Options Volume & IV
Where options traders are active today, which names are trading far above their normal volume, and whether that option premium is rich or cheap versus its own history.
Options volume, last 60 sessions
400 most active namesTotal contracts traded per day (bars) and the put/call volume ratio in the nearest monthly expiration (line). A rising put/call ratio means more hedging or bearish bets.
Most active
contracts todayContracts traded today (bar) against the 20-day average (tick). Click a bar for the quote.
Unusual volume
today ÷ 20-day averageNames trading the most options relative to normal, among those averaging 5,000+ contracts a day. Surges often come before news, earnings or large institutional trades.
Premium vs attention
IV rank × volume surgeRight = options expensive vs the past year (high IV rank); up = unusually busy. Top-right names are expensive and in focus (premium-selling candidates); top-left are busy but still cheap (buyers may be early). Bubble size = contracts traded.
How expensive are options?
IV rank, liquid namesIV rank puts today's implied volatility on a 0–100 scale between its 52-week low and high. Most names bunched at the low end means cheap premium across the market.
Put/call extremes
nearest monthly expirationMost put-heavy (right) and call-heavy (left) liquid names today, as puts ÷ calls traded, on a log scale.
Largest implied moves
ATM straddle ÷ priceHow much the options market expects each liquid name to move by the nearest monthly expiration, from the at-the-money straddle.
Volatility for one symbol
Implied volatility by expiration today, and how it has moved.
IV term structure
At-the-money implied volatility for each expiration (line) and the expected move priced by that expiration's straddle (bars). Upward-sloping is normal; a front-end spike (inversion) usually means an event such as earnings.
IV over time
30-day and nearest-weekly implied volatility, with IV rank (0–100, right axis), over the last six months.
All symbols
Sort any column; filter by symbol, volume surge or IV rank.
| # | Symbol | Contracts | vs 20d | 20 days | Open interest | Put/call | IV | IV 5d Δ | IV rank | IV rank 7d | Implied move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 | 13.09M | 1.1× | 17.39M | 3.34 | 13.6% | +0.1 | 37 | 39 | ±3.1% | |
| 2 | QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series | 9.54M | 1.1× | 13.76M | 0.62 | 22.4% | +1.9 | 52 | 53 | ±5.1% | |
| 3 | SPX SPX | 5.94M | 1.1× | 24.32M | 5.01 | 13.4% | -0.1 | 34 | 43 | ±3.1% | |
| 4 | NVDA Nvidia Corp | 3.19M | 1.2× | 15.71M | 0.27 | 46.8% | +6.0 | 91 | 56 | ±10.7% | |
| 5 | TSLA Tesla, Inc. Common Stock | 2.54M | 1.2× | 5.72M | 0.64 | 43.6% | +6.6 | 53 | 39 | ±9.9% | |
| 6 | IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2.24M | 1.1× | 10.67M | 3.85 | 17.5% | -0.3 | 25 | 40 | ±4.0% | |
| 7 | AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.17M | 1.6× | 5.49M | 1.03 | 22.9% | -2.6 | 8 | 16 | ±5.2% | |
| 8 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.63M | 1.3× | 3.57M | 0.90 | 60.6% | +8.9 | 26 | 31 | ±13.8% | |
| 9 | AMZN Amazon.Com Inc | 1.57M | 1.7× | 4.76M | 0.65 | 30.6% | -14.2 | 19 | 13 | ±7.1% | |
| 10 | SPCX Space Exploration Technolo | 1.28M | 1.0× | 5.24M | 0.69 | 53.7% | +4.7 | 15 | 14 | ±12.3% |
How to use this page
Volume surge compares today's contracts with the symbol's own 20-day average — 3× normal on a name that usually trades 50,000 contracts is a real event; the same on a thin name may be one trade. Put/call is puts ÷ calls traded in the nearest monthly expiration: above 1.5 leans bearish or hedged, below 0.7 leans bullish. IV rank places current 30-day implied volatility between its 52-week low (0) and high (100); IV rank 7d does the same for the nearest weekly options.
Ideas: high IV rank plus a volume surge flags premium-selling candidates — check them in the Iron Condor Screener. A surge with low IV rank often precedes a catalyst the market has not priced yet. Around earnings both numbers jump; use the Earnings IC Screener when a report is near.