IWM Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, IWM traded between $111.43 and $117.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.8%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 13.3%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.19.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-31: Highest Volume — 1,011,603 contracts
  • 2014-01-24: Largest IV spike — 29.4% change
  • 2014-01-31: Highest IV Rank — 70.4%
  • 2014-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$114.54$111.43$117.19$114.29$112.19
Max Pain$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00
ATM IV15.8%13.7%20.2%15.8%20.2%
Expected Move6.0%5.9%6.2%6.1%6.1%
HV 20d13.3%9.4%16.0%13.7%15.6%
HV 60d13.4%12.7%14.5%14.2%14.3%
IV Rank31.5%13.2%70.4%31.5%70.4%
IV Percentile40.9%6.0%95.6%48.8%95.6%
Term Structure0.3%-0.1%1.4%0.5%0.0%
VWIV21.9%18.2%25.1%22.8%21.3%
Skew 25d4.5%3.3%6.3%3.8%6.2%
Skew 10d9.1%6.9%13.6%7.7%13.6%
Call IV 25d13.9%11.9%17.3%14.1%17.3%
Put IV 25d18.4%15.8%23.5%17.9%23.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.383.1041.053.5113.75
Gamma HHI0.070.050.270.070.09
Net GEX-345.5M-1.15B409.8M-121.0M-961.6M
Net DEX-24.3M-6.04B9.18B-1.58B7.57B
Net VEX-53.4M-64.4M-47.5M-47.5M-64.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.190.904.351.324.35
Total Volume532,085283,5291,011,603506,9751,011,603
Total OI4,778,751.1434,113,8185,558,9174,386,5985,336,914

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$114.29$112.0015.8%6.1%13.7%31.5%22.8%3.8%0.5%-121.0M-1.58B-47.5M1.323.51218,241288,7341,328,0773,058,521
2014-01-03$114.73$112.0015.3%6.0%13.8%26.8%24.3%3.8%0.2%-55.7M-2.73B-47.9M1.4911.27127,037188,7301,410,2173,138,568
2014-01-06$113.88$112.0015.8%6.1%14.1%31.9%21.5%4.0%-0.0%-115.1M-994.8M-48.3M1.666.35141,200234,9661,370,9833,071,234
2014-01-07$114.70$112.0014.9%6.0%14.0%24.0%18.2%4.0%0.2%-1.1M-2.87B-47.9M2.406.9999,494239,1801,440,1053,174,723
2014-01-08$114.87$112.0014.9%6.0%14.0%23.3%23.6%4.0%0.2%-68.6M-2.88B-48.4M1.977.4795,528188,0011,463,8623,253,036
2014-01-09$114.86$112.0014.7%6.0%13.5%21.6%20.6%3.9%0.3%-22.0M-3.23B-48.4M2.165.12105,053227,3481,494,7683,329,733
2014-01-10$115.49$112.0014.2%6.0%11.8%17.7%19.8%3.8%0.5%58.1M-4.61B-47.9M2.096.53109,811229,0041,522,9033,415,197
2014-01-13$114.13$112.0015.4%6.0%12.9%28.4%24.3%3.7%0.2%-83.5M-1.46B-49.3M1.683.10152,958257,4361,493,4763,357,220
2014-01-14$115.35$112.0014.6%6.0%13.2%21.4%23.2%3.5%0.3%-38.5M-4.14B-47.5M0.916.73265,614242,8341,508,7123,423,443
2014-01-15$116.21$112.0014.0%6.0%12.9%15.7%22.9%3.3%0.4%118.4M-6.04B-48.1M1.836.39221,270404,6371,581,6693,483,697
2014-01-16$116.15$112.0014.7%6.0%12.9%21.5%22.7%4.0%-0.1%-42.7M-5.17B-51.8M4.196.38124,144520,1451,606,5613,721,530
2014-01-17$116.03$112.0014.5%6.0%11.9%20.4%18.6%4.0%-0.1%409.8M-4.44B-54.8M2.0712.28175,499363,1211,621,0483,937,869
2014-01-21$116.58$112.0013.9%6.0%11.3%14.8%19.7%4.4%1.3%-409.0M-1.12B-53.6M2.913.6384,672246,2551,101,2083,012,610
2014-01-22$117.19$112.0013.7%5.9%9.4%13.3%19.8%4.3%1.4%-288.8M-2.14B-52.2M2.743.3584,322231,1981,138,2893,108,268
2014-01-23$116.53$112.0013.7%6.0%9.6%13.2%23.2%4.3%1.1%-510.9M-665.8M-55.2M2.464.18147,604362,4561,162,4443,166,665
2014-01-24$113.31$112.0017.8%6.1%13.9%48.9%22.5%6.3%-0.1%-910.4M5.99B-60.5M2.086.58325,062674,5521,211,4963,307,771
2014-01-27$111.98$112.0018.6%6.1%14.4%56.3%21.6%6.0%-0.1%-1.03B7.95B-61.5M2.245.70293,164657,1061,217,7143,362,184
2014-01-28$113.11$112.0017.4%6.1%15.0%46.0%22.2%5.3%0.1%-997.5M5.75B-61.7M0.905.73289,283261,5171,284,7383,499,036
2014-01-29$111.43$112.0018.8%6.1%15.8%58.2%25.1%6.0%0.1%-1.15B9.18B-62.7M2.639.94196,638516,6361,467,9153,559,445
2014-01-30$112.33$112.0018.5%6.2%16.0%55.4%21.9%6.0%0.4%-1.04B7.12B-62.5M1.9641.05193,154378,5781,526,6943,683,231
2014-01-31$112.19$112.0020.2%6.1%15.6%70.4%21.3%6.2%0.0%-961.6M7.57B-64.4M4.3513.75188,920822,6831,585,2943,751,620