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

80.5%

18.5 strike

EXPECTED MOVE

$4.49

ATM straddle

MAX PAIN

$19.00

+3.3%

PUT/CALL VOLUME

0.36

56,076 / 157,903

DEC 16, 2026 CHAIN

CALLS										PUTS
Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV	Delta	Gamma	Theta	Strike	Theta	Gamma	Delta	IV	OI	Vol	Last	Ask	Bid
8.05	8.20	8.02	2	131	52.8%	0.986	0.0044	-0.001	11	-0.001	0.0044	-0.007	66.5%	213		0.01	0.03	0.00
7.55	7.70	6.99		10	0.0%	0.985	0.0055	-0.001	11.5	-0.001	0.0055	-0.009	61.7%	153		0.02	0.03	0.00
7.05	7.25	7.40		484	59.7%	0.983	0.0070	-0.001	12	-0.001	0.0070	-0.011	57.1%	2,459	1	0.01	0.03	0.00
6.55	6.75	6.92		394	53.7%	0.980	0.0091	-0.001	12.5	-0.001	0.0091	-0.014	52.6%	1,219	1	0.01	0.03	0.00
6.05	6.25	6.50		230	47.9%	0.975	0.0120	-0.002	13	-0.002	0.0120	-0.018	50.3%	2,250		0.02	0.04	0.00
5.60	5.75	6.35		209	50.6%	0.966	0.0172	-0.002	13.5	-0.002	0.0172	-0.028	50.3%	2,184		0.03	0.06	0.01
5.10	5.30	5.20	91	31,756	50.3%	0.949	0.0249	-0.003	14	-0.003	0.0249	-0.045	52.3%	6,780	9,248	0.07	0.10	0.04
4.70	4.85	4.80	1	1,346	54.6%	0.924	0.0342	-0.005	14.5	-0.005	0.0342	-0.070	54.6%	22,165	21	0.13	0.16	0.10
4.25	4.45	4.42	296	4,071	55.7%	0.890	0.0440	-0.007	15	-0.007	0.0440	-0.103	57.6%	137,708	5,674	0.22	0.26	0.19
3.90	4.10	0.00			60.1%	0.850	0.0526	-0.010	15.5	-0.010	0.0526	-0.144	60.5%	29	4,506	0.37	0.39	0.32
3.60	3.80	3.72	131	5,527	64.7%	0.805	0.0590	-0.012	16	-0.012	0.0590	-0.188	63.9%	135,770	17,924	0.52	0.57	0.49
3.30	3.50	3.37	2	17	67.2%	0.760	0.0632	-0.015	16.5	-0.015	0.0632	-0.234	67.6%	8,184	6	0.76	0.79	0.71
3.05	3.25	3.20	135	25,648	70.5%	0.717	0.0655	-0.017	17	-0.017	0.0655	-0.277	71.2%	143,823	1,027	1.05	1.05	0.96
2.89	3.05	3.00	11	23	75.3%	0.676	0.0665	-0.019	17.5	-0.019	0.0665	-0.318	74.5%	2,257	49	1.28	1.33	1.24
2.69	2.82	2.77	581	40,782	77.6%	0.638	0.0666	-0.020	18	-0.020	0.0666	-0.356	77.7%	95,436	3,501	1.62	1.64	1.54
2.52	2.64	2.64	4	17	80.5%	0.603	0.0662	-0.022	18.5	-0.022	0.0662	-0.391	80.5%	1	3	1.90	1.96	1.86
2.36	2.48	2.46	10,415	61,967	83.1%	0.570	0.0653	-0.023	19	-0.023	0.0653	-0.423	83.6%	57,754	12,506	2.21	2.31	2.21
2.22	2.34	2.32	1,484	6,013	85.8%	0.540	0.0641	-0.024	19.5	-0.024	0.0641	-0.453	86.2%	8,069	1,421	2.64	2.67	2.56
2.10	2.22	2.16	1,542	94,170	88.6%	0.512	0.0626	-0.025	20	-0.025	0.0626	-0.481	88.9%	29,935	25	2.96	3.05	2.93
1.98	2.05	2.40		62	90.0%	0.487	0.0610	-0.025	20.5	-0.025	0.0610	-0.507	91.5%	25		3.42	3.45	3.30
1.87	1.98	1.94	13,485	41,348	92.8%	0.463	0.0594	-0.026	21	-0.026	0.0594	-0.531	93.2%	21,349	100	3.80	3.80	3.70
1.78	1.89	1.87	1	1,040	95.3%	0.441	0.0576	-0.026	21.5	-0.026	0.0576	-0.553	96.3%		10	4.25	4.25	4.10
1.69	1.81	1.77	3,361	132,435	97.5%	0.420	0.0558	-0.027	22	-0.027	0.0558	-0.573	98.2%	7,518	18	4.60	4.65	4.50
1.61	1.72	1.69	3	1,071	99.5%	0.402	0.0541	-0.027	22.5	-0.027	0.0541	-0.592	99.7%			0.00	5.05	4.90
1.52	1.63	1.58	15,440	25,558	100.9%	0.384	0.0524	-0.027	23	-0.027	0.0524	-0.610	100.9%	12,151	1	5.50	5.45	5.30
1.46	1.57	1.55	6	1,064	103.2%	0.368	0.0507	-0.027	23.5	-0.027	0.0507	-0.626	103.6%	10		5.80	5.90	5.75
1.41	1.51	1.42	2,090	32,140	105.4%	0.353	0.0490	-0.027	24	-0.027	0.0490	-0.641	106.1%	1,832		6.20	6.35	6.20
1.34	1.45	1.36	6	33	106.9%	0.339	0.0475	-0.028	24.5	-0.028	0.0475	-0.654	106.5%			0.00	6.75	6.60
1.28	1.38	1.33	5,908	77,313	108.3%	0.326	0.0459	-0.028	25	-0.028	0.0459	-0.667	108.6%	2,515	1	7.25	7.20	7.05
1.19	1.29	1.28	6,349	25,312	112.0%	0.303	0.0431	-0.028	26	-0.028	0.0431	-0.691	112.2%	1,572		8.60	8.10	7.95
1.11	1.20	1.15	86	36,918	115.3%	0.283	0.0405	-0.028	27	-0.028	0.0405	-0.711	116.1%	100		8.85	9.05	8.85

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How this is calculated: Options Chain methodology

EXPIRATION

DEC 16, 2026 CHAIN

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