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

90.1%

18.5 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$3.39

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$18.50

+0.6%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

0.25

76,460 / 301,728

NOV 18, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
8.00	8.20	7.97	2	162	0.0%	0.990	0.0044	-0.002	11	-0.002	0.0044	-0.007	99.2%	461		0.01	0.03	0.00
7.50	7.70	6.75		3	0.0%	0.989	0.0053	-0.002	11.5	-0.002	0.0053	-0.008	91.9%	4		0.02	0.03	0.00
7.00	7.20	8.30		2,085	0.0%	0.988	0.0064	-0.002	12	-0.002	0.0064	-0.009	85.0%	664		0.01	0.03	0.00
6.50	6.70	6.82		22	0.0%	0.986	0.0079	-0.002	12.5	-0.002	0.0079	-0.011	78.3%	935		0.02	0.03	0.00
6.00	6.20	6.05	6	1,618	0.0%	0.984	0.0100	-0.003	13	-0.003	0.0100	-0.014	71.8%	10,351	4	0.01	0.03	0.00
5.50	5.70	5.67		87	0.0%	0.980	0.0129	-0.003	13.5	-0.003	0.0129	-0.017	68.4%	2,932	5	0.02	0.04	0.00
5.05	5.20	4.90	31	1,104	0.0%	0.975	0.0172	-0.004	14	-0.004	0.0172	-0.022	64.3%	19,906	29	0.02	0.05	0.00
4.55	4.70	4.75	60	1,449	53.0%	0.966	0.0238	-0.004	14.5	-0.004	0.0238	-0.032	61.5%	52,863	786	0.03	0.06	0.01
4.05	4.25	4.20	101	6,412	55.8%	0.947	0.0348	-0.007	15	-0.007	0.0348	-0.050	63.3%	150,068	1,535	0.07	0.10	0.04
3.65	3.80	3.85	15	319	59.1%	0.914	0.0495	-0.010	15.5	-0.010	0.0495	-0.083	64.2%	48,771	5,214	0.13	0.15	0.09
3.20	3.40	3.41	409	27,584	64.3%	0.869	0.0644	-0.015	16	-0.015	0.0644	-0.128	67.5%	172,829	15,625	0.22	0.25	0.18
2.90	3.05	3.00	21	1,792	71.5%	0.818	0.0766	-0.020	16.5	-0.020	0.0766	-0.180	71.7%	70,603	154	0.39	0.40	0.32
2.58	2.72	2.68	193	7,901	74.7%	0.762	0.0853	-0.025	17	-0.025	0.0853	-0.235	75.9%	170,167	31,458	0.55	0.59	0.51
2.32	2.46	2.44	1,717	47,717	79.5%	0.704	0.0894	-0.029	17.5	-0.029	0.0894	-0.293	80.7%	146,594	8,637	0.79	0.84	0.74
2.11	2.24	2.24	1,359	165,591	84.3%	0.650	0.0902	-0.034	18	-0.034	0.0902	-0.347	86.4%	90,787	155	1.07	1.12	1.05
1.94	2.06	2.05	1,873	116,175	89.6%	0.601	0.0890	-0.037	18.5	-0.037	0.0890	-0.396	90.6%	140,290	1,926	1.38	1.44	1.34
1.78	1.91	1.86	20,671	130,947	94.7%	0.557	0.0868	-0.040	19	-0.040	0.0868	-0.440	96.0%	101,111	8,358	1.68	1.80	1.69
1.65	1.76	1.75	2,353	17,877	98.2%	0.517	0.0840	-0.042	19.5	-0.042	0.0840	-0.480	100.0%	19,697	2,017	2.08	2.14	2.04
1.52	1.63	1.62	12,729	311,150	102.6%	0.481	0.0809	-0.043	20	-0.043	0.0809	-0.516	104.0%	61,849	192	2.43	2.53	2.42
1.40	1.51	1.51	8,207	30,057	105.9%	0.449	0.0776	-0.045	20.5	-0.045	0.0776	-0.549	106.8%	10,962	1	3.00	2.90	2.79
1.30	1.41	1.41	5,931	152,946	109.3%	0.419	0.0742	-0.045	21	-0.045	0.0742	-0.578	109.3%	30,785	2	3.38	3.30	3.15
1.22	1.33	1.30	144	34,421	113.2%	0.392	0.0709	-0.046	21.5	-0.046	0.0709	-0.605	114.9%	1,343	1	3.65	3.75	3.60
1.15	1.25	1.20	11,289	216,547	116.7%	0.368	0.0676	-0.046	22	-0.046	0.0676	-0.629	117.1%	66,206	3	4.30	4.15	4.00
1.06	1.12	1.16	2,152	19,463	117.6%	0.346	0.0645	-0.047	22.5	-0.047	0.0645	-0.651	120.1%	1,286		4.40	4.60	4.40
1.00	1.10	1.08	22,433	119,555	122.0%	0.327	0.0614	-0.047	23	-0.047	0.0614	-0.671	122.6%	35,734	157	5.00	5.00	4.85
0.94	1.04	0.99	41	21,108	124.8%	0.308	0.0586	-0.047	23.5	-0.047	0.0586	-0.689	126.1%	9		5.25	5.45	5.30
0.89	0.99	0.94	694	82,466	127.8%	0.292	0.0559	-0.046	24	-0.046	0.0559	-0.705	129.2%	8,345		5.70	5.90	5.75
0.84	0.93	0.96	1,007	12,516	130.1%	0.277	0.0533	-0.046	24.5	-0.046	0.0533	-0.720	132.0%	20		5.95	6.35	6.20
0.80	0.89	0.85	17,276	345,240	133.0%	0.263	0.0509	-0.046	25	-0.046	0.0509	-0.734	134.4%	7,013	1	6.85	6.80	6.65
0.72	0.82	0.79	165	46,397	138.3%	0.239	0.0466	-0.045	26	-0.045	0.0466	-0.758	139.9%	1,857		7.44	7.75	7.55
0.67	0.76	0.71	5,265	120,589	143.8%	0.219	0.0427	-0.044	27	-0.044	0.0427	-0.778	146.1%	1,272		8.09	8.70	8.50

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How this is calculated: Options Chain methodology

EXPIRATION

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