IWM Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, IWM traded between $68.53 and $72.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.3%, placing in the 51.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 28.7%). Max pain ranged from $69.00 to $71.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.22.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-11: Highest Volume — 1,193,191 contracts
  • 2008-04-16: Largest IV drop — 7.1% change
  • 2008-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 62.8%
  • 2008-04-14: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.81$68.53$72.38$70.79$71.40
Max Pain$70.09$69.00$71.00$69.00$71.00
ATM IV25.3%22.6%27.8%27.3%24.5%
Expected Move7.3%6.5%8.0%7.8%7.0%
HV 20d28.7%19.1%38.1%38.1%19.2%
HV 60d28.9%27.6%30.5%30.5%27.6%
IV Rank51.4%39.6%62.8%60.4%48.1%
IV Percentile43.0%31.7%57.1%53.6%37.3%
Term Structure0.9%0.1%6.2%0.5%0.1%
VWIV26.3%23.2%29.9%28.9%24.2%
Skew 25d5.4%4.1%6.8%5.9%4.6%
Skew 10d9.7%7.5%11.9%10.5%8.2%
Call IV 25d22.9%20.5%25.5%24.7%21.9%
Put IV 25d28.3%24.8%30.9%30.6%26.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.552.485.573.273.17
Gamma HHI0.090.070.160.080.07
Net GEX-208.5M-560.8M158.0M-132.5M-241.1M
Net DEX2.47B-454.1M7.73B1.69B2.19B
Net VEX-64.3M-70.1M-59.9M-69.3M-61.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.220.868.931.671.97
Total Volume466,189.227188,1141,193,191710,345355,333
Total OI6,894,735.1365,953,5797,734,5496,662,6696,698,282

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$70.79$69.0027.3%7.8%38.1%60.4%28.9%5.9%0.5%-132.5M1.69B-69.3M1.673.27265,825444,5202,551,8094,110,860
2008-04-02$70.96$70.0027.3%7.8%38.0%60.4%27.9%5.9%0.4%-118.1M1.33B-69.9M1.563.86130,107202,9382,596,1694,198,123
2008-04-03$71.15$70.0027.1%7.8%37.9%59.5%27.4%6.2%0.9%-103.3M895.3M-70.1M2.434.2154,820133,2942,628,0804,269,945
2008-04-04$71.16$70.0025.8%7.8%35.5%54.0%28.4%6.8%6.2%-135.1M1.48B-69.3M2.524.04120,453303,6512,612,5614,456,535
2008-04-07$70.96$70.0025.4%7.7%35.5%52.2%27.2%6.2%0.6%-144.4M1.88B-67.6M2.053.7077,056158,2882,633,9404,403,432
2008-04-08$71.02$70.0025.1%7.6%34.2%50.6%27.5%6.0%0.8%-71.2M1.04B-67.2M1.443.2099,522143,1632,715,6394,422,181
2008-04-09$69.81$70.0025.7%7.8%31.9%53.5%29.9%5.7%0.7%-288.8M4.09B-66.3M8.933.7249,791444,4392,639,8234,433,061
2008-04-10$70.47$70.0026.7%7.7%31.6%57.8%27.7%5.8%0.5%-212.1M2.75B-65.6M2.013.43120,550242,3162,640,5814,471,721
2008-04-11$68.74$70.0027.4%7.9%32.4%61.0%28.5%5.3%0.5%-508.7M6.94B-63.9M3.504.26264,929928,2622,672,8814,528,241
2008-04-14$68.53$70.0027.8%8.0%30.9%62.8%29.1%5.4%0.1%-560.8M7.73B-64.1M1.343.14193,249259,9232,752,0394,775,168
2008-04-15$69.01$70.0027.1%7.8%30.2%59.4%27.0%5.6%0.5%-488.8M6.47B-63.5M1.413.62162,497228,8302,803,9314,750,530
2008-04-16$71.20$70.0025.1%7.2%27.9%50.8%25.4%5.6%0.7%-12.7M843.8M-63.3M1.343.54313,414420,1742,792,2124,778,407
2008-04-17$70.92$70.0024.8%7.1%26.0%49.5%26.1%5.6%1.2%-42.7M1.46B-63.1M1.553.88177,842275,6572,891,9474,809,335
2008-04-18$71.67$70.0023.1%6.6%25.6%41.7%24.7%6.1%1.4%158.0M-454.1M-62.3M1.063.17506,219536,8982,858,1564,876,393
2008-04-21$71.68$70.0023.7%6.8%22.3%44.6%23.7%5.4%0.7%-247.8M1.88B-61.5M0.863.50153,962133,0612,235,9163,753,090
2008-04-22$70.50$70.0025.1%7.2%23.2%50.8%24.9%5.0%0.8%-293.6M3.57B-61.0M2.442.48141,519345,5822,235,9563,717,623
2008-04-23$70.55$70.0023.9%6.8%23.0%45.2%24.5%4.1%1.1%-336.8M3.80B-61.5M2.253.6373,958166,5972,345,9873,889,619
2008-04-24$71.23$70.0023.5%6.7%23.0%43.6%24.1%4.1%0.8%-238.7M2.01B-61.5M2.202.89164,649362,1592,368,6313,897,477
2008-04-25$71.90$70.0022.6%6.5%22.4%39.6%23.2%4.5%0.5%-218.2M1.25B-61.2M1.315.57137,338180,0772,390,3414,013,452
2008-04-28$72.38$71.0022.9%6.6%22.5%40.9%23.4%4.2%0.2%-154.7M158.6M-59.9M1.853.27161,995299,9802,451,3384,018,551
2008-04-29$71.74$71.0023.6%6.8%19.1%43.8%24.7%4.6%0.1%-194.6M1.37B-61.2M3.072.5678,897242,4292,514,8464,079,364
2008-04-30$71.40$71.0024.5%7.0%19.2%48.1%24.2%4.6%0.1%-241.1M2.19B-61.6M1.973.17119,633235,7002,530,4644,167,818