Options Skew Analytics

XLU option chain

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

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

2026-10-02(9 days)ATM 16.81%±1.05skew +0.16
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
072$4.75$5.50—$35.00—————
450$3.75$4.05—$36.00—————
111$2.72$3.50—$37.00—————
12$1.79$2.30—$38.0019.09%$0.01$0.0560
025$1.35$1.98—$38.5017.70%$0.04$0.0830
373$0.94$0.99—$39.0017.43%$0.11$0.171,661622
31$0.59$0.64—$39.5017.29%$0.27$0.3113940
5854$0.29$0.3716.66%$40.00—$0.48$0.5536264
4,332126$0.14$0.2117.27%$40.50—$0.81$0.8913649
157488$0.05$0.1017.06%$41.00—$1.25$1.301,941168
274,162$0.03$0.0618.95%$41.50—$1.66$1.7620112
7388$0.01$0.0319.41%$42.00—$2.08$2.262611
—————$42.50—$2.50$2.921767
—————$43.00—$3.15$3.30488
—————$44.50—$4.45$4.8044
—————$46.50—$6.45$6.9004
—————$47.00—$6.85$8.3002

Forward $39.81. The 25-delta put carries +0.16 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-09(16 days)ATM 16.68%±1.39skew -1.00
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$38.0017.84%$0.05$0.09174
—————$38.5017.33%$0.10$0.168411
16$1.07$1.12—$39.0016.30%$0.17$0.263732
30$0.69$0.78—$39.5015.91%$0.32$0.422732
6331$0.47$0.5116.88%$40.00—$0.61$0.6744171
5262$0.28$0.3317.07%$40.50—$0.89$0.988336
11372$0.16$0.2017.29%$41.00—$1.24$1.36218109
53149$0.06$0.1116.63%$41.50—$1.68$1.80569204
1699$0.04$0.0818.22%$42.00—$2.09$2.36235200
91,238$0.03$0.0519.38%$42.50—$2.20$2.776056
175$0.01$0.0420.20%$43.00—$2.96$3.30280
—————$43.50—$3.05$3.8020

Forward $39.85. The 25-delta put carries -1.00 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-16(23 days)ATM 16.48%±1.65skew +0.18
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
7940$4.75$5.05—$35.00—————
06$2.90$3.05—$37.0019.53%$0.04$0.0620566
08$1.98$2.10—$38.0017.78%$0.10$0.143402
—————$38.5017.65%$0.19$0.223324
69$1.19$1.24—$39.0017.35%$0.31$0.344,3121,145
2501$0.87$0.91—$39.5017.22%$0.48$0.52294100
848167$0.57$0.6516.45%$40.00—$0.65$0.7613,1032,319
525$0.41$0.4517.09%$40.50—$0.93$1.075078
8,0032,432$0.27$0.2917.17%$41.00—$1.36$1.433,228662
28473$0.16$0.1917.26%$41.50—$1.64$1.8451
6,94422,921$0.10$0.1217.59%$42.00—$2.15$2.2913,59485
2127$0.05$0.0817.75%$42.50—————
2,0919,139$0.03$0.0417.69%$43.00—$3.10$3.352,97844
2710,507$0.01$0.0219.03%$44.00—$4.10$4.35632
—————$44.50—$3.25$4.9010
—————$47.00—$5.95$8.7054
—————$55.00—$13.10$17.1073

Forward $39.90. The 25-delta put carries +0.18 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-23(30 days)ATM 16.29%±1.87skew +0.36
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
075$2.82$3.60—$37.00—————
—————$37.5017.45%$0.08$0.112694
02$1.94$2.69—$38.0016.98%$0.13$0.1745814
—————$38.5016.93%$0.20$0.2981
45$1.26$1.34—$39.0016.76%$0.32$0.433,474104
61$0.95$1.02—$39.5016.13%$0.49$0.57572300
2068$0.68$0.7516.29%$40.00—$0.71$0.83215270
26$0.46$0.5416.23%$40.50—$0.98$1.12345201
3242$0.32$0.3716.42%$41.00—$1.35$1.47405200
2717$0.20$0.2616.57%$41.50—$1.64$1.92263
27376$0.13$0.1816.94%$42.00—$2.03$2.36480
—————$42.50—$2.46$2.89260
81,116$0.04$0.0917.49%$43.00—$2.96$3.3081
35166$0.03$0.0618.08%$43.50—————
21101$0.01$0.0417.94%$44.00—$4.05$4.3020
—————$44.50—$3.55$5.5010

Forward $39.94. The 25-delta put carries +0.36 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-10-30(37 days)ATM 17.10%±2.18skew +0.40
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
016$2.14$2.44—$38.0017.26%$0.18$0.243,5414
—————$38.5017.49%$0.31$0.35831
10$1.40$1.45—$39.0017.26%$0.45$0.4967966
236$1.08$1.13—$39.5017.13%$0.63$0.683,52543
52640$0.82$0.8617.10%$40.00—$0.87$0.915279
132$0.60$0.6417.03%$40.50—$1.02$1.20780
112294$0.43$0.4717.10%$41.00—$1.38$1.55949
38180$0.29$0.3417.08%$41.50—$1.67$1.9330
45100$0.21$0.2417.38%$42.00—$2.09$2.40342
5246$0.14$0.1917.90%$42.50—$2.23$2.8177
63,567$0.09$0.1217.72%$43.00—$3.00$3.351640
088$0.04$0.0817.28%$43.50—$3.35$3.95180
180584$0.04$0.0919.38%$44.00—————

