Options Skew Analytics

XND options analytics

XND · Index

Data as of 24 September 2026 (end of day)

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XND options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 18.2%, a move of about ±5.2% over the next month. Its history here is 4 sessions, short of the 180 a percentile needs, so this reading is not yet ranked against its own past.

Its 25-delta puts carry 3.94 volatility points more than the calls.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 11% above 30-day.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
18.19%

Prices a move of about ±5.2% over 30 days, or ±1.1% on a typical day.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+3.94

Puts carry 3.94 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.59

The wings carry 0.59 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.108

90-day volatility is 11% above 30-day.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 4 prior sessions (one-year window)

Not enough history in this window to place the current reading.

IV percentile, 1 year
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IV rank, 1 year
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IV percentile, 2 years
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IV rank, 2 years
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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
$304.79
30-day implied forward
$305.68
60-day ATM IV
19.86%
90-day ATM IV
20.15%
180-day ATM IV
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Expirations used
12
Total open interest
9,812
Put / call open interest
1.43

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 4 sessions

17%17%18%18%18%18%18%2026-09-21 — 30-day ATM IV 18%2026-09-22 — 30-day ATM IV 17%2026-09-23 — 30-day ATM IV 18%2026-09-24 — 30-day ATM IV 18%21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 4)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2418.19%+3.941.108$304.79
2026-09-2317.79%+4.111.130$304.70
2026-09-2217.44%+3.221.130$307.32
2026-09-2117.53%+3.321.132$304.82

The chart covers every session in the archive, 4 in total. The table lists the most recent 4.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 4 sessions

-2.00.02.04.06.02026-09-21 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 3.32026-09-22 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 3.22026-09-23 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 4.12026-09-24 — 25-delta RR (volatility points) 3.921 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 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

4d (2026-09-28) · 6d (2026-09-30) · 8d (2026-10-02)

12%14%16%18%20%22%2026-09-28 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 13.16%2026-09-28 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 13.23%2026-09-28 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 13.31%2026-09-28 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 13.40%2026-09-28 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 13.49%2026-09-28 (4d) — ATM — IV 13.59%2026-09-28 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 13.71%2026-09-28 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 13.88%2026-09-28 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 14.07%2026-09-28 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 14.18%2026-09-28 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 14.33%4d2026-09-30 (6d) — 20Δ C — IV 14.62%2026-09-30 (6d) — 25Δ C — IV 14.73%2026-09-30 (6d) — 30Δ C — IV 14.82%2026-09-30 (6d) — 35Δ C — IV 15.00%2026-09-30 (6d) — 40Δ C — IV 15.10%2026-09-30 (6d) — 45Δ C — IV 15.23%2026-09-30 (6d) — ATM — IV 15.45%2026-09-30 (6d) — 45Δ P — IV 15.67%2026-09-30 (6d) — 40Δ P — IV 15.88%2026-09-30 (6d) — 35Δ P — IV 16.11%2026-09-30 (6d) — 30Δ P — IV 16.43%2026-09-30 (6d) — 25Δ P — IV 16.77%2026-09-30 (6d) — 20Δ P — IV 17.06%6d2026-10-02 (8d) — 20Δ C — IV 16.25%2026-10-02 (8d) — 25Δ C — IV 16.37%2026-10-02 (8d) — 30Δ C — IV 16.53%2026-10-02 (8d) — 35Δ C — IV 16.74%2026-10-02 (8d) — 40Δ C — IV 16.95%2026-10-02 (8d) — 45Δ C — IV 17.08%2026-10-02 (8d) — ATM — IV 17.52%2026-10-02 (8d) — 45Δ P — IV 17.84%2026-10-02 (8d) — 40Δ P — IV 18.13%2026-10-02 (8d) — 35Δ P — IV 18.44%2026-10-02 (8d) — 30Δ P — IV 18.85%2026-10-02 (8d) — 25Δ P — IV 19.36%2026-10-02 (8d) — 20Δ P — IV 19.93%2026-10-02 (8d) — 15Δ P — IV 20.75%8d10Δ 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
Delta4d6d8d
20Δ call—14.62%16.25%
25Δ call13.16%14.73%16.37%
30Δ call13.23%14.82%16.53%
35Δ call13.31%15.00%16.74%
40Δ call13.40%15.10%16.95%
45Δ call13.49%15.23%17.08%
ATM13.59%15.45%17.52%
45Δ put13.71%15.67%17.84%
40Δ put13.88%15.88%18.13%
35Δ put14.07%16.11%18.44%
30Δ put14.18%16.43%18.85%
25Δ put14.33%16.77%19.36%
20Δ put—17.06%19.93%
15Δ put——20.75%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-284$304.7213.59%14.33%13.16%+1.17+0.157
2026-09-306$304.7915.45%16.77%14.73%+2.04+0.3013
2026-10-028$304.9617.52%19.36%16.37%+2.98+0.3514
2026-10-0814$305.0517.05%19.17%16.01%+3.16+0.5414
2026-10-0915$305.1817.34%19.40%16.20%+3.21+0.4622
2026-10-1622$305.3817.75%20.18%16.61%+3.57+0.6542
2026-10-2329$305.6418.05%20.56%16.66%+3.91+0.5628
2026-10-3036$305.8818.86%21.61%17.52%+4.09+0.7112
2026-11-0643$306.1519.33%22.25%17.87%+4.38+0.7322
2026-11-2057$306.5819.81%22.87%18.35%+4.52+0.8035
2026-12-1885$307.5020.15%23.18%18.82%+4.36+0.8535
2027-01-15113$308.7620.17%23.33%18.80%+4.53+0.9020

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

12 listed expirations produced a usable reading

12%14%16%18%20%22%2026-09-28 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 13.59%2026-09-30 — 6 days — at-the-money IV 15.45%2026-10-02 — 8 days — at-the-money IV 17.52%2026-10-08 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 17.05%2026-10-09 — 15 days — at-the-money IV 17.34%2026-10-16 — 22 days — at-the-money IV 17.75%2026-10-23 — 29 days — at-the-money IV 18.05%2026-10-30 — 36 days — at-the-money IV 18.86%2026-11-06 — 43 days — at-the-money IV 19.33%2026-11-20 — 57 days — at-the-money IV 19.81%2026-12-18 — 85 days — at-the-money IV 20.15%2027-01-15 — 113 days — at-the-money IV 20.17%7306090days 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
2026-09-284 days$304.7213.59%$304.767
2026-09-306 days$304.7915.45%$304.8513
2026-10-028 days$304.9617.52%$305.0714
2026-10-0814 days$305.0517.05%$305.2214
2026-10-0915 days$305.1817.34%$305.3622
2026-10-1622 days$305.3817.75%$305.6742
2026-10-2329 days$305.6418.05%$306.0428
2026-10-3036 days$305.8818.86%$306.4212
2026-11-0643 days$306.1519.33%$306.8322
2026-11-2057 days$306.5819.81%$307.5235
2026-12-1885 days$307.5020.15%$308.9635
2027-01-15113 days$308.7620.17%$310.7120

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
18.19%
60 days
19.86%
90 days
20.15%
180 days
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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 4 sessions

0.951.001.051.101.152026-09-21 — 90-day over 30-day 1.132026-09-22 — 90-day over 30-day 1.132026-09-23 — 90-day over 30-day 1.132026-09-24 — 90-day over 30-day 1.1121 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 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.