IWM Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, IWM traded between $100.60 and $105.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.8%, placing in the 28.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 11.0%). Max pain ranged from $101.00 to $106.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.56.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-15: Highest Volume — 1,093,942 contracts
  • 2013-08-15: Largest IV spike — 15.3% change
  • 2013-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 52.4%
  • 2013-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$103.02$100.60$105.44$105.07$100.67
Max Pain$103.60$101.00$106.00$104.50$102.00
ATM IV16.8%14.2%20.4%15.6%20.4%
Expected Move4.8%4.1%5.8%4.5%5.8%
HV 20d11.0%8.3%15.2%9.2%15.2%
HV 60d14.2%13.7%14.9%13.8%14.8%
IV Rank28.6%8.3%52.4%14.1%52.4%
IV Percentile46.8%8.3%93.3%26.6%93.3%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%1.2%0.1%0.6%
VWIV17.5%14.7%22.6%16.3%22.6%
Skew 25d4.7%3.6%6.1%4.0%6.1%
Skew 10d8.7%6.5%11.6%8.2%11.6%
Call IV 25d14.9%12.9%17.9%13.9%17.9%
Put IV 25d19.6%16.5%24.0%17.9%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.862.9813.437.479.91
Gamma HHI0.080.060.100.080.06
Net GEX-573.0M-1.13B-43.7M-118.6M-826.2M
Net DEX1.28B-5.56B7.49B-4.83B7.49B
Net VEX-59.0M-62.3M-54.8M-57.1M-62.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.561.316.341.902.37
Total Volume483,400.909266,1741,093,942460,519629,523
Total OI5,948,971.4095,184,3686,514,7525,897,9236,187,317

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$105.07$104.5015.6%4.5%9.2%14.1%16.3%4.0%0.1%-118.6M-4.83B-57.1M1.907.47158,681301,8381,893,2504,004,673
2013-08-02$105.10$104.5014.8%4.2%8.3%10.8%14.7%3.7%0.3%-109.8M-5.20B-57.6M1.7213.43148,719255,8301,940,8964,077,975
2013-08-05$105.44$104.0014.2%4.1%8.3%8.3%16.1%3.6%0.9%-43.7M-5.56B-54.8M2.866.3168,889197,2851,855,9543,967,251
2013-08-06$104.44$104.0015.1%4.3%9.0%18.3%15.9%3.8%1.0%-342.5M-2.82B-57.1M6.346.2171,316452,3421,877,3844,059,744
2013-08-07$103.83$104.0015.3%4.4%9.4%20.0%16.7%4.0%0.6%-606.2M-611.5M-59.0M2.226.56118,475262,4441,890,3134,183,962
2013-08-08$104.14$104.0015.3%4.4%9.0%19.7%15.5%3.9%0.8%-498.1M-1.69B-58.4M1.676.83118,486198,2591,918,0414,220,473
2013-08-09$103.99$103.5015.5%4.4%8.9%20.9%15.8%4.1%0.8%-750.8M-1.08B-59.7M4.097.9879,091323,4491,950,8464,291,528
2013-08-12$104.59$103.0015.5%4.4%8.5%20.8%15.8%4.2%0.4%-366.3M-2.89B-57.9M3.208.9773,492234,8141,925,3044,255,531
2013-08-13$104.44$103.0015.1%4.3%8.3%18.6%16.3%4.3%1.2%-408.3M-2.44B-58.0M3.908.0796,804377,8001,949,1624,346,031
2013-08-14$104.03$103.0015.4%4.4%8.4%20.5%16.1%4.4%0.8%-556.6M-821.4M-59.8M1.317.24125,615164,3071,963,3704,453,746
2013-08-15$102.05$0.0017.8%5.1%10.7%35.7%17.3%4.8%0.2%-1.09B5.28B-58.9M3.015.57273,034820,9081,967,2094,434,860
2013-08-16$101.57$106.0017.1%4.9%10.6%31.3%17.9%4.9%-0.3%-1.13B6.42B-58.8M2.257.96194,711438,9601,996,9784,517,774
2013-08-19$100.60$104.0018.0%5.1%10.9%36.9%18.2%5.0%0.4%-728.4M6.73B-57.4M2.242.98132,247296,0721,627,2763,557,092
2013-08-20$102.09$104.0017.3%5.0%12.4%32.9%17.5%4.9%0.5%-630.4M3.94B-58.8M1.514.22333,928504,1521,684,1533,663,148
2013-08-21$101.84$104.0017.2%4.9%12.3%31.9%17.8%4.5%0.6%-821.8M5.01B-58.5M2.333.97155,583362,3411,789,0993,797,720
2013-08-22$102.88$104.0017.0%4.9%12.6%30.7%17.8%5.1%0.8%-462.1M1.76B-61.0M1.794.71129,067230,6381,827,4523,817,826
2013-08-23$103.22$104.0016.4%4.7%12.6%27.2%17.0%4.8%0.9%-407.0M892.4M-59.8M1.603.95109,202174,7161,864,9943,895,356
2013-08-26$103.09$102.0017.6%5.1%12.4%34.9%17.2%5.4%-0.2%-429.0M1.19B-59.2M2.407.39110,041264,5901,812,0203,767,965
2013-08-27$100.69$104.0019.8%5.7%14.9%49.0%20.6%6.0%-0.3%-802.1M6.81B-60.7M2.287.78203,354464,3321,857,0053,886,175
2013-08-28$100.71$103.0019.7%5.6%14.8%48.0%20.6%6.0%-0.4%-816.6M6.55B-60.7M2.366.75139,805329,9811,915,3183,960,188
2013-08-29$101.87$101.0019.4%5.6%14.8%46.5%20.8%6.1%-0.2%-669.9M4.10B-62.1M2.866.77132,005377,6941,974,9614,050,051
2013-08-30$100.67$102.0020.4%5.8%15.2%52.4%22.6%6.1%0.6%-826.2M7.49B-62.3M2.379.91186,688442,8352,025,7984,161,519