IWM Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, IWM traded between $38.53 and $54.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%, placing in the 55.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.3% (HV 20d: 77.5%). Max pain ranged from $48.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.51.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-21: Highest Volume — 864,418 contracts
  • 2008-11-13: Largest IV drop — 16.4% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 77.4%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 23.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.90$38.53$54.44$53.82$47.34
Max Pain$55.32$48.00$70.00$63.00$70.00
ATM IV63.3%52.0%80.3%55.0%59.8%
Expected Move18.0%14.9%23.0%15.8%17.2%
HV 20d77.5%67.8%86.5%86.5%79.0%
HV 60d65.2%59.4%72.7%59.6%72.6%
IV Rank55.8%41.5%77.4%45.3%51.4%
IV Percentile92.9%88.1%98.4%92.5%88.1%
Term Structure-1.7%-4.5%0.6%-1.8%-0.3%
VWIV63.4%52.7%79.7%60.4%67.1%
Skew 25d16.6%13.0%18.9%17.2%15.7%
Skew 10d31.0%24.9%35.5%33.3%30.2%
Call IV 25d54.6%45.0%71.8%46.2%51.9%
Put IV 25d71.2%58.6%90.6%63.4%67.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.505.1212.627.589.62
Gamma HHI0.060.050.120.050.06
Net GEX-93.4M-112.5M-63.0M-93.6M-66.2M
Net DEX10.10B7.02B12.11B8.65B7.02B
Net VEX-25.5M-35.2M-14.7M-35.2M-26.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.510.901.981.981.23
Total Volume397,333.421123,865864,418250,939123,865
Total OI6,327,218.8425,231,2277,119,0006,174,9825,520,992

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$53.82$63.0055.0%15.8%86.5%45.3%60.4%17.2%-1.8%-93.6M8.65B-35.2M1.987.5884,328166,6112,629,7323,545,250
2008-11-04$54.44$63.0052.0%14.9%83.4%41.5%52.7%13.6%-1.6%-99.1M8.80B-35.2M1.595.61124,703198,5802,638,0313,582,589
2008-11-05$51.59$62.0054.9%15.7%85.1%45.1%56.9%13.0%-1.6%-97.4M9.78B-32.4M1.566.76115,224180,0112,685,9863,592,913
2008-11-06$49.59$62.0063.2%18.1%80.6%55.7%62.0%14.9%-3.7%-98.5M10.33B-30.6M1.677.05147,249245,2912,711,8653,642,344
2008-11-07$50.62$52.0054.6%15.6%79.0%44.7%57.1%17.4%-1.6%-103.2M10.02B-31.0M1.2910.03111,220143,7372,752,3233,712,319
2008-11-10$49.45$52.0061.2%16.4%72.6%53.1%55.6%16.8%-0.4%-109.2M10.72B-29.0M1.825.5888,132160,3622,753,3373,707,677
2008-11-11$48.38$52.0061.6%16.7%72.4%53.6%57.4%17.6%-1.6%-110.3M11.17B-26.0M1.636.28159,112259,9192,772,4743,709,559
2008-11-12$45.56$52.0066.8%17.7%67.8%60.3%62.2%18.6%-1.9%-112.5M11.77B-22.2M1.985.91157,244311,4332,810,1533,728,773
2008-11-13$49.31$52.0055.9%16.0%70.1%46.3%58.6%17.2%-1.5%-109.6M10.46B-27.0M0.906.20292,874264,4022,868,6913,766,707
2008-11-14$45.64$52.0062.6%17.9%74.5%54.9%59.8%18.9%-0.3%-106.0M11.42B-23.5M1.325.12176,997234,3452,929,1483,753,273
2008-11-17$45.25$51.0067.9%19.5%72.3%61.7%64.0%18.2%-2.7%-104.8M11.50B-22.1M1.165.53143,850167,0452,942,9943,778,623
2008-11-18$45.03$51.0070.0%20.1%71.9%64.3%70.4%18.3%-3.2%-99.2M11.08B-22.7M1.788.66117,116207,9252,974,1713,788,140
2008-11-19$41.36$50.0077.0%22.1%75.5%73.2%74.2%17.3%-3.0%-95.8M11.87B-18.3M1.746.46198,592346,0242,999,5103,817,569
2008-11-20$38.53$50.0080.3%23.0%78.3%77.4%79.7%18.8%-4.5%-80.5M12.10B-14.7M1.4812.62347,141512,0953,092,3613,823,244
2008-11-21$40.64$50.0072.3%20.7%80.9%67.3%75.6%17.0%-0.9%-90.9M12.11B-17.5M1.5211.71342,405522,0133,232,4803,886,520
2008-11-24$43.50$49.0066.5%19.3%83.5%59.8%68.7%15.1%-2.0%-63.0M7.93B-21.8M1.386.84174,611241,4942,206,1543,025,073
2008-11-25$44.22$48.0062.4%17.9%78.5%54.6%63.9%13.8%0.3%-67.8M7.97B-22.5M1.436.5588,544126,7142,260,9303,123,382
2008-11-26$46.87$70.0058.3%16.6%81.6%49.4%57.5%15.1%0.6%-66.2M7.17B-25.8M1.278.44118,292149,8352,288,4403,163,431
2008-11-28$47.34$70.0059.8%17.2%79.0%51.4%67.1%15.7%-0.3%-66.2M7.02B-26.6M1.239.6255,48068,3852,304,6373,216,355