State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) Implied Volatility Current
XAR implied volatility is 34%. IV Rank is 66%, placing current premiums in the middle of their 52-week range.
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Tracking XAR implied volatility helps you identify when options premiums on State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF are historically cheap or expensive, and where the best trades are hiding. State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF implied volatility reflects the market's expectation of future price movement: when XAR IV rises, option premiums increase, creating opportunities for sellers, and when it drops, buyers can find cheaper contracts. Use our scanner to monitor State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF's implied volatility current levels in real time and filter for high-probability trades.
Implied volatility is derived from option prices using models like Black-Scholes and represents the annualized expected move of an underlying stock. For XAR, tracking metrics like XAR IV rank helps traders understand whether current implied volatility is historically high or low. IV rank compares today's reading against the past year's range — a high rank on XAR signals rich premiums and potential mean-reversion, while a low rank may favor long options strategies.
The State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry Index (the "Index")Seeks to provide exposure to the Aerospace & Defense segment of the S&P TMI, which comprises the following sub-industries: Aerospace & DefenseSeeks to track a modified equal weighted index which provides the potential for unconcentrated industry exposure across large, mid and small cap stocksAllows investors to take strategic or tactical positions at a more targeted level than traditional sector based investing
Premium sellers, directional traders, and spread builders all need the same starting point: a clear read on where XAR implied volatility sits today versus where it has been. Our scanner ranks State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF implied volatility against its historical range, surfaces extremes in XAR IV rank, and pairs every reading with the trades that exploit it. Stop guessing whether State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF IV is rich or cheap — measure it, then act on it.
Implied Volatility
IV is slightly elevated - premiums are richer, leaning toward sellers.
As of September 24, 2026
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