Options Skew Analytics

VOO options analytics

VOO · ETF

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

VOO options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 12.2%, a move of about ±3.5% over the next month. That is higher than 17% of the 213 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 3.58 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 14% above 30-day.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
12.17%

Prices a move of about ±3.5% over 30 days, or ±0.8% on a typical day.

Higher than 17% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+3.58

Puts carry 3.58 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 16% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.55

The wings carry 0.55 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.138

90-day volatility is 14% above 30-day.

Higher than 85% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 213 prior sessions (one-year window)

12.2% — 17th percentile
9.9%42.6%
IV percentile, 1 year
17%
IV rank, 1 year
7%
IV percentile, 2 years
17%
IV rank, 2 years
7%

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
$707.60
30-day implied forward
$708.10
60-day ATM IV
13.51%
90-day ATM IV
13.84%
180-day ATM IV
15.14%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
54,537
Put / call open interest
0.54

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 220 sessions

0%10%20%30%40%50%6 Sep26 Nov19 Feb9 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2312.17%+3.581.138$707.60
2026-09-2211.56%+2.591.208$712.78
2026-09-2112.35%+2.991.149$712.78
2026-09-1811.81%+3.931.201$701.78
2026-09-1712.39%+4.601.132$701.03
2026-09-1614.14%+5.941.078$693.24
2026-09-1513.42%+5.741.114$696.20
2026-09-1413.18%+5.751.102$699.30
2026-09-1112.67%+4.071.142$702.56
2026-09-1014.51%+5.131.046$696.65
2026-09-0913.00%+3.871.107$700.87
2026-09-0812.99%+3.631.103$704.07
2026-09-0411.67%+3.901.181$708.01
2026-09-0312.84%+4.301.090$710.72
2026-09-0212.41%+3.871.119$703.41
2026-09-0113.08%+4.401.098$700.28
2026-08-3112.19%+3.541.140$704.89
2026-08-2811.76%+2.551.181$707.24
2026-08-2712.06%+3.451.143$708.75
2025-06-3013.75%+4.661.069$568.03
2025-06-2713.25%+4.881.098$566.95
2025-06-2613.33%+3.671.099$564.15
2025-06-2513.72%+4.581.083$559.72
2025-06-2413.63%+5.551.110$559.44
2025-06-2315.59%+7.661.028$553.36
2025-06-2016.32%+7.011.038$547.72
2025-06-1815.73%+6.651.050$549.24
2025-06-1717.07%+6.580.991$549.35
2025-06-1615.00%+5.901.063$554.07
2025-06-1316.68%+6.291.021$548.77
2025-06-1214.35%+4.621.069$554.95
2025-06-1114.31%+5.301.077$552.86
2025-06-1013.51%+3.771.138$554.39
2025-06-0914.36%+4.191.080$551.25
2025-06-0614.26%+4.461.094$550.66
2025-06-0515.68%+4.961.068$545.09
2025-06-0414.80%+5.861.093$547.65
2025-06-0314.96%+4.951.076$548.00
2025-06-0215.51%+4.301.066$544.91
2025-05-3015.56%+5.271.071$541.76
2025-05-2915.64%+4.871.072$542.32
2025-05-2816.04%+7.691.052$540.24
2025-05-2715.68%+4.641.069$543.34
2025-05-2318.45%+6.411.003$532.40
2025-05-2217.42%+5.300.997$536.02
2025-05-2117.21%+6.001.004$535.77
2025-05-2015.09%+4.781.072$544.88
2025-05-1914.70%+4.571.097$546.82
2025-05-1614.52%+3.441.078$546.26
2025-05-1515.06%+3.211.075$542.76
2025-05-1415.26%+5.801.044$540.11
2025-05-1314.83%+3.851.062$539.44
2025-05-1215.51%+5.721.043$535.92
2025-05-0919.25%+6.211.005$518.65
2025-05-0819.19%+6.861.008$519.34
2025-05-0720.58%+8.110.973$515.90
2025-05-0620.31%+7.471.029$513.58
2025-05-0519.47%+6.631.040$517.99
2025-05-0218.90%+6.361.037$520.71
2025-05-0120.14%+8.661.016$513.35
2025-04-3021.56%+9.250.979$509.74
2025-04-2920.07%+7.161.009$509.49
2025-04-2821.61%+8.200.967$506.42
2025-04-2522.26%+8.920.916$506.11
2025-04-2423.55%+8.050.905$502.41
2025-04-23———$492.07
2025-04-2226.73%+9.050.922$484.29
2025-04-2129.72%+8.470.876$472.37
2025-04-1725.90%+9.610.928$483.90
2025-04-1627.88%+12.170.876$483.23
2025-04-1524.97%+10.430.940$494.09
2025-04-1425.89%+11.310.895$495.48
2025-04-1130.92%+14.840.851$490.55
2025-04-10———$482.06
2025-04-0925.69%+11.690.868$499.10
2025-04-0842.64%+17.220.755$456.74
2025-04-0736.98%+14.090.789$463.56
2025-04-04———$465.52
2025-04-0324.02%+7.780.915$494.16
2025-04-0217.69%+5.800.981$518.91
2025-04-0118.17%+6.360.980$515.80
2025-03-3119.07%+7.270.927$513.91
2025-03-2819.39%+5.120.925$510.80
2025-03-2716.69%+5.320.958$521.21
2025-03-2616.04%+4.950.985$524.46
2025-03-2514.61%+5.651.021$530.65
2025-03-2415.36%+4.930.983$529.39
2025-03-2116.47%+6.171.009$520.26
2025-03-2017.15%+4.820.981$520.13
2025-03-1918.05%+5.000.912$521.33
2025-03-1818.73%+6.440.935$515.91
2025-03-1717.84%+6.830.963$521.41
2025-03-1418.70%+6.670.921$517.46
2025-03-1322.06%+6.440.885$507.05
2025-03-1221.61%+6.670.871$513.76
2025-03-1123.36%+7.200.860$511.28
2025-03-1023.73%+7.200.823$515.51
2025-03-0719.71%+6.180.866$529.51
2025-03-0620.69%+7.570.893$526.67
2025-03-0518.24%+5.860.902$536.40
2025-03-0419.59%+7.600.894$530.45
2025-03-0318.35%+5.740.931$536.92
2025-02-2815.97%+3.310.959$546.33
2025-02-2716.77%+7.230.941$537.97
2025-02-2615.52%+4.440.958$546.75
2025-02-2515.98%+7.100.951$546.41
2025-02-2414.65%+6.580.999$549.14
2025-02-2114.02%+6.061.001$551.75
2025-02-2011.63%+4.181.102$561.30
2025-02-1911.41%+4.361.112$563.67
2025-02-1811.75%+5.131.102$562.31
2025-02-1411.13%+4.151.141$560.69
2025-02-1311.95%+4.051.078$560.67
2025-02-1212.42%+4.601.090$554.81
2025-02-1112.40%+4.091.074$556.65
2025-02-1011.59%+4.551.164$556.15
2025-02-0713.17%+5.441.042$552.20
2025-02-0612.21%+4.671.063$557.62
2025-02-0512.65%+4.421.053$555.62
2025-02-0413.54%+3.101.017$553.35

