IWM Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, IWM traded between $109.68 and $115.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.5%, placing in the 29.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 13.6%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.00.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-20: Highest Volume — 914,074 contracts
  • 2013-12-18: Largest IV drop — 12.0% change
  • 2013-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 47.6%
  • 2013-12-12: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$112.65$109.68$115.51$112.41$115.51
Max Pain$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00
ATM IV15.5%13.6%17.6%15.7%15.2%
Expected Move6.1%6.0%6.3%6.1%6.1%
HV 20d13.6%11.2%15.9%14.3%13.4%
HV 60d14.0%13.3%14.8%13.6%14.3%
IV Rank29.2%12.1%47.6%30.8%26.3%
IV Percentile37.5%5.6%72.2%42.5%33.3%
Term Structure0.5%-0.3%1.2%0.2%0.3%
VWIV22.4%19.1%26.4%23.9%24.8%
Skew 25d3.9%3.0%4.5%4.0%4.0%
Skew 10d7.7%5.4%9.2%7.2%8.3%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.4%16.0%13.9%14.1%
Put IV 25d18.0%15.4%20.2%17.9%18.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.642.7113.203.336.55
Gamma HHI0.080.050.170.060.06
Net GEX6.6M-662.8M927.0M-283.0M99.9M
Net DEX-3.84B-11.12B1.93B-4.01B-5.24B
Net VEX-47.7M-52.6M-40.7M-50.2M-45.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.000.743.052.182.31
Total Volume445,315.048163,463914,074414,121532,521
Total OI5,266,226.4294,369,3515,956,3495,039,7705,062,023

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$112.41$112.0015.7%6.1%14.3%30.8%23.9%4.0%0.2%-283.0M-4.01B-50.2M2.183.33130,101284,0201,617,0553,422,715
2013-12-03$111.66$112.0015.7%6.2%14.1%30.7%22.9%4.4%0.2%-377.1M-2.44B-51.4M3.053.16113,045345,2921,657,6023,483,945
2013-12-04$111.56$112.0015.9%6.2%14.0%32.6%21.1%4.5%0.4%-512.6M-1.97B-52.2M2.033.23110,371224,0041,670,8443,582,197
2013-12-05$111.52$112.0016.6%6.2%13.9%38.6%22.8%4.5%0.4%-523.9M-1.98B-51.9M2.064.27120,133247,7391,691,6883,611,017
2013-12-06$112.45$112.0015.3%6.2%12.4%27.4%23.3%4.2%0.7%-202.6M-4.43B-50.4M1.864.03133,155247,9501,751,3563,705,938
2013-12-09$112.52$112.0014.8%6.1%11.2%22.4%23.1%3.9%1.1%-80.0M-4.92B-48.1M1.844.7657,479105,9841,730,3063,492,962
2013-12-10$111.49$112.0015.6%6.2%11.8%30.0%26.1%4.1%1.2%-296.9M-2.57B-49.8M2.944.9865,097191,6911,740,3193,521,989
2013-12-11$109.69$112.0017.0%6.2%13.3%42.1%22.1%4.3%0.1%-662.8M1.93B-52.0M2.1813.20238,961520,9401,760,1133,608,913
2013-12-12$109.68$112.0017.6%6.3%12.9%47.6%19.5%4.3%-0.3%-649.0M1.77B-52.6M2.498.65107,585267,7451,816,6003,722,848
2013-12-13$110.08$112.0017.5%6.2%13.0%46.3%22.0%4.0%0.1%-493.4M793.4M-52.5M0.974.62299,208289,0281,837,7933,771,489
2013-12-16$111.38$112.0017.3%6.2%13.6%45.4%22.9%4.5%0.5%-106.9M-3.05B-50.1M1.882.77102,865193,5501,934,6473,707,677
2013-12-17$111.24$112.0017.3%6.3%13.3%44.8%24.8%4.5%0.5%-199.9M-2.58B-50.0M2.432.7188,675215,4231,963,5203,762,050
2013-12-18$113.01$112.0015.2%6.2%14.1%26.4%23.7%3.6%1.0%322.5M-7.47B-45.2M1.867.81228,156425,1381,983,4763,792,020
2013-12-19$112.00$112.0015.2%6.2%14.6%26.1%26.4%3.5%0.3%126.6M-4.87B-46.3M1.835.08155,969285,1902,025,6303,774,796
2013-12-20$114.15$112.0013.7%6.1%15.9%12.7%21.8%3.0%0.2%927.0M-11.12B-41.5M0.7411.85526,331387,7432,077,9093,878,440
2013-12-23$114.71$112.0013.6%6.0%14.0%12.1%19.2%3.3%1.2%716.7M-5.33B-40.7M1.574.29238,381373,6341,341,8503,027,501
2013-12-24$115.22$112.0013.8%6.0%14.1%14.2%20.6%3.3%1.0%580.9M-6.36B-42.1M1.985.8879,368157,3301,399,7393,265,449
2013-12-26$115.33$112.0013.9%6.0%13.9%14.5%19.9%3.1%0.4%577.0M-6.23B-41.9M1.055.38174,051182,0021,413,2453,321,633
2013-12-27$115.19$112.0014.0%6.1%13.8%15.7%19.1%3.3%0.4%636.9M-5.81B-42.6M1.736.62122,619212,5931,458,8003,396,159
2013-12-30$114.94$112.0015.1%6.0%13.9%25.3%20.5%4.2%0.4%538.2M-4.70B-43.8M3.055.24140,978429,5711,415,8463,390,656
2013-12-31$115.51$112.0015.2%6.1%13.4%26.3%24.8%4.0%0.3%99.9M-5.24B-45.5M2.316.55160,916371,6051,425,4213,636,602