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

94.0%

18 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$3.02

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$15.00

-18.4%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

0.18

289 / 1,566

NOV 11, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
6.36	11.76	0.00			0.0%	0.993	0.0029	-0.002	10	-0.002	0.0029	-0.005	131.4%			0.00	0.02	0.00
5.86	11.26	0.00			0.0%	0.992	0.0034	-0.002	10.5	-0.002	0.0034	-0.006	122.4%			0.00	0.02	0.00
5.36	10.76	0.00			0.0%	0.992	0.0041	-0.002	11	-0.002	0.0041	-0.006	113.7%	2		0.05	0.02	0.00
5.01	10.41	0.00			140.1%	0.991	0.0048	-0.003	11.5	-0.003	0.0048	-0.007	111.0%			0.00	0.03	0.00
5.01	10.41	0.00			224.5%	0.990	0.0058	-0.003	12	-0.003	0.0058	-0.008	102.6%	5	1	0.01	0.03	0.00
4.77	8.37	0.00			0.0%	0.988	0.0072	-0.003	12.5	-0.003	0.0072	-0.010	94.6%			0.00	0.03	0.00
4.27	7.87	0.00			0.0%	0.986	0.0090	-0.003	13	-0.003	0.0090	-0.012	86.8%		2	0.01	0.03	0.00
3.01	6.61	0.00			0.0%	0.983	0.0116	-0.004	13.5	-0.004	0.0116	-0.015	82.7%			0.00	0.04	0.00
3.01	6.61	5.21	1	6	0.0%	0.979	0.0156	-0.004	14	-0.004	0.0156	-0.019	77.8%	62	11	0.02	0.05	0.00
3.62	5.62	4.97		115	0.0%	0.971	0.0216	-0.005	14.5	-0.005	0.0216	-0.027	72.5%	43	10	0.03	0.06	0.00
3.15	5.13	4.30	220	3,137	0.0%	0.956	0.0315	-0.008	15	-0.008	0.0315	-0.042	71.4%	482	44	0.04	0.09	0.01
2.52	4.17	3.46	12	1,705	78.8%	0.884	0.0628	-0.019	16	-0.019	0.0628	-0.114	75.9%	237	39	0.16	0.27	0.07
1.79	3.12	2.93	32	213	70.2%	0.777	0.0880	-0.032	17	-0.032	0.0880	-0.221	82.8%	169	11	0.49	0.62	0.26
1.45	2.74	2.12	24	1,106	94.6%	0.660	0.0969	-0.045	18	-0.045	0.0969	-0.338	93.3%	177	14	0.98	1.24	0.60
1.00	2.27	1.72	92	153	99.2%	0.558	0.0952	-0.053	19	-0.053	0.0952	-0.440	103.3%	204	31	1.55	1.96	1.12
0.81	1.90	1.45	203	1,372	108.4%	0.473	0.0889	-0.058	20	-0.058	0.0889	-0.525	112.6%	137	119	2.45	2.77	1.75
0.67	1.62	1.20	97	297	116.9%	0.404	0.0810	-0.060	21	-0.060	0.0810	-0.594	120.7%	9	2	3.28	3.62	2.46
0.57	1.40	1.08	19	321	124.9%	0.348	0.0730	-0.060	22	-0.060	0.0730	-0.650	129.1%	210	1	4.05	4.52	3.24
0.49	1.21	0.90	210	202	131.7%	0.302	0.0654	-0.060	23	-0.060	0.0654	-0.696	136.5%		1	4.65	5.44	4.06
0.43	1.07	0.81	36	305	138.7%	0.265	0.0586	-0.059	24	-0.059	0.0586	-0.733	143.2%	6		6.60	6.37	4.91
0.50	0.96	0.72	328	2,553	150.2%	0.235	0.0527	-0.057	25	-0.057	0.0527	-0.763	151.1%	98		7.65	7.33	5.81
0.34	0.86	0.70	76	157	151.2%	0.210	0.0475	-0.056	26	-0.056	0.0475	-0.787	156.7%	1		7.30	8.28	6.70
0.31	0.78	0.61	4	156	157.1%	0.190	0.0430	-0.054	27	-0.054	0.0430	-0.808	162.7%	18		7.90	9.24	7.62
0.28	0.71	0.67	15	166	162.4%	0.172	0.0391	-0.052	28	-0.052	0.0391	-0.826	168.5%	5		10.97	10.21	8.55
0.25	0.65	0.55		106	167.2%	0.157	0.0357	-0.051	29	-0.051	0.0357	-0.841	173.8%			0.00	11.18	9.49
0.23	0.60	0.47	26	458	172.1%	0.144	0.0328	-0.049	30	-0.049	0.0328	-0.854	179.4%	5	1	11.10	12.16	10.44
0.21	0.55	0.51		6	176.3%	0.133	0.0302	-0.048	31	-0.048	0.0302	-0.865	183.7%			0.00	13.13	11.39
0.19	0.51	0.39	4	2	180.4%	0.123	0.0279	-0.046	32	-0.046	0.0279	-0.875	188.4%			0.00	14.11	12.35
0.18	0.48	0.42	7	1	185.2%	0.114	0.0258	-0.044	33	-0.044	0.0258	-0.884	193.8%			0.00	15.10	13.32

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EXPIRATION

NOV 11, 2026 CHAIN

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