IWM Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, IWM traded between $114.28 and $119.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.7%, placing in the 45.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.55.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-04: Highest Volume — 1,112,985 contracts
  • 2014-03-26: Largest IV spike — 9.9% change
  • 2014-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 61.4%
  • 2014-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$117.83$114.28$119.98$116.88$116.16
Max Pain$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00$112.00
ATM IV17.7%16.4%19.3%18.1%18.4%
Expected Move5.9%5.7%6.1%6.0%6.0%
HV 20d14.3%12.6%16.9%16.8%16.9%
HV 60d15.9%15.3%16.3%15.3%16.3%
IV Rank45.7%33.1%61.4%51.8%48.1%
IV Percentile69.7%48.8%86.1%79.8%79.0%
Term Structure0.2%-0.6%1.1%0.4%-0.1%
VWIV21.8%19.7%24.6%22.8%19.7%
Skew 25d5.3%4.8%6.7%5.9%5.1%
Skew 10d9.8%7.3%12.4%12.0%8.4%
Call IV 25d15.7%14.3%17.1%15.6%16.3%
Put IV 25d21.0%19.4%23.6%21.6%21.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.707.5141.7216.4517.62
Gamma HHI0.060.040.120.050.12
Net GEX-784.7M-1.55B-194.5M-627.7M-1.20B
Net DEX1.07B-6.20B11.60B267.3M6.25B
Net VEX-59.5M-66.6M-51.9M-58.9M-59.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.551.364.262.862.13
Total Volume669,679.048381,7071,112,985635,197731,515
Total OI5,892,337.194,521,4656,831,4475,471,9704,902,393

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$116.88$112.0018.1%6.0%16.8%51.8%22.8%5.9%0.4%-627.7M267.3M-58.9M2.8616.45164,533470,6641,474,9273,997,043
2014-03-04$119.98$112.0016.9%5.7%12.9%40.8%22.7%5.1%-0.1%-194.5M-6.20B-51.9M2.3527.69332,472780,5131,507,3994,083,250
2014-03-05$119.80$112.0016.7%5.7%13.1%38.9%20.8%5.5%0.2%-316.8M-5.24B-56.0M2.9623.6396,344285,3631,624,6724,352,233
2014-03-06$119.68$112.0017.1%5.8%12.8%42.4%21.5%4.8%0.0%-350.5M-4.97B-55.8M4.2614.5987,689373,6341,633,2474,435,949
2014-03-07$119.74$112.0016.9%5.8%12.8%41.0%20.7%4.9%0.2%-571.5M-4.71B-56.9M3.0241.72121,727367,9161,645,2614,542,150
2014-03-10$119.40$112.0017.3%5.8%12.6%44.3%21.6%5.3%-0.2%-514.8M-3.27B-57.4M4.227.5190,572381,9871,574,4914,388,574
2014-03-11$117.85$112.0018.1%5.8%13.9%51.6%21.8%5.5%-0.6%-735.1M613.6M-61.4M2.087.96238,841496,8951,600,6344,524,979
2014-03-12$118.49$112.0017.7%5.8%13.8%48.0%23.9%5.3%-0.2%-661.8M-755.2M-62.3M2.9619.72147,162435,0161,713,6244,684,222
2014-03-13$117.35$112.0018.5%6.1%14.4%54.9%21.6%5.7%-0.3%-988.3M2.90B-63.5M3.4621.28193,960670,6201,758,2864,762,763
2014-03-14$117.39$112.0019.3%6.1%14.0%61.4%22.2%6.7%-0.4%-909.5M2.95B-66.6M2.7639.91188,804521,0721,772,5744,875,972
2014-03-17$117.98$112.0018.3%5.8%14.0%52.5%21.6%5.8%0.5%-738.7M729.7M-62.9M1.3616.93232,947317,4981,735,6004,781,439
2014-03-18$119.64$112.0016.5%5.9%14.4%33.3%21.6%5.4%1.1%-462.8M-3.87B-59.5M1.5514.88163,904253,3351,796,5034,876,365
2014-03-19$118.89$112.0017.0%5.9%14.0%37.9%24.6%5.3%0.5%-559.1M-2.12B-59.9M2.1519.02160,275344,0371,821,1554,957,953
2014-03-20$119.33$112.0016.6%5.8%13.6%34.0%23.8%5.1%0.3%-476.7M-3.31B-57.7M2.6610.39125,448333,0791,839,1454,938,342
2014-03-21$118.61$112.0016.4%5.8%13.9%33.1%19.7%5.2%1.1%-741.4M-1.32B-58.3M2.1224.63291,199616,7551,842,6824,988,765
2014-03-24$117.16$112.0017.4%6.1%14.4%38.8%21.3%5.0%0.4%-1.09B5.05B-57.3M2.2118.92233,004514,5271,183,9983,337,467
2014-03-25$116.93$112.0017.5%6.1%14.5%40.3%21.3%5.2%0.3%-1.10B5.77B-59.7M2.178.23206,181448,1221,230,8963,462,529
2014-03-26$114.54$112.0019.3%6.0%16.1%56.1%22.4%5.0%0.4%-1.31B10.69B-61.0M2.3426.58291,146680,7531,300,0153,555,466
2014-03-27$114.29$112.0019.2%6.1%15.8%55.5%21.8%5.1%0.2%-1.38B11.60B-61.6M2.1521.62262,377565,1191,353,4323,691,148
2014-03-28$114.28$112.0019.2%6.1%15.8%55.4%20.7%5.0%0.1%-1.55B11.46B-62.0M1.8614.38296,212550,0431,433,1653,758,373
2014-03-31$116.16$112.0018.4%6.0%16.9%48.1%19.7%5.1%-0.1%-1.20B6.25B-59.2M2.1317.62233,990497,5251,326,9093,575,484