Options Strategies

US index options — volatility & strategy tablesback

Data source: Volatility and option chains use current data from yfinance. Strategy backtests apply this implied volatility to historical underlying prices (hybrid: real spot history, current IV).

Index:
IV Percentiles
Current: 10.41% · P25: 3.21% · P50: 4.94% · P75: 10.78%
Term Structure
Short IV: 10.41% · Long IV: 3.24% · Slope: -7.17% · Backwardation
Skew
ATM IV: 1.11% · Put skew: 17.44% · Call skew: 18.26%
Volatility term structure (DTE vs IV)
Term structure table
DTEAvg IV %Min IV %Max IV %
210.410.00144.51
95.000.0091.88
164.020.0025.00
233.110.0025.00
3019.330.00140.82
372.540.0012.50
4115.920.0082.79
431.940.006.25
584.870.0025.00
12011.870.0073.58
1327.330.0048.93
2123.240.0012.50
Strategy performance (click row to show curve)
StrategyTotal Return %Win Rate %Max DD %SharpeTrades
Cash-Secured Put-3.1%94.7%3.9%-0.1919
Covered Call-14.9%52.6%18.3%-0.3319
Long Call8692.1%31.6%600.0%0.4319
Long Put9993.8%5.3%900.0%0.2019
All strategy equity curves