IWM Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, IWM traded between $91.76 and $99.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.1%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 18.8%). Max pain ranged from $93.00 to $98.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.01.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-09: Highest Volume — 842,430 contracts
  • 2013-05-17: Largest IV drop — 11.4% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 17.9%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$97.14$91.76$99.23$91.76$97.75
Max Pain$95.74$93.00$98.00$94.00$96.00
ATM IV17.1%15.3%19.5%18.9%19.5%
Expected Move4.9%4.4%5.6%5.4%5.6%
HV 20d18.8%11.6%25.9%24.7%11.7%
HV 60d17.2%16.4%17.9%17.2%16.8%
IV Rank12.1%7.7%17.9%16.5%17.9%
IV Percentile42.6%19.4%71.4%61.1%71.4%
Term Structure0.2%-0.4%0.7%-0.3%0.2%
VWIV18.2%16.0%21.0%19.2%21.0%
Skew 25d4.7%3.9%5.5%5.5%5.5%
Skew 10d8.9%7.1%10.7%10.1%10.7%
Call IV 25d15.1%13.8%17.2%16.5%17.2%
Put IV 25d19.8%17.7%22.7%22.0%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.162.6322.9114.924.91
Gamma HHI0.070.040.180.080.06
Net GEX-397.0M-1.03B143.3M-1.03B-700.3M
Net DEX-1.06B-5.29B6.34B6.34B1.17B
Net VEX-51.0M-54.2M-47.2M-54.0M-54.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.011.746.223.393.06
Total Volume568,570.273335,426842,430821,909493,456
Total OI6,040,943.1365,115,8637,065,5255,785,2275,867,128

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$91.76$94.0018.9%5.4%24.7%16.5%19.2%5.5%-0.3%-1.03B6.34B-54.0M3.3914.92187,113634,7961,505,7274,279,500
2013-05-02$93.28$94.0017.3%5.0%25.4%12.7%18.8%5.3%0.1%-735.6M3.14B-52.9M3.188.91131,894419,0131,547,6974,409,619
2013-05-03$94.73$94.0016.9%4.8%25.9%11.5%17.9%4.9%0.2%-360.1M-85.5M-51.5M2.6316.80226,080595,6671,587,8494,558,320
2013-05-06$95.40$93.0016.0%4.6%25.8%9.4%19.2%4.8%0.5%-371.3M-575.1M-49.6M3.4014.16104,736355,8071,531,5974,415,793
2013-05-07$96.08$93.0016.1%4.6%25.8%9.7%16.8%4.9%0.2%-181.0M-1.93B-48.9M3.654.97108,923397,6371,553,6414,436,337
2013-05-08$96.46$94.0016.1%4.6%25.1%9.5%16.5%4.7%0.7%-165.3M-2.21B-49.0M2.117.34161,293340,0761,572,4944,592,723
2013-05-09$96.17$95.5017.1%4.9%25.1%12.1%17.9%4.8%0.2%-333.2M-1.12B-51.9M6.225.78116,689725,7411,604,4364,711,354
2013-05-10$96.89$96.0016.3%4.7%25.0%10.1%16.7%4.5%-0.1%-139.3M-2.04B-51.6M2.045.20238,661486,2831,627,3065,004,987
2013-05-13$96.85$97.0017.1%4.9%18.3%12.2%17.1%4.4%-0.4%-372.0M-1.51B-52.1M2.325.25105,953245,3131,662,6364,998,208
2013-05-14$97.97$97.0017.1%4.9%17.1%12.0%18.5%4.5%-0.2%-76.7M-3.97B-49.8M1.875.91201,133376,3191,686,4515,083,023
2013-05-15$98.26$97.0017.0%4.9%15.3%11.9%19.3%4.3%0.2%-28.5M-4.11B-50.4M2.655.58151,979402,5641,708,5445,193,139
2013-05-16$98.03$0.0017.3%5.0%15.0%12.6%17.4%4.6%-0.3%-138.6M-3.37B-50.3M2.626.87159,123417,6881,705,6095,185,880
2013-05-17$98.98$98.0015.3%4.4%15.0%7.7%16.0%3.9%0.0%143.3M-5.29B-48.1M1.7422.91226,198393,7911,744,1195,321,406
2013-05-20$99.19$97.0015.9%4.5%15.0%9.0%16.7%4.1%0.7%-332.9M-2.61B-47.2M2.642.85105,975279,9411,319,0213,796,842
2013-05-21$99.23$97.0016.5%4.7%14.4%10.7%17.7%4.4%0.5%-374.9M-2.28B-48.9M2.512.99109,940275,9991,364,9953,864,640
2013-05-22$97.90$98.0017.3%4.9%15.7%12.5%18.8%4.3%0.5%-655.2M339.5M-52.8M2.963.87197,942586,0811,417,3183,954,780
2013-05-23$97.96$98.0017.3%4.9%15.6%12.5%19.5%4.5%0.4%-667.2M327.6M-52.7M4.253.61125,133532,4131,485,2524,045,329
2013-05-24$98.03$98.0017.3%4.9%15.3%12.5%18.0%4.6%0.5%-746.0M-5.7M-52.3M3.853.24127,373490,6561,514,9274,181,968
2013-05-28$98.98$94.0018.0%5.2%15.4%14.2%18.6%4.6%-0.0%-429.0M-1.71B-50.0M3.324.27120,185399,2851,474,9593,983,864
2013-05-29$98.30$95.0018.5%5.3%15.7%15.4%20.4%4.7%-0.1%-549.1M-361.4M-52.2M3.374.5695,653322,6181,521,2614,118,624
2013-05-30$98.87$95.0017.8%5.1%11.6%13.9%19.2%4.9%-0.1%-492.6M-1.36B-51.3M2.412.6398,277237,1491,541,2524,220,194
2013-05-31$97.75$96.0019.5%5.6%11.7%17.9%21.0%5.5%0.2%-700.3M1.17B-54.2M3.064.91121,604371,8521,578,6904,288,438