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

98.7%

18 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$2.45

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$20.00

+8.8%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

0.15

1,288 / 8,499

NOV 4, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
5.84	11.24	0.00			0.0%	0.995	0.0022	-0.003	10	-0.003	0.0022	-0.004	163.7%	6		0.02	0.01	0.00
5.34	10.74	0.00			0.0%	0.995	0.0027	-0.003	10.5	-0.003	0.0027	-0.004	164.9%			0.00	0.02	0.00
5.01	10.41	0.00			0.0%	0.994	0.0034	-0.003	11	-0.003	0.0034	-0.005	153.2%	2		0.01	0.02	0.00
5.01	10.41	0.00			185.2%	0.993	0.0044	-0.004	11.5	-0.004	0.0044	-0.006	149.6%			0.00	0.03	0.00
4.74	8.34	6.33	7		0.0%	0.991	0.0055	-0.004	12	-0.004	0.0055	-0.008	138.3%	1		0.03	0.03	0.00
4.24	7.84	0.00			0.0%	0.989	0.0071	-0.005	12.5	-0.005	0.0071	-0.010	127.5%	25		0.01	0.03	0.00
3.01	6.61	5.86	1	16	0.0%	0.987	0.0092	-0.005	13	-0.005	0.0092	-0.012	117.0%	4		0.02	0.03	0.00
3.01	6.61	0.00			0.0%	0.983	0.0120	-0.006	13.5	-0.006	0.0120	-0.015	111.4%	11		0.02	0.04	0.00
3.01	6.61	4.85	10	7	0.0%	0.979	0.0159	-0.008	14	-0.008	0.0159	-0.020	101.3%	229	11	0.01	0.04	0.00
2.99	5.02	4.47	1	31	0.0%	0.972	0.0215	-0.009	14.5	-0.009	0.0215	-0.027	97.6%	75	11	0.02	0.06	0.00
2.52	4.53	3.74	20	155	0.0%	0.960	0.0303	-0.013	15	-0.013	0.0303	-0.039	96.3%	2,057	398	0.04	0.09	0.01
1.90	3.54	2.77	48	231	0.0%	0.892	0.0622	-0.031	16	-0.031	0.0622	-0.106	99.5%	2,551	265	0.14	0.27	0.04
1.35	2.73	2.12	111	504	0.0%	0.785	0.0900	-0.055	17	-0.055	0.0900	-0.214	119.0%	1,165	160	0.41	0.71	0.30
0.83	2.13	1.61	348	775	67.5%	0.670	0.1065	-0.073	18	-0.073	0.1065	-0.329	129.9%	1,265	173	0.88	1.35	0.58
0.64	1.66	1.24	186	479	91.7%	0.555	0.1108	-0.084	19	-0.084	0.1108	-0.444	140.4%	403	199	1.56	2.00	1.11
0.42	1.05	0.99	5,475	5,936	92.4%	0.452	0.1050	-0.089	20	-0.089	0.1050	-0.546	150.7%	556	35	2.35	2.71	1.79
0.32	1.07	0.83	114	419	116.8%	0.368	0.0945	-0.089	21	-0.089	0.0945	-0.630	176.9%	73	20	3.25	3.90	2.51
0.26	0.88	0.62	94	3,509	128.1%	0.302	0.0828	-0.086	22	-0.086	0.0828	-0.697	192.2%	84	1	4.08	4.84	3.33
0.22	0.74	0.51	63	695	138.7%	0.251	0.0717	-0.082	23	-0.082	0.0717	-0.748	206.4%	70	2	5.05	5.79	4.19
0.26	0.62	0.47	59	5,066	151.9%	0.211	0.0619	-0.078	24	-0.078	0.0619	-0.788	220.4%	50		6.51	6.76	5.08
0.17	0.56	0.40	222	1,323	158.4%	0.180	0.0537	-0.074	25	-0.074	0.0537	-0.819	234.7%	1		6.86	7.74	6.01
0.15	0.40	0.34	102	1,759	159.6%	0.156	0.0468	-0.069	26	-0.069	0.0468	-0.843	247.4%	6		8.67	8.72	6.94
0.13	0.43	0.28	29	1,617	173.7%	0.136	0.0410	-0.065	27	-0.065	0.0410	-0.863	259.8%			0.00	9.70	7.89
0.12	0.39	0.27	16	547	181.9%	0.120	0.0362	-0.062	28	-0.062	0.0362	-0.879	271.6%	5		10.56	10.68	8.85
0.10	0.35	0.26	7	260	187.8%	0.107	0.0322	-0.058	29	-0.058	0.0322	-0.892	281.8%			0.00	11.66	9.80
0.09	0.31	0.22	119	1,364	193.5%	0.096	0.0288	-0.055	30	-0.055	0.0288	-0.903	292.7%	6	13	11.58	12.65	10.77
0.08	0.29	0.20	163	1,119	200.3%	0.086	0.0259	-0.052	31	-0.052	0.0259	-0.913	302.9%			0.00	13.64	11.74
0.08	0.26	0.19	38	134	206.3%	0.078	0.0234	-0.050	32	-0.050	0.0234	-0.921	312.4%			0.00	14.63	12.71
0.06	0.25	0.18	1	501	211.6%	0.071	0.0213	-0.047	33	-0.047	0.0213	-0.928	322.6%			0.00	15.62	13.70

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EXPIRATION

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