IWM Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, IWM traded between $89.47 and $94.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 11.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Max pain ranged from $88.00 to $95.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.01.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-15: Highest Volume — 1,688,348 contracts
  • 2013-04-15: Largest IV spike — 33.1% change
  • 2013-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 22.2%
  • 2013-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$92.23$89.47$94.21$93.07$94.21
Max Pain$92.50$88.00$95.50$95.50$93.50
ATM IV17.0%14.3%21.2%16.0%16.7%
Expected Move4.9%4.1%6.1%4.6%4.8%
HV 20d16.4%8.6%23.1%9.4%22.8%
HV 60d14.1%11.2%16.7%11.2%16.4%
IV Rank11.9%5.2%22.2%9.2%11.2%
IV Percentile36.7%9.5%75.0%23.0%35.3%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.6%0.7%0.2%0.4%
VWIV17.9%15.2%21.8%17.6%18.0%
Skew 25d5.2%3.3%6.7%5.1%5.4%
Skew 10d9.9%6.0%12.4%10.0%10.4%
Call IV 25d14.7%12.7%17.8%13.8%14.2%
Put IV 25d19.9%16.4%24.2%18.9%19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.932.9242.077.435.78
Gamma HHI0.090.070.190.080.07
Net GEX-952.6M-1.53B-496.6M-640.8M-496.6M
Net DEX5.22B385.7M13.01B2.80B957.3M
Net VEX-52.0M-57.7M-44.9M-49.2M-50.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.011.535.372.713.49
Total Volume696,872.636360,2891,688,348573,793413,220
Total OI5,708,174.9554,825,9026,596,3064,825,9025,658,918

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$93.07$95.5016.0%4.6%9.4%9.2%17.6%5.1%0.2%-640.8M2.80B-49.2M2.717.43154,646419,1471,366,2243,459,678
2013-04-02$92.68$95.0015.7%4.5%9.5%8.6%15.3%5.3%-0.2%-793.2M3.68B-50.2M1.538.66184,750281,8021,439,4453,646,175
2013-04-03$92.18$94.5015.4%4.4%9.1%7.8%15.2%3.3%0.1%-1.32B5.57B-44.9M2.1017.60341,784717,4301,443,5203,703,556
2013-04-04$91.89$93.5016.3%4.7%9.2%10.1%17.2%5.4%0.1%-1.01B6.05B-52.1M4.116.16140,364576,8421,501,3543,859,685
2013-04-05$91.73$92.5016.9%4.8%9.2%11.6%15.6%4.9%-0.5%-1.13B6.74B-51.5M3.3217.63188,876627,8451,494,7844,016,255
2013-04-08$92.63$92.5015.6%4.5%8.6%8.3%16.4%4.9%-0.1%-854.5M3.93B-49.4M3.4610.3380,839279,4501,401,6304,025,329
2013-04-09$92.24$92.5016.0%4.6%8.7%9.3%16.1%4.6%0.2%-964.2M4.79B-48.8M2.0110.73173,384348,3401,412,6794,095,172
2013-04-10$93.95$92.5014.3%4.1%11.0%5.2%15.7%3.8%0.4%-509.9M806.0M-48.3M2.245.44243,356544,7671,477,8484,205,275
2013-04-11$94.15$0.0014.7%4.2%10.9%6.1%15.5%4.0%0.1%-511.8M385.7M-50.1M1.9335.63192,398371,4511,592,2214,416,154
2013-04-12$93.50$92.0014.9%4.2%10.7%6.7%15.5%3.8%0.7%-871.4M2.30B-52.6M3.2542.07117,375382,0261,590,7624,510,914
2013-04-15$89.47$94.0019.9%5.7%18.8%19.0%20.0%4.9%-0.6%-1.39B12.72B-54.3M4.0611.57333,3941,354,9541,537,7034,454,248
2013-04-16$91.59$94.0017.2%4.9%21.0%12.4%20.7%5.2%0.3%-1.37B7.67B-55.6M3.742.92220,190823,0441,631,2044,720,583
2013-04-17$90.06$94.0019.7%5.6%21.6%18.4%21.0%6.1%-0.4%-1.53B11.96B-57.7M5.373.14201,0041,080,3131,674,6294,921,677
2013-04-18$89.47$94.0021.2%6.1%21.5%22.2%21.8%6.4%-0.1%-1.51B13.01B-56.4M2.344.06225,368526,8981,680,2374,860,916
2013-04-19$90.34$94.0019.3%5.5%21.8%17.6%21.0%6.7%0.1%-1.19B10.34B-54.8M2.7510.24218,510600,6511,732,2534,808,490
2013-04-22$90.89$88.0018.6%5.3%22.0%15.7%19.4%6.2%-0.4%-895.4M6.72B-54.2M2.485.52142,593354,0121,330,5353,876,890
2013-04-23$92.35$89.0017.7%5.1%22.8%13.6%18.4%5.9%-0.2%-717.5M3.80B-53.1M2.766.82141,836392,0261,389,2263,990,515
2013-04-24$92.70$89.0016.7%4.8%22.9%11.0%20.4%5.7%0.3%-685.9M3.17B-53.2M2.885.18104,574301,6101,427,8784,132,601
2013-04-25$93.40$89.0017.7%5.1%23.0%13.5%17.1%5.7%-0.6%-555.5M1.87B-52.8M3.597.43139,500500,2211,445,0684,182,233
2013-04-26$92.88$90.0017.3%5.0%23.1%12.6%17.1%5.8%-0.3%-1.40B3.53B-53.7M2.528.13147,888372,9311,479,4494,369,568
2013-04-29$93.58$93.5017.0%4.9%22.8%11.8%19.7%5.6%-0.1%-606.9M2.10B-51.7M3.527.9981,755287,8341,460,0704,156,298
2013-04-30$94.21$93.5016.7%4.8%22.8%11.2%18.0%5.4%0.4%-496.6M957.3M-50.4M3.495.7891,930321,2901,468,4504,190,468