Energy

Williams Companies Inc (WMB) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

WMB is Williams Companies Inc, an Energy name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank76 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV33.8%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct9.4% down, 10.4% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall80 and 6728 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close68.9828 Sep
Next report2 Nov 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

WMB's IV rank is 76 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank76 of 100
At the money IV33.8%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.00
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price144,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price144,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 28.8% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among WMB's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB options priced a move of 9.4 percent down and 10.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202643.7%4.0%66.44 to 71.72
9 Oct 2026115.5%5.8%65.16 to 72.97
23 Oct 2026257.5%8.6%63.81 to 74.93
30 Oct 2026329.4%10.4%62.49 to 76.16
18 Dec 20268114.4%14.5%59.04 to 78.95
15 Jan 202710916.2%16.4%57.78 to 80.28
19 Mar 202717220.9%21.6%54.58 to 83.88

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 68.98, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's call wall is the 80 strike and its put wall is the 67 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma80
Put wall, most open put gamma67
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign70.95
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $23.22 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$59.19 million
Close68.98

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's at the money IV is 33.8 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 19.6 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV33.8%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days19.6%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days25.9%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record864, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move27.4% of 252 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's at the money IV runs from 31.8 percent at 4 days to 31.4 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
431.8%
1130.1%
1827.0%
2531.2%
5331.7%
8130.7%
10930.1%
17231.4%

Near and far expiries price about the same volatility, a flat term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, WMB's IV ten percent below the price sits 2.5 points below at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price31.2%-2.5 points
At the money33.8%0.0 points
10% above the price35.2%+1.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 26.9 to 71.7 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured10
Nearest expiry2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more66
Lowest IV among them26.9%
Highest IV among them71.7%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026431.8%3,43710,838
9 Oct 20261130.1%3,26320,279
16 Oct 20261827.0%17,7308,523
23 Oct 20262531.2%2,55424,278
30 Oct 20263233.8%67953,328
20 Nov 20265331.7%83,3229,109
18 Dec 20268130.7%11,0954,149
15 Jan 202710930.1%18,98712,307
19 Feb 202714431.4%924382
19 Mar 202717231.4%2,2861,188

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's largest open interest sits at the 80 strike, with 97,981 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
8097,86411797,981
671654,64954,665
653,55641,43444,990
7515,9166,45422,370
661417,29017,304
704,16411,19815,362

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, WMB's at the money IV moved from 31.5 percent to 33.8 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV31.5%33.8%+2.3 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price278,995288,658+9,663
Put/call ratio, open interest0.951.00+0.05

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 7,135 WMB option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded4,732
Puts traded2,403
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than11 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain376,035 contracts
Volume to open interest0.02
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 69 put expiring 2 Oct, 537 traded against 145 open

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of WMB's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202672.31$6.63 million8065
21 Sep 202671.65minus $1.54 million8067
28 Sep 202668.98minus $23.22 million8067

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of WMB was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close69.60, the swing high of 24 Aug 2026
Level below the close68.40, the swing low of 28 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyCash-secured put (sell a put below the price)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 WMB sat at the 72nd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days74 of 100Neutral
20 trading days81 of 100Bullish
45 trading days72 of 100Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026, 1 of 3 timeframes put WMB on the bullish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBullish1 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 WMB had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None72 of 100
24 Sep 2026None70 of 100
23 Sep 2026None82 of 100
22 Sep 2026None87 of 100
21 Sep 2026None61 of 100
18 Sep 2026None65 of 100
17 Sep 2026None64 of 100
16 Sep 2026None87 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 17 of 56 Energy names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Energy5617336

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Price Chart

WMB closed at 68.98 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close68.98
Change over 5 trading days-3.7%
Change over 21 trading days-7.0%
Change over 63 trading days-8.1%
Change over 252 trading days+9.0%
52 week high80.08
52 week low56.19
20 day moving average72.56
50 day moving average72.53
200 day moving average70.99
RSI, 14 days35

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

WMB reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

FigureValue
Next report2 Nov 2026, after the close
DateWorked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 3 Aug 2026+1.5%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-1.0%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026+0.5%
Move after the report of 5 May 2025-2.4%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 43.3 percent of WMB's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep43.3%
Five day average39.4%
52 week median42.9%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

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Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, WMB's average change was minus 1.0 percent, and it rose in 56.5 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-1.0%+0.9%56.5%23
October+2.0%+2.1%60.9%23
November+2.3%+4.1%60.9%23

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 1 headline naming WMB in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window1
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is WMB's IV rank?
WMB's IV rank is 76 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are WMB options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, WMB options priced a move of 9.4 percent down and 10.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are WMB's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, WMB's call wall is the 80 strike and its put wall is the 67 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of WMB on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of WMB was bullish, paper trading.
When does WMB report earnings next?
WMB reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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