Daily SOL options market report · 24-hour comparison

Solana options turn strongly call-rich despite lower front-end volatility

SOL’s defining move was a 3.88-point rise in two-week RR25 toward call-side volatility, contrasting with lower short-dated ATM IV.

02 · Options market read

What the volatility surface did.

6 of 6 headline tenors were comparable at both endpoints. The largest ATM IV move was 1W at -1.67 volatility points, to 51.89%.

Derived directly from structured Derivasys surface data

03 · Catalyst check

02 Sept 2026, 16:38 UTC to 03 Sept 2026, 16:38 UTC

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04 · Detailed analysis

What changed across the SOL volatility surface.

Implied versus realised

At the 16:38 UTC cutoff, 1W ATM IV was 51.89%, 9.89 volatility points below seven-day realised volatility of 61.78%; 24-hour realised volatility was 61.15% and 30-day realised volatility was 64.30%.

Front end

Front-end ATM IV decreased, averaging -1.19 volatility points to 52.37% across 1W, 2W and 1M.

Long end

Long-dated ATM IV decreased, averaging -0.49 volatility points to 52.84% across 6M and 1Y.

Skew

RR25 moved towards calls, averaging +3.27 volatility points to 4.58% across the six available headline tenors.

Convexity

BF25 increased, averaging +0.20 volatility points to 4.58% across the six available headline tenors.

Largest standard-tenor move

The largest standard-tenor ATM IV move was -1.67 volatility points at 1W, to 51.89%.

Universe roll: added 18SEP26, 30OCT26, 5SEP26; removed 3SEP26. Comparisons use common expiries only.

05 · Standard-tenor ranking

Largest surface events

01

Largest eligible smile rotation

11SEP26, +7.52 vol pts
02

Largest standard-tenor RR25 move

2W, +3.88 vol pts
03

Largest standard-tenor ATM IV move

1W, -1.67 vol pts
04

Largest standard-tenor BF25 move

1W, +0.38 vol pts
05

Largest eligible SVI rho move

25SEP26, -0.1833 param
06

Largest eligible SVI sigma move

25DEC26, +0.1197 param

06 · ATM volatility

Standard-tenor ATM implied volatility.

TenorCurrent (vol %)Previous (vol %)Change (vol pts)Relative change
1W51.8953.56-1.67 vol pts-3.12%
2W52.5053.53-1.03 vol pts-1.92%
1M52.7153.57-0.86 vol pts-1.61%
3M52.9153.40-0.49 vol pts-0.92%
6M52.8653.35-0.49 vol pts-0.92%
9M52.8453.34-0.50 vol pts-0.94%
1Y52.8353.33-0.50 vol pts-0.94%

07 · Risk reversals

RR25 skew moved most at 2W.

RR25 moved towards calls, averaging +3.27 volatility points to 4.58% across the six available headline tenors. Negative RR25 denotes a richer 25-delta put wing under the call-minus-put convention.

-1.0%0.9%2.7%4.5%6.3%1W2W1M3M6M9M1Y
TenorCurrent (vol %)Previous (vol %)Change (vol pts)
1W3.49-0.27+3.76 vol pts
2W3.970.09+3.88 vol pts
1M3.810.83+2.98 vol pts
3M5.102.13+2.97 vol pts
6M5.452.44+3.01 vol pts
9M5.572.54+3.03 vol pts
1Y5.632.60+3.03 vol pts

08 · Butterflies

BF25 convexity changed most at 1W.

BF25 increased, averaging +0.20 volatility points to 4.58% across the six available headline tenors. BF25 measures the average 25-delta wing premium over ATM IV.

3.2%3.8%4.5%5.1%5.7%1W2W1M3M6M9M1Y
TenorCurrent (vol %)Previous (vol %)Change (vol pts)
1W3.833.45+0.38 vol pts
2W3.773.63+0.14 vol pts
1M4.214.13+0.08 vol pts
3M4.944.87+0.07 vol pts
6M5.295.06+0.23 vol pts
9M5.415.12+0.29 vol pts
1Y5.475.16+0.31 vol pts

09 · Expiry effects

Near-settlement moves, shown with context.

Contracts with fewer than 2 full days to expiry remain in the tables but are excluded from headline rankings. Settlement proximity, time decay, changing liquidity and fewer quotes can exaggerate their changes.

0.6d

Smile rotation

4SEP26, +24.18 vol pts

10 · Volatility term structure

Today against the previous 24-hour snapshot.

Only fixed tenors bracketed by listed expiries at both snapshots are charted. The listed-expiry table preserves the observable exchange maturities underneath those interpolated points.

