VIX Options Chain

Name: VIX Options Chain
Creator: Obelion

VIX $18.39 · Updated Oct 26, 4:00 PM ET

VIX is at $18.39. The nearest expiration, Oct 28, 2026 (2 days out), lists 50 strikes, with 13,528 calls and 16,520 puts traded in the latest session. At-the-money implied volatility is 168.9%. The at-the-money straddle prices a move of about $1.23 (6.7%) by expiration.

EXPIRATION

ATM IV

168.9%

18 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$1.23

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$18.00

-2.1%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

1.22

16,520 / 13,528

OCT 28, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
5.75	11.15	7.54		10	0.0%	0.999	0.0008	-0.001	10	-0.001	0.0008	-0.001	386.9%	51		0.01	0.01	0.00
5.25	10.65	0.00			0.0%	0.999	0.0011	-0.002	10.5	-0.002	0.0011	-0.001	359.9%			0.00	0.01	0.00
5.01	10.41	9.02		2	0.0%	0.998	0.0015	-0.002	11	-0.002	0.0015	-0.002	334.1%			0.00	0.01	0.00
5.01	10.41	0.00			427.0%	0.998	0.0020	-0.002	11.5	-0.002	0.0020	-0.002	309.4%			0.00	0.01	0.00
4.65	8.25	0.00			0.0%	0.997	0.0026	-0.003	12	-0.003	0.0026	-0.003	285.6%	1		0.02	0.01	0.00
4.15	7.75	4.75			0.0%	0.996	0.0034	-0.003	12.5	-0.003	0.0034	-0.004	262.8%			0.00	0.01	0.00
3.01	6.61	7.06		25	0.0%	0.995	0.0045	-0.004	13	-0.004	0.0045	-0.004	240.7%	65		0.01	0.01	0.00
3.15	6.75	3.70		2	0.0%	0.994	0.0058	-0.005	13.5	-0.005	0.0058	-0.006	219.3%	4		0.02	0.01	0.00
3.01	6.61	4.50	3	33	0.0%	0.993	0.0077	-0.006	14	-0.006	0.0077	-0.007	229.2%	540	16	0.01	0.03	0.00
2.82	5.07	3.90	2	130	0.0%	0.991	0.0101	-0.006	14.5	-0.006	0.0101	-0.009	206.6%	238		0.01	0.03	0.00
2.65	4.58	3.63	34	533	0.0%	0.989	0.0136	-0.008	15	-0.008	0.0136	-0.011	159.0%	2,939	36	0.01	0.01	0.00
1.75	3.31	2.56	87	1,098	0.0%	0.976	0.0316	-0.016	16	-0.016	0.0316	-0.024	154.6%	7,543	840	0.02	0.05	0.00
0.99	2.21	1.55	139	3,896	0.0%	0.896	0.0953	-0.088	17	-0.088	0.0953	-0.104	165.9%	17,221	3,790	0.08	0.21	0.05
0.31	1.43	0.97	5,892	6,433	0.0%	0.740	0.1603	-0.238	18	-0.238	0.1603	-0.260	168.9%	15,076	10,510	0.37	0.56	0.16
0.04	0.82	0.48	464	6,874	69.8%	0.552	0.1889	-0.337	19	-0.337	0.1889	-0.448	242.9%	1,749	872	0.94	1.74	0.50
0.05	0.49	0.33	941	15,075	118.2%	0.374	0.1745	-0.319	20	-0.319	0.1745	-0.626	299.1%	879	332	1.70	2.83	1.11
0.00	0.31	0.18	1,186	13,550	142.1%	0.242	0.1354	-0.241	21	-0.241	0.1354	-0.758	347.8%	170	71	2.70	3.82	1.92
0.00	0.22	0.12	388	7,544	168.7%	0.160	0.0974	-0.173	22	-0.173	0.0974	-0.840	397.5%	41	8	3.75	4.81	2.84
0.00	0.16	0.09	322	10,183	190.9%	0.114	0.0703	-0.130	23	-0.130	0.0703	-0.886	438.6%	54	20	4.93	5.79	3.76
0.00	0.12	0.08	214	10,283	210.6%	0.086	0.0526	-0.104	24	-0.104	0.0526	-0.913	463.3%	27	1	5.43	6.61	4.75
0.00	0.11	0.06	1,085	25,455	235.9%	0.070	0.0410	-0.088	25	-0.088	0.0410	-0.930	526.9%	499	3	6.65	7.80	5.73
0.00	0.09	0.05	813	11,108	253.8%	0.059	0.0331	-0.078	26	-0.078	0.0331	-0.941	565.7%	20	20	7.70	8.80	6.72
0.00	0.08	0.05	53	10,676	273.3%	0.051	0.0275	-0.071	27	-0.071	0.0275	-0.949	601.8%	17	1	8.80	9.80	7.71
0.00	0.07	0.04	227	9,228	290.4%	0.045	0.0234	-0.065	28	-0.065	0.0234	-0.955	635.5%	29		8.28	10.80	8.70
0.00	0.07	0.05	126	12,647	312.2%	0.040	0.0202	-0.061	29	-0.061	0.0202	-0.960	668.4%			0.00	11.80	9.70
0.00	0.07	0.03	251	2,153	333.0%	0.036	0.0177	-0.057	30	-0.057	0.0177	-0.964	698.2%	23		10.10	12.80	10.69
0.00	0.06	0.14		35	345.2%	0.033	0.0156	-0.053	31	-0.053	0.0156	-0.967	727.7%			0.00	13.80	11.69
0.00	0.06	0.01	7	67	363.9%	0.030	0.0139	-0.050	32	-0.050	0.0139	-0.970	755.8%			0.00	14.80	12.69
0.00	0.06	0.02	429	167	381.8%	0.028	0.0125	-0.047	33	-0.047	0.0125	-0.972	776.9%			0.00	15.78	13.67

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EXPIRATION

OCT 28, 2026 CHAIN

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