Weekly data bulletin · Series D — Implied volatility
Lowest IV Stocks This Week
According to ApexVol data as of 2026-07-17, CRNX has the cheapest options premium among 1149 liquid optionable US stocks, with an IV rank of 0.0 and 30-day implied volatility of just 11.9%. 64 names are trading in the bottom decile of their own 1-year IV range this week — historically inexpensive territory for long-option strategies. Low IV is not automatically cheap: compare against realized volatility before buying. This list refreshes every Monday.
Data as of 2026-07-17Universe 1149 liquid namesFilter 30d IV ≤ 50%Source ORATSCadence Weekly · Mon
Exhibit 01
This Week's Low-IV Leaderboard
The 15 liquid US stocks with the lowest 1-year IV percentile this week.
Short bars are the point: premium in these names is near the bottom of its own 1-year range
— and low in absolute terms too, since the list caps 30-day IV at 50%.
Note — ordered by 1-year IV percentile, ties broken by 30-day IV; bars scale 30-day IV
against the list's 50% cap, so shorter is cheaper. NEW marks names that weren't on last
week's list. Source: ORATS, as of 2026-07-17.
Exhibit notes
Methodology
Source
ORATS institutional feed
Universe
1149 liquid optionable names
Filter
Price > $5 · 1,000+ contracts · IV ≤ 50%
Cadence
Mondays, pre-open
Data source: ORATS,
the institutional options data provider behind all ApexVol analytics. Universe: full ORATS
US equity coverage filtered to liquid optionable names (share price above $5, 20-day average
options volume of at least 1,000 contracts, valid IV data).
IV rank (1-year IV percentile) measures where current
30-day implied volatility sits in the stock's own
252-trading-day range — 0 means a 1-year low. This list additionally caps 30-day IV at 50%:
a name at the bottom of a 100%-plus IV range still isn't cheap premium in absolute terms, so
it doesn't belong on a cheapest-options list. Generated every Monday before the US open;
not updated intraday.
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Written by
ApexVol Research Team
Quantitative options research
All calculations use live ORATS institutional data — the same source used by professional volatility desks.
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Technical reviewer
Ryan Silk, ApexVol Founder
Reviewed for technical accuracy
10+ years trading options. Built ApexVol's pricing engine, Greeks model, and IV-rank methodology.
This guide is updated as market conditions and ORATS data change. Last revised 2026-07-17.How we research →
Citation
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ApexVol Research. “Lowest IV Stocks This Week (Jul 17 – 23, 2026).” ApexVol, 2026-07-17. https://apexvol.com/reports/lowest-iv-stocks-this-week
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
As of 2026-07-17, the lowest IV-rank stocks among 1149 liquid optionable US names are CRNX, AES, ROKU. The full leaderboard on this page refreshes every Monday from ORATS data.
Low IV rank means options premium is historically inexpensive for that name, which favors long-option strategies (calls, puts, straddles, calendars) over premium selling. But low implied volatility is not automatically cheap: if the stock's realized volatility is even lower, options can still be overpriced. Compare IV against realized volatility, and check whether a known catalyst justifies the market's calm, before buying.
Every Monday before the US market opens, from the same ORATS data feed that powers the ApexVol platform. The URL stays the same week to week — bookmark it for the current leaderboard.