Options Skew Analytics

XLB option chain

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

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

2026-11-13(4 days)ATM 25.23%±1.41skew +3.18
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
170$8.10$8.65—$45.00—————
380$7.55$8.00—$45.50—————
260$7.05$7.50—$46.00—————
30$6.45$7.05—$46.50—————
30$6.10$6.50—$47.00—————
30$4.85$6.10—$47.50—————
149$4.85$5.60—$48.00—————
40$4.10$5.05—$48.50—————
14$4.10$4.60—$49.00—————
35$3.65$4.05—$49.50—————
18$2.75$3.60—$50.00—————
118$2.47$3.10—$50.50—————
06$2.15$2.55—$51.00—————
22108$1.72$1.94—$51.5031.22%$0.12$0.17721
0259$1.31$1.63—$52.0028.09%$0.16$0.235423
135$0.95$1.05—$52.5026.16%$0.25$0.3420
95246$0.61$0.72—$53.0025.36%$0.41$0.5360
976$0.37$0.4725.11%$53.50—$0.67$0.78125
22454$0.20$0.2924.91%$54.00—$1.02$1.136293
—————$54.50—$1.23$1.561860
161$0.03$0.0828.30%$55.50—————

Forward $53.20. The 25-delta put carries +3.18 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-11-20(11 days)ATM 22.10%±2.04skew +2.26
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
01$22.05$24.45—$30.00—————
01$17.05$19.20—$35.00—————
020$7.10$9.80—$45.00—————
1011$7.00$7.60—$46.00—————
03$5.60$7.35—$46.50—————
0134$5.10$7.85—$47.00—————
0228$4.10$5.70—$48.00—————
081$3.55$4.70—$49.00—————
52,122$3.20$3.70—$50.0030.22%$0.12$0.183,01860
01$2.79$3.25—$50.50—————
414,047$2.40$2.78—$51.0027.29%$0.19$0.291,324542
0219$1.91$2.41—$51.5025.76%$0.25$0.3669246
61,163$1.56$1.70—$52.0024.37%$0.33$0.465660
182$1.19$1.33—$52.5023.03%$0.46$0.572562
61,042$0.85$1.02—$53.0022.05%$0.63$0.7416787
6169$0.65$0.7622.13%$53.50—$0.88$1.001610
7323$0.43$0.5721.97%$54.00—$1.17$1.29710
1226$0.28$0.4222.11%$54.50—$1.52$1.7130
252,676$0.18$0.2922.14%$55.00—$1.73$2.22180
—————$55.50—$2.11$2.6510

Forward $53.26. The 25-delta put carries +2.26 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-01-15(67 days)ATM 20.27%±4.64skew +2.83
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
073$9.30$9.90—$44.00—————
0242$8.85$9.40—$44.50—————
0204$7.40$9.15—$45.00—————
0163$6.90$9.75—$45.50—————
065$6.80$8.15—$46.00—————
06,100$6.40$7.55—$46.50—————
034$6.30$7.25—$47.00—————
0336$5.60$6.80—$47.50—————
0113$5.15$6.40—$48.0025.59%$0.38$0.584141
9135$5.05$5.65—$48.5024.64%$0.41$0.631559
01,248$4.15$5.15—$49.00—————
054$3.85$5.10—$49.5023.19%$0.51$0.78190
136,223$4.00$4.20—$50.0022.62%$0.63$0.837,6735
0183$3.60$3.85—$50.5022.83%$0.74$1.034830
4209$3.15$3.50—$51.0021.98%$0.84$1.114280
0189$2.82$3.15—$51.5021.46%$0.97$1.244620
0295$2.44$2.81—$52.0021.47%$1.17$1.421550
11,157$2.26$2.50—$52.5021.02%$1.34$1.592,92621
229,653$1.09$1.2019.82%$55.00—$2.66$2.901150
2880$0.44$0.5820.00%$57.50—————
544,216$0.20$0.2520.77%$60.00—$6.15$8.2510

Forward $53.42. The 25-delta put carries +2.83 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-03-19(130 days)ATM 20.54%±6.59skew +1.53
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
01$17.20$20.50—$35.00—————
020$12.60$14.75—$40.00—————
02$11.65$13.80—$41.00—————
02$10.05$12.20—$43.00—————
028$8.90$11.15—$44.00—————
02$8.25$9.80—$45.00—————
05$7.35$8.60—$46.00—————
080$6.30$8.10—$47.0024.73%$0.61$0.841,16617
04$5.60$7.40—$48.00—————
055$4.60$6.60—$49.0022.20%$0.88$1.0528,1481,502
033$4.05$5.25—$50.0022.18%$1.13$1.378216
0129$4.00$4.50—$51.0020.95%$1.32$1.581120
096$3.30$3.75—$52.0020.94%$1.64$2.03970
5165$2.79$3.20—$53.0020.58%$2.03$2.444313
280783$2.30$2.6220.55%$54.00—$2.51$2.96217
0312$1.84$2.2020.42%$55.00—$3.05$3.55150
1543$1.45$1.8720.47%$56.00—$3.60$4.1530
039$1.14$1.6320.80%$57.00—————
033$0.85$1.2320.07%$58.00—————
052$0.70$1.0620.66%$59.00—————
0221$0.59$0.7820.53%$60.00—————

Forward $53.72. The 25-delta put carries +1.53 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.