51.7%52.2%52.7%53.3%53.8%1W2W1M3M6M9M1Y
ExpiryTime leftForward now (USD)Forward change (USD)ATM IV nowATM IV changeRR25 changeBF25 change
4SEP26Expiry effect0.6 days104.26+4.98 USD63.08%+5.85 vol pts+6.56 vol pts+0.38 vol pts
11SEP267.6 days104.26+4.98 USD51.75%-1.59 vol pts+3.64 vol pts+0.38 vol pts
25SEP2621.6 days104.34+4.91 USD52.48%-1.17 vol pts+2.89 vol pts+0.21 vol pts
25DEC26112.6 days104.65+4.85 USD52.89%-0.49 vol pts+2.99 vol pts+0.13 vol pts

11 · Smile movement

Reconstructed SVI smiles for every common expiry.

Each overlay uses the stored five-parameter SVI fit and the snapshot-specific time to expiry. Ultra-short expiries are displayed but do not determine the headline ranking.

4SEP26rotation towards calls · wing steepening
-0.30k0.00k+0.30k
11SEP26rotation towards calls · wing steepening
-0.30k0.00k+0.30k
25SEP26rotation towards calls · wing steepening
-0.30k0.00k+0.30k
25DEC26rotation towards calls
-0.30k0.00k+0.30k

Surface movement heatmap

Each cell is the fitted IV change in volatility points. Rows are listed expiries; columns run from the put wing through ATM to the call wing.

12 · Technical appendix

Model parameters and normalized Greeks.

These diagnostics preserve the fitted-surface audit trail without competing with the main market story.

Show SVI parameter changes and normalized Greeks

SVI diagnostics

Daily movement in a, b, rho, m and sigma.

Among ranking-eligible expiries, the largest absolute rho change occurred at 25SEP26; the largest sigma change occurred at 25DEC26.

ExpiryΔ aΔ bΔ rhoΔ mΔ sigmaSmile classification
4SEP26+0.03230-0.04170+0.12550+0.03460-0.13220rotation towards calls, wing steepening
11SEP26+0.00190+0.00710+0.02100-0.00470-0.04490rotation towards calls, wing steepening
25SEP26+0.01720+0.00160-0.18330-0.12870-0.09360rotation towards calls, wing steepening
25DEC26-0.06350+0.05530-0.02540-0.08420+0.11970rotation towards calls

Current surface characteristics

Where normalized model Greek intensity is highest.

These are comparable Black-forward Greeks for a one-SOL ATM-forward call at each listed expiry—not portfolio exposure, open interest or a prediction of dealer positioning.

Highest Vega25DEC26, 0.229437 USD / vol pt
Highest Gamma4SEP26, 0.144817 1 / USD
Highest Theta Decay4SEP26, -0.858055 USD / day
Highest Vanna25DEC26, 0.001096 delta / vol pt
Highest Volga25DEC26, -0.009362 USD / vol pt²

Completed-session cross-asset context

Crypto volatility against US equity risk.

SOL 30-day implied volatility was 3.5 times VIX, while its 30-session return correlation with SPX was low at 0.23.

Implied-volatility premium

SOL 30-day ATM IV was 53.18%, against VIX at 15.20: a 37.98-point spread and 3.50× ratio.

Realised-volatility regime

SOL 20-calendar-day realised volatility was 73.10%, versus SPX 20-session realised volatility of 7.59%. The spread ranked at 52.7 percentile of 220 prior observations.

Equity co-movement

Return correlation with SPX was 0.233 over 30 aligned sessions and 0.383 over 60 sessions. VIX9D, VIX and VIX3M closed at 12.57, 15.20 and 17.73.

As of 02 Sept 2026, 20:00 UTC. Provider: yahoo_finance; quality: valid. Crypto RV annualised on sqrt(365); SPX RV on sqrt(252).

13 · Methodology and provenance

Generated from measured Derivasys surface data.

Current snapshot
03 Sept 2026, 16:38 UTC
Comparison snapshot
02 Sept 2026, 16:38 UTC
Source
Derivasys proprietary historical SVI surface and canonical SOL index databases
Realised volatility
Annualised root-mean-square of one-minute canonical SOL-USD index log returns using a 365-day basis; all windows end at the current snapshot.
Comparison window
Nearest successful surface snapshots approximately 24 hours apart
RR convention
25-delta call IV minus 25-delta put IV
BF convention
Average 25-delta wing IV minus ATM forward IV
Fixed tenors
Fixed-tenor measures are interpolated independently at 1W, 2W, 1M, 3M, 6M, 9M and 1Y; headline rankings prioritise 1W, 2W, 1M, 3M, 6M and 1Y.
Smile reconstruction
Listed-expiry smiles are reconstructed from stored SVI total-variance parameters on a fixed log-moneyness grid.
Ultra-short expiries
Expiries with fewer than 2 full days remaining stay in detailed tables but are excluded from headline rankings. Settlement proximity, time decay, changing liquidity and fewer quotes can exaggerate their changes.
Greek normalization
Black forward Greeks for a normalized one-SOL ATM-forward call, zero rate, fitted SVI IV
Catalyst policy
Only sufficiently relevant, reliably sourced events are shown; otherwise no catalyst is assigned.