IWM Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, IWM traded between $75.20 and $79.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.0%, placing in the 80.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 27.0%). Max pain ranged from $78.00 to $83.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.33.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-16: Highest Volume — 2,252,184 contracts
  • 2007-08-09: Largest IV spike — 31.5% change
  • 2007-08-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-08-15: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.80$75.20$79.63$77.52$78.74
Max Pain$80.22$78.00$83.00$83.00$83.00
ATM IV29.0%24.1%33.5%27.4%28.7%
Expected Move8.3%6.9%9.9%7.9%8.2%
HV 20d27.0%21.9%30.0%21.9%26.4%
HV 60d21.3%18.2%23.6%18.2%23.3%
IV Rank80.9%53.2%100.0%86.7%75.9%
IV Percentile95.3%85.2%100.0%98.6%92.8%
Term Structure0.1%-0.9%1.1%0.4%-0.4%
VWIV30.4%26.1%34.5%28.8%32.7%
Skew 25d9.5%6.2%11.3%7.4%9.3%
Skew 10d16.9%10.5%20.5%12.5%16.6%
Call IV 25d24.7%20.3%29.2%24.9%24.6%
Put IV 25d34.2%28.5%39.9%32.2%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.233.439.855.659.85
Gamma HHI0.080.070.140.080.07
Net GEX-1.06B-1.38B-702.3M-1.14B-860.4M
Net DEX15.43B6.83B26.85B19.03B9.44B
Net VEX-103.3M-111.2M-89.3M-95.5M-106.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.331.094.283.012.08
Total Volume942,248.435352,1512,252,1841,105,440352,151
Total OI10,168,375.7398,862,10512,069,8189,268,92510,033,213

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$77.52$83.0027.4%7.9%21.9%86.7%28.8%7.4%0.4%-1.14B19.03B-95.5M3.015.65275,684829,7562,865,3296,403,596
2007-08-02$78.13$82.0025.2%7.2%22.2%72.9%26.2%6.2%1.0%-1.22B17.11B-96.1M2.175.52184,670400,9802,917,1976,522,820
2007-08-03$75.38$82.0030.6%8.8%24.7%100.0%28.7%7.3%-0.7%-1.12B23.65B-89.3M4.288.29267,7151,146,1322,961,9926,522,066
2007-08-06$76.03$80.0028.2%8.0%24.5%86.4%29.0%8.8%0.5%-1.24B23.23B-90.8M2.166.61433,167934,8733,048,3876,782,872
2007-08-07$77.20$79.0025.4%7.8%23.9%70.2%27.1%8.8%0.3%-1.27B19.73B-96.7M2.247.16306,352685,1283,240,6606,935,221
2007-08-08$79.55$79.0025.5%7.6%26.5%70.5%28.7%9.2%0.1%-1.16B12.17B-104.8M2.516.41391,583983,8333,308,7227,252,293
2007-08-09$77.69$79.0033.5%8.8%26.9%100.0%32.5%10.9%-0.1%-1.22B18.52B-108.8M2.788.02256,592712,9463,372,1347,526,665
2007-08-10$78.06$79.0031.3%9.1%27.0%88.7%33.8%11.0%-0.3%-1.21B15.60B-110.6M3.025.88308,177929,7993,458,1117,571,914
2007-08-13$77.67$79.0030.7%8.8%27.0%86.1%31.3%10.1%0.1%-1.35B19.43B-106.2M2.785.19232,280645,6703,555,2357,793,198
2007-08-14$76.31$79.0031.8%9.4%27.4%91.6%33.0%10.1%-0.1%-1.38B23.70B-103.8M2.174.57343,588744,3203,613,0647,856,345
2007-08-15$75.20$79.0033.1%9.9%27.6%98.2%34.5%10.7%-0.1%-1.36B26.85B-101.3M1.975.81543,7971,068,6743,687,8177,927,716
2007-08-16$76.75$79.0032.2%9.2%28.9%93.2%34.4%11.3%0.4%-1.33B20.91B-106.7M2.385.36666,9031,585,2813,815,8897,905,670
2007-08-17$78.41$78.0031.7%9.1%30.0%90.9%33.2%10.9%1.1%-1.09B14.67B-111.2M1.676.92518,523866,8293,988,0398,081,779
2007-08-20$78.47$78.0030.7%8.8%30.0%86.0%31.6%10.6%0.0%-748.7M10.05B-106.6M1.445.12242,459347,9922,657,9806,204,125
2007-08-21$78.69$78.0028.5%8.2%29.0%75.0%30.6%10.1%0.5%-746.4M9.20B-105.8M1.763.43243,875428,3122,761,6576,263,674
2007-08-22$79.63$79.0026.6%7.6%29.4%65.4%27.8%9.8%0.2%-702.3M6.83B-104.4M2.134.04170,464363,5702,833,7596,280,733
2007-08-23$78.61$79.0026.3%7.5%27.9%63.9%27.8%9.4%0.6%-808.4M9.54B-103.9M2.505.52207,306518,0932,850,0376,358,442
2007-08-24$79.63$79.0024.1%6.9%26.8%53.2%26.1%8.8%0.8%-774.5M7.10B-104.9M3.435.68141,533485,0612,925,0216,567,148
2007-08-27$78.61$83.0026.7%7.7%26.7%66.3%31.4%9.5%-0.4%-909.1M10.49B-105.1M1.096.56186,198202,3562,920,4336,746,452
2007-08-28$76.55$83.0030.5%8.8%28.1%84.9%29.6%10.2%-0.9%-966.4M15.42B-103.9M2.457.42199,567489,5182,994,3416,706,482
2007-08-29$78.56$83.0027.8%8.0%29.5%71.4%29.3%8.8%-0.2%-887.3M10.48B-106.3M1.417.13175,087246,5353,037,7056,823,336
2007-08-30$78.03$83.0030.2%8.7%29.5%83.6%30.2%9.6%-0.5%-914.2M11.70B-107.4M2.167.24129,402278,9833,095,3336,898,040
2007-08-31$78.74$83.0028.7%8.2%26.4%75.9%32.7%9.3%-0.4%-860.4M9.44B-106.5M2.089.85114,474237,6773,139,3826,893,831