IWM Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, IWM traded between $86.66 and $90.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%, placing in the 3.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 16.1%). Max pain ranged from $83.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.92.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-24: Highest Volume — 771,602 contracts
  • 2013-01-18: Largest IV drop — 15.1% change
  • 2013-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 7.3%
  • 2013-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.21$86.66$90.14$86.87$89.73
Max Pain$86.60$83.00$90.00$83.00$90.00
ATM IV14.8%12.6%16.3%16.3%15.2%
Expected Move4.2%3.6%4.7%4.7%4.3%
HV 20d16.1%8.8%17.8%17.7%8.8%
HV 60d17.3%16.5%18.1%18.1%16.5%
IV Rank3.4%0.0%7.3%5.7%6.5%
IV Percentile2.2%0.0%7.5%4.8%6.0%
Term Structure1.1%0.4%2.5%0.7%0.9%
VWIV15.8%14.0%18.4%17.8%18.4%
Skew 25d3.8%3.2%4.7%4.7%4.5%
Skew 10d7.7%6.3%9.1%9.1%8.2%
Call IV 25d13.2%11.3%14.5%14.5%13.7%
Put IV 25d17.0%14.9%19.2%19.2%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.091.9130.9410.3712.57
Gamma HHI0.070.070.080.070.07
Net GEX-230.4M-814.9M37.0M37.0M-608.8M
Net DEX-823.0M-1.87B2.00B-1.87B183.3M
Net VEX-38.9M-46.7M-29.5M-29.5M-46.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.921.404.692.303.04
Total Volume495,165.714268,565771,602686,707573,327
Total OI5,116,180.814,119,6275,916,6524,119,6275,842,135

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$86.87$83.0016.3%4.7%17.7%5.7%17.8%4.7%0.7%37.0M-1.87B-29.5M2.3010.37207,894478,8131,041,9693,077,658
2013-01-03$86.66$84.0015.7%4.5%17.8%4.3%15.7%4.0%0.7%-60.4M-1.29B-31.6M4.698.97122,352574,3401,115,2553,274,088
2013-01-04$87.01$84.0015.1%4.3%17.7%2.8%15.6%3.6%1.2%-3.4M-1.73B-32.0M2.1012.91124,840262,6481,158,3713,337,529
2013-01-07$86.91$85.0015.1%4.3%17.8%2.6%14.8%3.8%1.0%-74.3M-884.4M-33.4M3.027.3966,797201,7681,130,2663,312,638
2013-01-08$86.96$85.0014.9%4.3%17.8%2.1%16.4%3.2%1.1%-102.7M-832.4M-33.4M3.9510.0965,193257,5771,151,5173,378,605
2013-01-09$87.33$86.0014.3%4.1%17.7%0.7%16.0%3.3%1.5%-71.8M-1.09B-34.4M1.976.34126,356248,8711,179,9973,504,606
2013-01-10$87.47$0.0015.5%4.4%17.5%3.8%14.0%3.9%0.4%-50.3M-1.32B-35.2M3.5817.17161,963579,4831,235,2123,639,135
2013-01-11$87.31$87.0015.3%4.3%17.1%3.3%15.9%3.2%0.8%-160.8M-439.1M-39.8M3.8015.5989,478340,1661,317,7323,925,073
2013-01-14$87.32$86.0015.8%4.5%16.7%4.4%16.7%4.2%2.3%-213.8M-31.3M-39.9M2.9514.4170,653208,1951,302,2894,021,211
2013-01-15$87.72$86.0014.9%4.3%16.7%2.2%16.4%4.2%2.5%-181.2M-472.2M-39.8M2.522.27107,282270,6411,323,0454,125,631
2013-01-16$87.47$86.0015.3%4.4%16.5%3.2%15.5%4.2%2.4%-294.5M252.8M-41.2M1.402.93141,487198,1701,371,5534,244,059
2013-01-17$88.35$86.0014.8%4.2%16.2%1.9%15.8%4.0%0.7%-128.3M-1.37B-40.7M1.751.91150,106262,4461,430,7634,317,270
2013-01-18$88.62$87.0012.6%3.6%15.9%0.0%14.0%3.5%0.8%-113.4M-1.87B-40.3M2.014.19233,156469,6651,482,2864,434,366
2013-01-22$89.38$86.0013.1%3.8%16.0%1.2%14.8%3.7%1.8%-222.4M-1.38B-38.3M3.1330.94154,984484,9301,227,7533,440,191
2013-01-23$89.05$87.0013.5%3.9%16.0%2.2%14.2%3.7%1.5%-350.6M-489.7M-41.4M4.5610.8087,617399,5991,301,9953,630,139
2013-01-24$89.42$88.0014.1%4.0%15.8%3.7%15.5%3.4%0.8%-365.7M-830.1M-41.8M2.334.57231,386540,2161,326,4223,777,734
2013-01-25$89.84$89.0013.9%3.9%15.5%3.2%15.3%3.4%0.7%-295.5M-1.23B-43.7M2.9214.06139,797408,3911,412,6573,980,544
2013-01-28$90.03$89.0014.8%4.3%15.3%5.5%16.9%4.1%0.8%-407.8M-1.07B-44.3M1.566.33152,895237,7971,426,6314,048,870
2013-01-29$90.14$89.0014.8%4.2%14.0%5.4%15.4%4.0%0.7%-355.3M-1.53B-42.7M3.437.0292,987318,8911,454,2224,027,465
2013-01-30$88.82$89.0015.5%4.4%12.8%7.3%16.0%3.8%0.6%-814.9M2.00B-46.7M4.2911.16104,971450,3521,478,7984,232,117
2013-01-31$89.73$90.0015.2%4.3%8.8%6.5%18.4%4.5%0.9%-608.8M183.3M-46.6M3.0412.57141,931431,3961,515,0274,327,108