The chart covers every session in the archive, 220 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 220 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.06 Sep26 Nov19 Feb9 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)

8%10%12%14%16%18%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 11.65%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 11.26%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 11.25%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 11.26%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 11.29%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 11.38%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 11.48%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 11.60%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 11.76%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 11.93%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 12.10%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 12.28%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 12.49%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 12.76%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 13.13%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 13.70%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 14.61%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 15.39%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 5Δ C — IV 11.09%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ C — IV 10.44%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 10.46%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 10.54%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 10.58%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 10.72%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 10.89%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 11.11%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 11.38%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 11.56%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 11.67%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 12.05%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 12.44%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 12.85%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 13.36%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 13.81%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ P — IV 14.72%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ P — IV 15.97%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 10Δ C — IV 10.16%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ C — IV 10.20%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ C — IV 10.27%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 10.40%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 10.61%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 10.79%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 10.91%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 11.02%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 11.41%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 11.77%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 12.52%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 12.62%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 13.08%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 13.56%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 14.15%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ P — IV 15.08%2026-10-09 (16d) — 10Δ P — IV 16.63%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 call11.65%11.09%—
10Δ call11.26%10.44%10.16%
15Δ call11.25%10.46%10.20%
20Δ call11.26%10.54%10.27%
25Δ call11.29%10.58%10.40%
30Δ call11.38%10.72%10.61%
35Δ call11.48%10.89%10.79%
40Δ call11.60%11.11%10.91%
45Δ call11.76%11.38%11.02%
ATM11.93%11.56%11.41%
45Δ put12.10%11.67%11.77%
40Δ put12.28%12.05%12.52%
35Δ put12.49%12.44%12.62%
30Δ put12.76%12.85%13.08%
25Δ put13.13%13.36%13.56%
20Δ put13.70%13.81%14.15%
15Δ put14.61%14.72%15.08%
10Δ put15.39%15.97%16.63%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$707.8311.93%13.13%11.29%+1.84+0.2810
2026-10-029$706.6011.56%13.36%10.58%+2.77+0.4121
2026-10-0916$707.2511.41%13.56%10.40%+3.16+0.5725
2026-10-1623$707.7512.01%14.24%10.77%+3.47+0.5031
2026-10-2330$708.1012.17%14.50%10.92%+3.58+0.5534
2026-10-3037$708.6412.74%15.41%11.53%+3.88+0.7338
2026-11-2058$710.0013.49%16.01%12.12%+3.89+0.5833
2026-12-1886$712.8813.76%16.97%12.25%+4.72+0.8538
2027-01-15114$713.4314.20%17.24%12.39%+4.85+0.6153
2027-04-16205$719.5215.33%18.50%13.36%+5.14+0.6052
2027-06-17267$725.2616.09%19.45%13.78%+5.67+0.5369

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

11 listed expirations produced a usable reading

10%12%14%16%18%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 11.93%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 11.56%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 11.41%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 12.01%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 12.17%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 12.74%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 13.49%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 13.76%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 14.20%2027-04-16 — 205 days — at-the-money IV 15.33%2027-06-17 — 267 days — at-the-money IV 16.09%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
2026-09-252 days$707.8311.93%$707.8510
2026-10-029 days$706.6011.56%$706.7221
2026-10-0916 days$707.2511.41%$707.4525
2026-10-1623 days$707.7512.01%$708.0731
2026-10-2330 days$708.1012.17%$708.5334
2026-10-3037 days$708.6412.74%$709.2338
2026-11-2058 days$710.0013.49%$711.0333
2026-12-1886 days$712.8813.76%$714.4738
2027-01-15114 days$713.4314.20%$715.6853
2027-04-16205 days$719.5215.33%$724.2852
2027-06-17267 days$725.2616.09%$732.1569

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
12.17%
60 days
13.51%
90 days
13.84%
180 days
15.14%

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 220 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.406 Sep26 Nov19 Feb9 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.