IWM Options History — July 2009

In July 2009, IWM traded between $47.87 and $55.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.2%, placing in the 9.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 27.3%). Max pain ranged from $49.00 to $52.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.81.

Notable Days

  • 2009-07-15: Highest Volume — 436,188 contracts
  • 2009-07-14: Largest IV drop — 12.2% change
  • 2009-07-07: Highest IV Rank — 16.8%
  • 2009-07-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.89$47.87$55.80$51.87$55.57
Max Pain$50.45$49.00$52.00$51.00$52.00
ATM IV29.2%26.7%34.9%27.7%27.0%
Expected Move8.4%7.7%9.9%7.9%7.8%
HV 20d27.3%22.6%30.5%23.2%22.6%
HV 60d31.7%29.4%35.0%34.8%29.6%
IV Rank9.3%6.0%16.8%7.3%6.4%
IV Percentile17.4%11.1%29.4%15.1%11.1%
Term Structure1.6%0.4%2.4%1.4%1.8%
VWIV30.6%27.8%35.2%29.3%28.3%
Skew 25d5.6%2.8%8.5%5.8%2.8%
Skew 10d10.9%4.9%16.5%11.4%4.9%
Call IV 25d27.0%25.0%30.9%25.9%26.4%
Put IV 25d32.6%29.2%38.6%31.7%29.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.412.014.663.263.81
Gamma HHI0.070.070.080.080.07
Net GEX-34.3M-105.4M19.1M-29.7M7.1M
Net DEX87.1M-2.04B2.52B102.7M-1.84B
Net VEX-26.0M-27.3M-24.8M-26.5M-26.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.810.952.541.382.54
Total Volume239,121.091133,033436,188212,715171,132
Total OI4,188,416.2273,829,4094,515,0854,012,9684,515,085

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-07-01$51.87$51.0027.7%7.9%23.2%7.3%29.3%5.8%1.4%-29.7M102.7M-26.5M1.383.2689,394123,3211,598,1142,414,854
2009-07-02$49.91$51.0029.9%8.6%26.1%10.2%31.0%5.5%1.6%-68.9M1.34B-26.7M2.343.6473,890172,8011,582,5452,444,611
2009-07-06$49.47$50.0033.1%9.4%26.1%14.5%33.7%8.2%0.9%-75.4M1.52B-26.0M2.044.4266,447135,3261,604,2182,478,538
2009-07-07$48.40$50.0034.9%9.9%26.8%16.8%34.0%8.5%0.4%-91.1M2.10B-25.8M2.134.4753,354113,8601,601,2132,491,234
2009-07-08$48.07$50.0033.3%9.8%26.6%14.7%35.2%7.7%0.5%-104.6M2.51B-25.3M2.114.66105,280222,4071,613,7122,500,641
2009-07-09$47.87$50.0031.7%9.4%26.6%12.6%33.3%7.8%1.4%-103.8M2.52B-25.3M1.563.8685,154133,0871,625,2292,534,848
2009-07-10$48.10$50.0030.5%9.3%26.8%11.0%33.6%7.5%1.6%-105.4M2.42B-25.1M1.953.6993,716182,3611,639,6402,541,606
2009-07-13$49.26$50.0031.9%8.8%28.5%12.9%31.6%7.0%2.1%-98.0M1.64B-25.0M1.373.34105,069143,5141,650,8142,588,896
2009-07-14$49.55$49.0028.0%8.5%27.2%7.8%30.8%6.7%1.9%-95.3M1.48B-25.2M2.074.5764,011132,2381,653,5682,605,134
2009-07-15$51.46$50.0028.4%8.5%30.0%8.2%31.1%6.3%1.6%-29.4M50.7M-25.4M1.673.21163,397272,7911,663,5072,609,634
2009-07-16$52.10$50.0029.0%8.3%30.2%9.0%29.6%6.0%1.4%-5.6M-435.5M-25.4M1.473.94129,377190,1531,691,6042,624,887
2009-07-17$51.90$50.0028.6%8.2%30.2%8.5%30.5%6.7%2.4%-4.5M-355.8M-25.8M1.853.6079,255146,8981,730,4592,676,137
2009-07-20$52.54$50.0028.0%8.0%30.5%7.6%29.8%5.9%1.6%-8.5M-342.3M-25.5M2.342.0155,156129,3141,495,3072,334,102
2009-07-21$52.45$50.0028.0%8.0%27.1%7.7%28.7%5.6%2.1%-14.6M-336.0M-25.7M2.142.3042,39790,6361,518,7532,401,081
2009-07-22$52.86$50.0026.7%7.7%26.9%6.0%27.8%5.2%1.8%-15.9M-444.5M-24.8M0.952.68150,212142,7701,533,5212,424,494
2009-07-23$54.53$50.0027.9%8.0%28.5%7.5%29.4%3.5%1.1%15.7M-1.47B-25.8M2.104.05100,419210,9331,626,0382,490,534
2009-07-24$54.81$51.0027.4%7.9%27.1%7.0%29.5%3.7%1.3%14.0M-1.58B-26.9M1.512.5085,401129,2161,648,3762,585,660
2009-07-27$55.09$51.0027.7%7.9%27.1%7.3%29.2%3.7%1.2%19.1M-1.76B-26.7M1.642.7453,95088,3291,676,8792,631,564
2009-07-28$55.12$51.0027.5%7.9%27.1%7.0%28.8%3.5%1.8%18.2M-1.72B-26.9M1.512.9789,234134,7781,687,3182,627,354
2009-07-29$54.84$52.0027.7%8.0%27.2%7.4%29.1%3.5%2.3%6.1M-1.44B-27.3M1.762.4879,250139,3361,660,0832,687,016
2009-07-30$55.80$52.0027.7%7.9%27.3%7.3%28.5%2.8%1.9%16.9M-2.04B-26.9M1.312.72126,037165,0631,685,2472,751,102
2009-07-31$55.57$52.0027.0%7.8%22.6%6.4%28.3%2.8%1.8%7.1M-1.84B-26.9M2.543.8148,388122,7441,726,1172,788,968