IWM Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, IWM traded between $65.69 and $71.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.5%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 27.1%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $73.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.78.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-02: Highest Volume — 1,447,060 contracts
  • 2008-07-09: Largest IV spike — 14.8% change
  • 2008-07-14: Highest IV Rank — 76.2%
  • 2008-07-14: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$68.71$65.69$71.93$69.10$71.32
Max Pain$70.73$70.00$73.00$73.00$70.00
ATM IV27.5%23.8%31.9%26.6%25.6%
Expected Move7.9%6.8%9.2%7.6%7.3%
HV 20d27.1%19.6%31.2%22.3%28.7%
HV 60d22.0%19.6%23.8%19.6%23.7%
IV Rank53.6%30.4%76.2%57.4%40.2%
IV Percentile53.1%24.6%88.5%47.2%36.9%
Term Structure0.1%-1.5%1.0%0.9%0.4%
VWIV27.8%24.9%31.7%26.8%25.9%
Skew 25d5.8%4.4%7.7%4.4%4.8%
Skew 10d10.8%8.0%14.0%8.0%8.8%
Call IV 25d24.7%21.0%28.2%24.7%23.0%
Put IV 25d30.5%26.8%35.6%29.1%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.651.985.325.322.64
Gamma HHI0.090.070.210.100.07
Net GEX-395.1M-604.2M-117.0M-491.0M-173.3M
Net DEX7.74B733.1M14.73B10.02B1.49B
Net VEX-56.8M-60.9M-50.2M-57.6M-60.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.780.682.841.681.60
Total Volume708,018.091255,8491,447,0601,004,822255,849
Total OI6,761,213.4555,603,0257,754,8006,102,2776,808,545

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$69.10$73.0026.6%7.6%22.3%57.4%26.8%4.4%0.9%-491.0M10.02B-57.6M1.685.32374,257630,5652,314,3833,787,894
2008-07-02$66.91$73.0029.6%8.5%24.3%70.9%29.1%4.8%0.2%-479.7M12.79B-54.3M1.733.59529,381917,6792,437,0653,919,671
2008-07-03$66.32$73.0028.5%8.2%21.4%65.8%27.7%4.5%0.6%-544.0M14.15B-54.3M1.143.99375,062426,4802,606,2204,180,832
2008-07-07$65.69$72.0029.3%8.3%19.6%69.2%29.4%6.3%-0.2%-523.2M14.73B-50.2M2.784.44259,069719,4752,791,7404,118,443
2008-07-08$68.07$72.0025.9%7.5%24.5%54.3%26.2%5.9%0.6%-604.2M10.96B-56.5M1.753.63216,020378,2832,640,2214,255,401
2008-07-09$66.25$72.0029.8%8.4%25.9%64.1%28.1%6.1%-0.5%-568.8M13.50B-52.6M1.274.40295,211376,1402,671,2214,235,256
2008-07-10$66.90$71.0029.0%8.3%25.9%59.9%30.3%6.2%-0.3%-583.5M12.61B-55.5M2.844.08186,111527,8792,754,0134,354,346
2008-07-11$67.27$70.0029.7%8.5%26.0%63.9%30.4%7.0%-0.5%-541.2M11.64B-56.9M2.154.97275,393593,4842,824,1394,335,817
2008-07-14$66.16$70.0031.9%9.2%25.2%76.2%31.0%7.5%-1.5%-542.5M13.17B-54.1M1.994.99177,634353,9472,932,5914,435,431
2008-07-15$65.88$70.0031.5%9.0%24.8%73.6%31.7%7.4%-1.2%-563.9M13.52B-52.8M1.794.28303,504541,9942,956,5714,431,831
2008-07-16$68.30$70.0028.9%8.3%28.9%58.8%29.8%6.7%-0.5%-491.9M8.30B-57.4M1.323.43376,842498,4173,021,9584,485,618
2008-07-17$68.40$70.0029.1%8.3%28.9%60.0%28.5%7.7%-0.2%-419.5M6.20B-57.7M1.774.90393,111697,2643,100,9804,545,324
2008-07-18$68.88$70.0027.4%7.9%28.8%50.6%27.4%6.4%0.2%-600.8M7.19B-56.4M1.543.26260,300401,6023,097,4484,657,352
2008-07-21$69.72$70.0026.4%7.6%28.9%45.1%28.2%6.6%-0.0%-241.5M4.07B-56.0M2.232.61172,904386,0462,202,0243,401,001
2008-07-22$71.47$70.0024.1%6.9%30.3%31.9%25.1%5.7%0.8%-156.9M1.57B-57.3M1.153.19296,848340,0272,272,4513,627,702
2008-07-23$71.93$70.0023.8%6.8%29.7%30.4%25.5%5.8%0.9%-117.0M733.1M-59.4M1.712.87259,705443,8092,398,9543,757,716
2008-07-24$70.11$70.0026.2%7.5%30.9%43.9%26.2%5.7%0.8%-228.5M3.37B-60.1M2.213.42172,418381,2872,464,2533,786,628
2008-07-25$70.68$70.0025.0%7.2%29.6%36.9%24.9%5.1%1.0%-218.6M2.98B-60.5M0.682.94263,037178,6252,483,5173,832,119
2008-07-28$69.48$70.0027.8%8.0%30.2%52.8%27.4%4.8%-0.1%-290.6M4.78B-59.3M2.113.33102,495216,0792,605,0333,891,907
2008-07-29$71.18$70.0025.6%7.3%31.2%40.2%26.4%4.8%0.2%-166.9M1.77B-59.8M1.602.10186,882299,7412,648,6593,945,596
2008-07-30$71.61$70.0024.3%7.0%31.2%33.2%25.2%4.4%0.4%-144.1M792.4M-60.0M2.091.98173,105362,4372,693,0834,035,742
2008-07-31$71.32$70.0025.6%7.3%28.7%40.2%25.9%4.8%0.4%-173.3M1.49B-60.9M1.602.6498,260157,5892,735,5054,073,040