IWM Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, IWM traded between $89.08 and $92.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 6.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 11.7%). Max pain ranged from $89.00 to $94.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.88.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-21: Highest Volume — 838,635 contracts
  • 2013-02-20: Largest IV spike — 23.6% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 15.0%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.60$89.08$92.67$90.34$90.33
Max Pain$90.83$89.00$94.00$89.00$91.00
ATM IV15.1%12.6%18.6%14.6%17.0%
Expected Move4.3%3.6%5.3%4.2%4.9%
HV 20d11.7%8.9%16.2%8.9%15.2%
HV 60d14.8%13.7%16.6%16.4%14.1%
IV Rank6.4%0.0%15.0%5.1%11.2%
IV Percentile10.8%0.0%42.1%2.8%25.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.7%1.0%1.0%-0.3%
VWIV16.1%12.1%19.1%16.2%18.6%
Skew 25d4.6%3.6%6.6%3.6%5.6%
Skew 10d9.5%7.4%12.7%7.4%10.7%
Call IV 25d13.1%11.4%15.5%12.9%14.5%
Put IV 25d17.8%15.5%22.1%16.5%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.732.2346.3812.285.44
Gamma HHI0.080.070.110.070.08
Net GEX-688.6M-1.37B-278.7M-344.7M-1.14B
Net DEX721.4M-2.91B7.18B-1.46B4.17B
Net VEX-47.3M-53.0M-40.8M-46.5M-53.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.881.7812.251.994.04
Total Volume557,787.579268,022838,635552,596549,747
Total OI6,477,825.5795,971,2447,221,6266,113,6116,910,601

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$90.34$89.0014.6%4.2%8.9%5.1%16.2%3.6%1.0%-344.7M-1.46B-46.5M1.9912.28185,073367,5231,574,5994,539,012
2013-02-04$89.41$90.0016.1%4.6%9.9%8.9%17.1%3.8%0.5%-682.5M1.33B-47.8M4.626.2754,878253,4741,562,0394,409,205
2013-02-05$90.11$89.0015.1%4.3%10.1%6.2%15.5%3.8%0.5%-508.7M-344.0M-46.4M4.435.7872,779322,3111,574,1894,454,594
2013-02-06$90.44$90.0014.9%4.3%10.1%5.8%16.0%3.7%0.6%-465.5M-896.9M-45.1M1.795.5396,084171,9381,606,4004,524,952
2013-02-07$90.15$0.0014.9%4.3%10.2%5.9%14.9%4.1%0.2%-587.3M-396.8M-45.9M7.688.5973,385563,6551,625,4254,570,108
2013-02-08$90.73$91.0013.9%4.0%10.3%3.2%14.7%3.8%0.2%-331.4M-1.90B-43.9M1.787.44181,884323,3731,630,3014,739,686
2013-02-11$90.72$90.0014.0%4.0%10.3%3.4%16.5%4.3%0.6%-360.8M-1.58B-43.0M12.253.1152,841647,3061,659,2124,657,989
2013-02-12$91.10$90.0014.0%4.0%10.3%3.7%14.9%4.5%0.7%-348.5M-1.88B-44.2M2.473.95137,949340,4661,646,4595,006,525
2013-02-13$91.48$90.0014.2%4.1%10.3%4.2%15.5%4.4%0.7%-395.3M-2.33B-44.5M5.633.5077,905438,7591,670,0415,265,147
2013-02-14$91.64$90.0013.0%3.7%10.1%0.9%14.6%4.0%0.9%-334.4M-2.59B-44.3M2.242.23146,825329,3861,652,0835,366,827
2013-02-15$91.74$90.0013.0%3.7%9.7%1.1%14.4%4.0%0.9%-278.7M-2.61B-45.0M1.9411.79276,635535,5981,693,1925,528,434
2013-02-19$92.67$94.0012.6%3.6%10.1%0.0%12.1%4.3%0.3%-300.1M-2.91B-40.8M2.3746.38133,966318,0731,423,3644,637,256
2013-02-20$90.76$93.0015.5%4.5%12.7%7.4%15.5%4.9%-0.4%-929.4M2.44B-49.6M4.8615.15131,198637,4441,488,3054,751,523
2013-02-21$90.08$93.0016.1%4.6%13.0%8.9%16.4%5.2%-0.4%-1.25B4.90B-52.1M2.5310.13237,643600,9921,521,9874,946,046
2013-02-22$91.01$92.0015.3%4.4%13.4%7.0%17.4%5.0%0.2%-1.16B2.07B-51.4M3.9819.82100,116398,5341,583,6794,973,646
2013-02-25$89.08$91.0018.6%5.3%15.4%15.0%19.1%6.6%-0.7%-1.24B7.08B-52.6M3.435.47154,493529,6671,520,7644,958,225
2013-02-26$89.25$91.0017.8%5.1%15.4%13.1%17.8%6.3%-0.2%-1.37B7.18B-52.5M2.875.68170,267488,3311,577,3405,040,202
2013-02-27$90.45$91.0016.7%4.8%16.2%10.3%18.5%5.9%-0.1%-1.05B3.44B-50.5M2.886.24128,328369,1381,624,9375,164,392
2013-02-28$90.33$91.0017.0%4.9%15.2%11.2%18.6%5.6%-0.3%-1.14B4.17B-53.0M4.045.44109,115440,6321,663,0165,247,585