IWM Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, IWM traded between $66.62 and $75.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.9%, placing in the 38.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 39.8%). Max pain ranged from $71.00 to $74.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.73.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-17: Highest Volume — 882,712 contracts
  • 2011-11-09: Largest IV spike — 23.8% change
  • 2011-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 65.8%
  • 2011-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.13$66.62$75.54$71.39$73.73
Max Pain$73.67$71.00$74.00$72.00$74.00
ATM IV39.9%33.9%57.5%57.5%33.9%
Expected Move11.0%9.5%12.6%12.6%9.7%
HV 20d39.8%33.3%42.7%40.8%40.8%
HV 60d42.2%39.9%46.5%46.5%42.3%
IV Rank38.4%29.0%65.8%65.8%29.0%
IV Percentile82.2%67.5%98.0%98.0%67.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-3.2%0.6%-3.2%-0.2%
VWIV39.9%35.1%45.3%45.3%36.7%
Skew 25d11.6%9.3%13.9%13.6%10.5%
Skew 10d21.0%15.4%26.0%26.0%19.2%
Call IV 25d32.8%28.7%36.6%35.8%29.4%
Put IV 25d44.4%39.9%49.3%49.3%39.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.312.4911.103.848.83
Gamma HHI0.100.060.350.060.09
Net GEX-317.7M-701.4M-197.0M-248.0M-239.4M
Net DEX4.16B-329.9M9.76B4.05B2.75B
Net VEX-36.4M-41.6M-29.5M-40.5M-30.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.731.703.922.803.56
Total Volume526,383.571232,256882,712869,381648,522
Total OI5,760,166.194,314,1107,013,9955,584,1934,616,094

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$71.39$72.0057.5%12.6%40.8%65.8%45.3%13.6%-3.2%-248.0M4.05B-40.5M2.803.84228,983640,3981,829,0633,755,130
2011-11-02$73.15$71.0048.8%11.6%41.3%52.2%42.6%12.2%-2.1%-233.9M2.51B-41.0M3.924.15100,647394,2311,900,8143,872,608
2011-11-03$74.97$72.0039.2%10.5%41.5%37.4%40.4%11.3%-0.4%-207.1M447.4M-40.0M3.223.00138,871447,5481,899,7893,984,769
2011-11-04$74.60$74.0036.6%10.1%40.1%33.2%37.2%12.9%-0.1%-208.4M843.4M-41.0M2.492.97221,663552,7851,935,5174,128,143
2011-11-07$74.45$74.0040.6%10.4%37.8%39.4%38.8%12.8%-0.4%-234.3M1.31B-41.3M2.873.7783,848240,5392,003,5674,279,793
2011-11-08$75.54$74.0034.5%9.5%38.0%29.9%35.1%11.7%0.2%-197.0M-329.9M-39.2M2.112.77191,158402,8552,022,9564,359,121
2011-11-09$71.94$74.0042.7%11.9%42.2%42.7%43.9%13.9%-0.6%-371.0M5.54B-41.6M3.853.36152,210585,4512,061,0914,467,507
2011-11-10$72.47$74.0040.2%11.5%42.3%38.9%42.3%13.6%-0.4%-404.9M4.98B-41.0M2.783.98115,029319,6162,093,0854,602,677
2011-11-11$74.38$74.0036.8%10.5%42.7%33.5%40.8%13.2%0.1%-249.8M1.65B-40.2M3.462.8992,635320,9822,110,6464,604,721
2011-11-14$73.31$74.0038.4%11.0%41.4%36.1%39.6%12.8%-0.2%-299.5M2.87B-37.9M2.523.1676,965193,8772,053,6174,599,815
2011-11-15$74.24$74.0037.6%10.8%40.7%34.7%38.5%12.2%-0.0%-274.7M1.69B-36.7M2.284.19153,715350,0762,065,0934,574,372
2011-11-16$73.04$74.0038.8%11.1%40.4%36.7%38.9%11.6%-0.4%-317.7M3.49B-36.8M2.512.59133,564335,0442,109,1494,641,282
2011-11-17$72.00$74.0040.4%11.6%40.9%39.1%40.1%11.5%0.0%-407.7M5.10B-35.8M2.593.28246,193636,5192,113,5294,682,026
2011-11-18$71.98$74.0038.0%10.9%40.2%35.5%38.3%10.9%0.2%-701.4M5.01B-35.5M1.707.92191,450326,1852,148,0174,865,978
2011-11-21$70.26$74.0039.6%11.4%39.4%37.9%39.1%10.4%0.3%-320.8M6.48B-33.4M1.704.51164,207278,4931,278,5743,035,536
2011-11-22$69.67$74.0037.2%10.7%38.2%34.2%38.0%9.3%0.6%-353.1M7.14B-32.4M2.712.4988,968240,7381,298,7263,069,980
2011-11-23$67.48$74.0041.1%11.7%39.0%40.3%40.0%9.4%0.5%-369.1M8.93B-30.1M3.204.99184,760590,3741,298,6093,070,437
2011-11-25$66.62$74.0041.2%11.8%33.3%40.4%44.5%10.8%-0.4%-341.4M9.76B-29.5M2.6511.1063,626168,6301,350,0463,189,673
2011-11-28$69.79$74.0038.1%10.9%38.3%35.7%41.2%10.1%-0.2%-337.1M6.48B-30.3M1.903.25134,173254,9841,303,7763,140,639
2011-11-29$69.66$74.0037.4%10.7%37.3%34.6%37.2%9.7%-0.2%-356.1M6.66B-30.1M2.443.41105,665257,8781,342,1743,205,351
2011-11-30$73.73$74.0033.9%9.7%40.8%29.0%36.7%10.5%-0.2%-239.4M2.75B-30.6M3.568.83142,076506,4461,368,5853,247,509