Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps
Cash-Secured Put24 trades pass on WMT
- Annualized return
- 2.1% to 15.0%
- Probability of profit
- 78.2% to 98.6%
Walmart Inc. · Consumer
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WMT closed at $108.73 on Sep 28, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 22.3%. That is near the bottom of its one-year range (IV rank 18), so options on WMT are cheap compared with its own recent history. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 19% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (32 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $7.09, or 6.5%.
The price is below both its 50-day (-0.5%) and 200-day (-8.3%) moving averages. It is 19.0% below its 52-week high and 8.1% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 51.6 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $2.14, about 2.0% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (70.5K contracts) was 0.6x its average, quieter than usual. A negative beta of -0.05 means WMT has tended to move against the broad market. 5 of our preset screens found trades on WMT at the close, led by Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps with 24 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 20264 days | 25.4% | ±$2.89 (2.7%) | $105.84 to $111.62 | $2.32 |
| Oct 30, 202632 days | 22.0% | ±$7.09 (6.5%) | $101.64 to $115.82 | $5.66 |
| Nov 20, 202653 days | 28.9% | ±$11.96 (11.0%) | $96.77 to $120.69 | $9.57 |
| Dec 18, 202681 days | 27.6% | ±$14.16 (13.0%) | $94.57 to $122.89 | $11.30 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for WMT from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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