IWM Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, IWM traded between $103.61 and $111.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 30.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $103.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.54.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-08: Highest Volume — 964,773 contracts
  • 2013-10-07: Largest IV spike — 17.4% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 72.8%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$108.49$103.61$111.31$107.95$109.36
Max Pain$106.36$103.00$112.00$106.00$112.00
ATM IV17.0%13.7%23.5%16.9%15.0%
Expected Move5.9%4.9%6.7%4.9%6.0%
HV 20d14.3%9.2%16.2%9.2%15.8%
HV 60d13.4%11.8%14.2%11.8%14.0%
IV Rank30.5%9.4%72.8%30.3%18.1%
IV Percentile45.8%5.6%99.2%49.2%23.4%
Term Structure0.2%-1.7%1.2%0.3%0.9%
VWIV21.6%18.4%24.8%18.7%22.8%
Skew 25d5.0%3.5%7.2%5.4%3.7%
Skew 10d9.9%6.8%14.0%10.7%8.0%
Call IV 25d14.9%12.3%20.3%14.9%13.4%
Put IV 25d19.8%16.1%27.6%20.3%17.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.272.4031.808.497.70
Gamma HHI0.060.050.100.060.06
Net GEX-274.4M-962.2M411.9M-223.0M-597.8M
Net DEX-2.09B-8.94B6.61B-2.59B-172.1M
Net VEX-49.2M-55.6M-42.7M-49.5M-49.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.541.534.312.181.79
Total Volume509,319.913251,503964,773472,574402,471
Total OI5,361,658.3484,601,1716,104,8855,036,1375,226,124

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$107.95$106.0016.9%4.9%9.2%30.3%18.7%5.4%0.3%-223.0M-2.59B-49.5M2.188.49148,747323,8271,443,1313,593,006
2013-10-02$107.14$106.5018.7%5.3%9.8%41.4%19.1%6.0%-0.2%-469.2M-845.8M-52.6M4.318.9683,237358,7011,508,1703,712,971
2013-10-03$106.17$107.0019.4%5.6%10.6%46.4%22.3%5.8%-0.3%-758.9M1.60B-54.6M2.318.27174,958404,9821,537,8933,858,492
2013-10-04$107.04$107.0018.6%5.3%10.9%40.7%20.2%5.6%-0.1%-394.7M-605.9M-53.4M1.9910.28125,959251,1951,569,1603,911,729
2013-10-07$105.69$107.0021.8%6.2%11.0%61.5%24.8%6.8%-1.3%-617.2M2.33B-54.5M3.859.5574,822288,1791,526,5093,800,751
2013-10-08$104.07$107.0023.5%6.7%11.9%72.8%22.5%7.2%-1.3%-864.7M5.72B-55.6M2.419.28283,045681,7281,544,2373,901,926
2013-10-09$103.61$107.0023.4%6.7%12.0%72.2%24.4%7.0%-1.7%-962.2M6.61B-55.6M2.886.61189,150545,1811,605,8523,974,555
2013-10-10$106.13$0.0019.6%5.6%14.7%47.2%21.4%6.5%-0.4%-541.4M877.3M-53.5M2.327.95253,168587,8961,641,1074,023,592
2013-10-11$107.79$104.0017.2%4.9%15.6%31.8%18.4%6.0%-0.2%-129.8M-3.16B-51.4M1.6811.72207,611349,6651,725,3224,147,180
2013-10-14$108.22$0.0017.9%6.1%15.6%36.7%21.4%6.0%0.3%-81.7M-3.63B-50.9M1.5315.16208,332318,8391,719,1404,070,097
2013-10-15$107.34$104.0019.3%6.2%15.6%45.3%22.3%6.3%-0.4%-224.2M-1.64B-52.6M2.114.35161,821342,0721,739,8504,159,303
2013-10-16$108.44$104.0016.6%6.1%15.7%28.4%21.7%5.0%0.5%83.0M-4.56B-48.2M2.6216.34148,935390,6261,748,1944,216,526
2013-10-17$109.54$104.0014.2%5.9%16.0%12.6%21.0%4.1%0.9%351.8M-6.54B-45.5M1.704.54171,818292,6821,725,3834,272,685
2013-10-18$110.60$103.0013.7%5.9%16.2%9.4%22.5%3.9%1.2%411.9M-8.94B-42.7M1.9331.80217,531419,5581,756,8864,347,999
2013-10-21$110.34$106.0014.0%6.0%16.2%11.4%19.1%3.8%1.1%9.4M-4.38B-43.3M3.704.78102,097378,2241,370,6333,230,538
2013-10-22$110.70$105.0014.4%5.9%16.2%13.8%22.8%3.6%0.7%-36.0M-4.51B-44.3M2.554.23129,809331,2231,404,3543,331,615
2013-10-23$110.39$105.0014.6%5.9%16.2%15.4%22.6%3.9%1.0%-176.1M-3.73B-45.7M4.002.9496,531385,9811,441,8623,422,001
2013-10-24$111.16$105.0014.1%5.9%16.2%11.7%22.5%3.5%-0.0%-127.2M-4.99B-44.6M2.524.5894,950238,9081,465,3313,540,425
2013-10-25$111.00$105.0014.1%5.9%16.1%12.0%23.1%3.6%-0.1%-171.2M-4.57B-45.4M3.3012.97100,200330,7811,484,7593,636,086
2013-10-28$111.12$105.0014.2%5.9%16.1%12.7%20.9%3.5%0.9%-203.1M-3.93B-45.3M2.1715.7779,346172,1571,410,6983,489,065
2013-10-29$111.31$112.0014.3%5.9%15.7%13.6%20.7%3.6%1.2%-149.6M-4.52B-45.2M2.122.40103,820219,6431,451,8623,546,489
2013-10-30$110.12$112.0014.9%6.0%16.0%17.4%22.4%3.6%0.7%-439.3M-1.93B-48.5M2.354.57162,359381,5931,498,4133,586,241
2013-10-31$109.36$112.0015.0%6.0%15.8%18.1%22.8%3.7%0.9%-597.8M-172.1M-49.2M1.797.70144,350258,1211,528,8453,697,279