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

85.5%

18 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$3.62

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$19.00

+3.3%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

0.04

134 / 3,182

NOV 24, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
5.40	12.60	0.00			0.0%	0.991	0.0032	-0.001	10	-0.001	0.0032	-0.006	96.5%	2		0.02	0.02	0.00
5.01	12.21	8.43	1		118.4%	0.990	0.0038	-0.001	10.5	-0.001	0.0038	-0.006	89.8%			0.00	0.02	0.00
5.01	12.21	0.00			187.8%	0.989	0.0045	-0.002	11	-0.002	0.0045	-0.007	87.8%			0.00	0.03	0.00
5.01	12.21	0.00			223.6%	0.988	0.0055	-0.002	11.5	-0.002	0.0055	-0.009	81.4%			0.00	0.03	0.00
4.76	9.26	0.00			0.0%	0.986	0.0068	-0.002	12	-0.002	0.0068	-0.010	75.2%			0.00	0.03	0.00
3.01	7.51	0.00			0.0%	0.984	0.0086	-0.002	12.5	-0.002	0.0086	-0.013	69.3%	1		0.02	0.03	0.00
3.01	7.51	0.00			0.0%	0.981	0.0111	-0.002	13	-0.002	0.0111	-0.016	66.2%	40	15	0.01	0.04	0.00
3.01	7.51	0.00			0.0%	0.976	0.0146	-0.003	13.5	-0.003	0.0146	-0.021	60.4%		10	0.02	0.04	0.00
3.70	6.54	6.24		40	67.0%	0.969	0.0197	-0.004	14	-0.004	0.0197	-0.028	58.6%	75	20	0.07	0.06	0.00
3.24	6.05	0.00			65.0%	0.955	0.0279	-0.005	14.5	-0.005	0.0279	-0.041	58.0%	46	23	0.05	0.09	0.01
2.80	5.58	4.20	5	10	64.5%	0.927	0.0405	-0.007	15	-0.007	0.0405	-0.069	59.1%	114	20	0.01	0.16	0.02
2.08	4.69	3.45	1	66	68.3%	0.841	0.0651	-0.015	16	-0.015	0.0651	-0.156	65.0%	100	33	0.34	0.44	0.12
1.67	3.94	2.80	29	180	77.8%	0.739	0.0796	-0.023	17	-0.023	0.0796	-0.257	73.1%	62	4	0.81	0.95	0.36
1.51	3.35	2.39	66	49	89.7%	0.640	0.0831	-0.029	18	-0.029	0.0831	-0.356	81.2%	28	1	1.26	1.62	0.76
1.07	2.24	2.05	72	1,412	76.5%	0.555	0.0809	-0.034	19	-0.034	0.0809	-0.441	89.1%	6		1.80	2.39	1.30
0.84	2.00	1.75	255	194	85.0%	0.484	0.0763	-0.036	20	-0.036	0.0763	-0.512	96.1%	8	1	2.77	3.22	1.93
0.73	2.23	1.69	55	29	104.2%	0.425	0.0708	-0.038	21	-0.038	0.0708	-0.571	102.7%	1		3.75	4.09	2.64
0.63	1.99	1.33	138	40	110.1%	0.376	0.0651	-0.038	22	-0.038	0.0651	-0.621	108.2%	34		4.40	4.98	3.39
0.55	1.78	1.20	25	78	115.3%	0.335	0.0596	-0.039	23	-0.039	0.0596	-0.662	113.5%		7	5.35	5.90	4.18
0.49	1.60	1.07	25	65	120.1%	0.301	0.0546	-0.038	24	-0.038	0.0546	-0.696	118.4%			6.85	6.84	5.00
0.45	1.46	1.04	113	319	125.3%	0.272	0.0500	-0.038	25	-0.038	0.0500	-0.724	123.1%			0.00	7.79	5.85
0.41	1.33	0.89	28	102	129.6%	0.248	0.0460	-0.038	26	-0.038	0.0460	-0.749	127.9%			0.00	8.75	6.73
0.38	1.23	0.82	44	45	134.2%	0.227	0.0424	-0.037	27	-0.037	0.0424	-0.769	132.0%	18		8.39	9.71	7.62
0.35	1.14	0.78	38	62	138.3%	0.210	0.0392	-0.036	28	-0.036	0.0392	-0.787	136.2%			0.00	10.68	8.53
0.33	1.06	0.71	81	101	142.4%	0.194	0.0364	-0.036	29	-0.036	0.0364	-0.802	139.7%			0.00	11.65	9.44
0.31	0.63	0.65	71	82	132.7%	0.181	0.0339	-0.035	30	-0.035	0.0339	-0.816	143.7%	1		11.50	12.63	10.37
0.29	0.93	0.46		44	149.8%	0.169	0.0316	-0.034	31	-0.034	0.0316	-0.828	147.4%			0.00	13.61	11.31
0.27	0.87	0.50	1	48	152.9%	0.158	0.0296	-0.034	32	-0.034	0.0296	-0.838	150.7%			0.00	14.59	12.25
0.26	0.82	0.34		21	156.4%	0.149	0.0278	-0.033	33	-0.033	0.0278	-0.848	154.0%			0.00	15.57	13.20

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EXPIRATION

NOV 24, 2026 CHAIN

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