IWM Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, IWM traded between $90.92 and $94.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 3.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 13.2%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $94.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.58.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-19: Highest Volume — 898,995 contracts
  • 2013-03-18: Largest IV spike — 15.9% change
  • 2013-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 9.1%
  • 2013-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.60$90.92$94.76$90.92$94.31
Max Pain$92.37$90.00$94.00$91.00$93.00
ATM IV14.0%12.2%16.2%16.2%14.6%
Expected Move4.0%3.5%4.6%4.6%4.2%
HV 20d13.2%7.9%15.2%15.0%7.9%
HV 60d13.9%12.2%14.4%14.1%12.2%
IV Rank3.9%0.0%9.1%9.1%5.8%
IV Percentile6.4%0.0%18.7%18.7%10.3%
Term Structure0.5%-0.4%1.3%0.2%-0.4%
VWIV15.0%12.5%19.0%19.0%14.5%
Skew 25d4.5%3.4%5.9%5.9%4.8%
Skew 10d8.8%5.9%10.9%10.9%10.2%
Call IV 25d12.3%11.2%13.7%13.7%12.5%
Put IV 25d16.8%15.0%19.6%19.6%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.283.6727.0012.4011.29
Gamma HHI0.080.060.100.080.07
Net GEX-306.4M-889.8M248.9M-853.4M-355.6M
Net DEX-2.09B-7.39B2.26B2.26B129.8M
Net VEX-43.6M-51.3M-38.1M-51.3M-48.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.581.125.312.471.58
Total Volume501,662.45258,574898,995583,003360,058
Total OI6,390,245.24,805,3167,397,5277,134,1895,803,848

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$90.92$91.0016.2%4.6%15.0%9.1%19.0%5.9%0.2%-853.4M2.26B-51.3M2.4712.40167,943415,0601,707,9225,426,267
2013-03-04$91.17$90.0015.6%4.5%14.8%7.5%15.5%5.8%0.3%-889.8M1.49B-48.2M3.135.5362,618195,9561,660,3055,326,513
2013-03-05$92.08$90.0014.6%4.2%14.6%5.1%15.2%5.0%0.6%-527.8M-1.30B-45.6M5.1927.00130,578677,8221,685,9775,408,589
2013-03-06$92.30$91.0014.3%4.1%14.4%4.4%14.0%4.8%0.4%-339.2M-2.31B-43.2M2.688.5392,216247,0251,696,8125,462,417
2013-03-07$92.38$92.0014.2%4.1%14.4%4.2%15.6%4.7%0.6%-73.4M-4.03B-42.0M2.895.16112,200323,9851,717,3095,362,336
2013-03-08$93.60$92.0012.7%3.6%14.9%0.4%13.5%4.1%0.5%248.9M-5.92B-40.0M1.6619.45271,796450,9951,760,8585,494,337
2013-03-11$93.55$92.0013.1%3.8%14.8%1.4%14.6%3.6%0.5%-2.1M-5.25B-39.7M2.273.67128,413291,6611,714,7305,456,250
2013-03-12$93.56$92.0013.4%3.8%14.8%2.1%13.5%3.7%0.6%-170.5M-4.35B-42.1M2.618.5484,044219,0101,771,9225,563,497
2013-03-13$93.94$92.0012.8%3.7%14.8%0.5%12.9%3.8%0.5%18.4M-5.77B-38.7M2.946.8696,057282,1601,762,4555,595,588
2013-03-14$94.76$0.0012.2%3.5%15.0%0.0%12.5%3.8%0.0%96.8M-7.39B-38.1M1.1215.10258,260288,0321,770,1005,477,351
2013-03-15$94.64$94.0012.3%3.5%15.1%0.1%13.0%4.2%-0.2%51.1M-7.13B-38.7M1.359.79314,594424,5561,844,0455,553,482
2013-03-18$94.32$93.0014.2%4.0%15.2%5.0%16.7%4.4%1.3%-283.5M-579.9M-41.6M5.3110.8076,319404,9171,133,1733,672,143
2013-03-19$93.81$93.0014.8%4.2%15.0%6.3%17.9%5.3%1.0%-516.1M939.5M-44.4M2.604.10249,787649,2081,154,4863,831,682
2013-03-20$94.38$93.0013.9%4.0%12.8%4.0%15.8%4.7%1.3%-445.8M-120.0M-46.0M2.374.29102,252242,4781,264,1514,073,605
2013-03-21$94.70$93.0012.9%3.7%12.3%1.6%14.1%3.4%0.6%-427.1M-1.18B-41.6M2.324.29124,460288,4441,296,0894,090,939
2013-03-22$94.33$93.0014.6%4.2%12.1%5.9%15.6%4.7%0.4%-543.0M-447.5M-46.5M1.424.41185,290263,6161,353,1174,176,091
2013-03-25$94.70$94.0013.4%3.9%8.4%2.8%14.5%3.4%1.0%-259.4M-1.12B-41.3M2.228.83221,702491,6661,262,5044,140,143
2013-03-26$94.31$94.0014.6%4.2%8.8%6.0%16.1%5.0%0.7%-413.7M184.8M-48.1M3.119.3391,341284,1891,340,8634,293,449
2013-03-27$94.31$93.0014.6%4.2%7.9%5.9%15.1%4.7%0.9%-442.7M163.8M-47.2M2.456.15133,908328,6331,360,0824,339,477
2013-03-28$94.31$93.0014.6%4.2%7.9%5.8%14.5%4.8%-0.4%-355.6M129.8M-48.8M1.5811.29139,381220,6771,397,0394,406,809