Forward $39.95. The 25-delta put carries +0.40 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-11-20(58 days)ATM 17.22%±2.75skew +0.96
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
—————$33.0024.94%$0.01$0.0612
1045$5.05$5.70—$35.00—————
082$4.10$4.80—$36.00—————
43$3.20$3.45—$37.0018.54%$0.19$0.2282513
22$2.35$2.45—$38.0018.09%$0.37$0.3911244
5886$1.68$1.73—$39.0017.51%$0.64$0.661,0975,230
658237$1.09$1.14—$40.0017.24%$1.04$1.092,851251
168137$0.66$0.7217.15%$41.00—$1.59$1.693420
207833$0.38$0.4217.13%$42.00—$2.27$2.442021
2351,347$0.20$0.2116.82%$43.00—$3.15$3.303832
15427$0.09$0.1317.14%$44.00—$3.70$5.20203
1111$0.05$0.0918.20%$45.00—————

Forward $40.05. The 25-delta put carries +0.96 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2026-12-18(86 days)ATM 16.79%±3.28skew +0.44
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
16321$5.20$5.40—$35.0019.44%$0.09$0.1318,7152
4117$4.75$5.15—$35.50—————
0145$4.30$4.60—$36.0018.70%$0.16$0.216311
046$3.85$4.55—$36.5018.15%$0.19$0.271,5530
2216$3.40$3.70—$37.0017.58%$0.24$0.332,639617
08,281$3.00$3.25—$37.5017.15%$0.32$0.4010,9762
0257$2.64$2.92—$38.0017.19%$0.42$0.541,01611
2575$2.24$2.44—$38.5017.45%$0.61$0.672,995268
100618$1.95$2.07—$39.0016.93%$0.72$0.83862643
41366$1.65$1.74—$39.5016.68%$0.89$1.021,3194
4284,897$1.40$1.45—$40.0017.17%$1.18$1.2614,91056
256115$1.10$1.2016.67%$40.50—$1.36$1.535,2571
61,374$0.92$0.9916.83%$41.00—$1.74$1.852,06611
17537$0.74$0.8617.17%$41.50—$1.94$2.291,081224
1,2845,104$0.61$0.6416.86%$42.00—$2.42$2.605,564233
863515$0.46$0.5216.75%$42.50—$2.71$2.951,3767
2893,986$0.36$0.4116.77%$43.00—$3.25$3.401,716221
5439$0.26$0.3817.19%$43.50—$3.15$3.852,0790
47544,537$0.24$0.2717.35%$44.00—$4.10$4.302,2446
5987$0.17$0.2617.83%$44.50—$4.25$4.802,3480
1656,240$0.12$0.1717.23%$45.00—$4.50$6.0011,8490

Forward $40.21. The 25-delta put carries +0.44 volatility points over the 25-delta call.

2027-01-15(114 days)ATM 17.15%±3.84skew +0.54
CallsStrikePuts
VolumeOpen intBidAskIV IVBidAskOpen intVolume
1901$5.25$5.45—$35.00—————
0126$4.80$5.05—$35.5018.07%$0.16$0.261,2122
2110$4.35$4.55—$36.0018.20%$0.25$0.325,0140
0170$3.90$4.30—$36.5018.09%$0.30$0.434508
0146$3.50$3.65—$37.0017.54%$0.38$0.4964051
21707$3.10$3.35—$37.5017.69%$0.54$0.5924,39540
12833$2.76$2.88—$38.0017.39%$0.63$0.7424,31826
1194$2.41$2.54—$38.5016.95%$0.75$0.884,5964
25595$2.08$2.27—$39.0017.53%$1.01$1.091,87921
3424$1.79$1.95—$39.5017.59%$1.21$1.338,1424
1,8401,290$1.55$1.58—$40.0017.31%$1.44$1.5332,4533,148
1,109610$1.30$1.3317.07%$40.50—$1.67$1.793,1470
52471$1.07$1.1517.05%$41.00—$1.95$2.154,38318
2459$0.88$1.0117.23%$41.50—$2.21$2.5112,34431
2748,872$0.72$0.7816.75%$42.00—$2.52$2.8710,23025
316,542$0.59$0.6616.87%$42.50—$2.90$3.1512,25089
651,156$0.48$0.5817.16%$43.00—$3.40$3.5510,583187
5737$0.37$0.4316.66%$43.50—$3.80$3.956,49813
58,575$0.30$0.4017.19%$44.00—$4.20$4.402,84819
2600$0.24$0.3617.56%$44.50—$4.15$4.852,0900
20912,762$0.22$0.2617.55%$45.00—$5.10$5.302,20311

Forward $40.08. The 25-delta put carries +0.54 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.