.70$24.70—$70.00—————
08$17.20$19.40—$75.00—————
010$12.90$15.00—$80.00—————
04$8.60$10.20—$85.0017.61%$1.30$1.60230
05$7.90$9.20—$86.00—————
030$6.40$7.80—$88.0016.78%$1.95$2.3551,112
—————$89.0016.23%$1.90$2.8580
06$5.00$6.50—$90.0015.57%$2.00$3.20360
—————$91.0015.71%$2.40$3.7040
03$3.80$5.10—$92.0015.89%$3.40$3.702418
05$3.30$4.5015.52%$93.00—$3.30$4.6090
01$2.80$4.0015.31%$94.00—$3.80$5.1090
08$2.35$3.0014.05%$95.00—$4.30$5.60160
04$1.85$2.5513.59%$96.00—$4.90$6.1050
1,12223$1.70$1.8013.04%$97.00—$5.60$6.80122
1140$1.25$1.9513.62%$98.00—$6.10$7.60110
017$1.15$1.7013.98%$99.00—$7.10$8.3022
979$0.80$1.2513.06%$100.00—$7.60$9.1010
—————$102.00—$9.10$11.001030
—————$103.00—$10.00$11.90250
—————$108.00—$14.40$17.40130

Forward $92.95. The 25-delta put carries +3.63 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

How to read this

Calls on the left, puts on the right, the strike between them — the layout every chain uses. Each block is one expiration, and the heading carries its days to expiry, the at-the-money implied volatility, and the one-standard-deviation move that volatility implies over that time.

Only the 21 strikes nearest the forward are stored, which is the part of the board that carries the volume. The shaded side is in the money: below the forward for calls, above it for puts.

Implied volatility is shown on the out-of-the-money side only. An in-the-money option is nearly all intrinsic value quoted on a wide market, so a volatility solved from it would look authoritative and mean very little. The price is still shown, because the price is real; the blank is deliberate.