IWM Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, IWM traded between $107.83 and $113.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.9%, placing in the 42.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 17.2%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $116.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.74.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-15: Highest Volume — 1,499,858 contracts
  • 2014-05-09: Largest IV drop — 10.6% change
  • 2014-05-08: Highest IV Rank — 66.2%
  • 2014-05-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.99$107.83$113.59$111.90$112.83
Max Pain$113.62$110.00$116.00$116.00$110.00
ATM IV17.9%16.2%20.3%18.2%16.2%
Expected Move5.5%5.2%5.7%5.5%5.4%
HV 20d17.2%12.8%19.1%18.5%19.1%
HV 60d17.1%16.2%18.3%16.3%17.5%
IV Rank42.5%25.5%66.2%45.7%25.5%
IV Percentile63.9%35.3%92.5%73.0%35.3%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%0.7%0.1%0.7%
VWIV20.0%17.0%24.8%24.2%20.4%
Skew 25d4.6%4.0%5.3%4.6%4.0%
Skew 10d9.0%7.3%10.4%10.0%8.0%
Call IV 25d15.8%14.4%17.8%16.3%14.5%
Put IV 25d20.4%18.5%23.1%20.9%18.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.845.9229.1521.5911.39
Gamma HHI0.080.050.110.080.05
Net GEX-942.0M-1.59B-125.8M-1.31B-462.8M
Net DEX10.18B-182.5M18.88B11.34B2.38B
Net VEX-64.1M-67.4M-61.0M-66.8M-65.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.741.102.431.731.98
Total Volume790,648.095442,1241,499,858921,786722,825
Total OI6,171,8025,198,5017,158,1986,160,4646,170,208

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$111.90$116.0018.2%5.5%18.5%45.7%24.2%4.6%0.1%-1.31B11.34B-66.8M1.7321.59337,391584,3951,920,4314,240,033
2014-05-02$111.99$115.0018.3%5.5%18.4%46.3%24.8%4.8%0.1%-1.40B11.04B-67.4M1.568.95327,765511,8172,005,8584,321,576
2014-05-05$111.55$115.0018.7%5.5%16.7%50.9%20.1%5.2%0.1%-1.21B12.12B-65.9M2.3810.87130,989311,1351,900,2124,167,354
2014-05-06$110.11$115.0019.6%5.7%16.4%59.4%20.5%5.1%0.0%-1.48B15.79B-64.2M2.4310.16202,655493,0081,922,5114,234,293
2014-05-07$110.19$115.0019.5%5.6%16.1%59.0%20.3%5.1%-0.1%-1.51B15.90B-65.3M1.7618.91435,210766,7781,993,7124,345,181
2014-05-08$109.04$115.0020.3%5.7%15.5%66.2%22.8%5.3%-0.0%-1.59B18.41B-64.7M2.0710.81334,123691,9792,112,5344,394,988
2014-05-09$110.01$115.0018.1%5.6%12.8%44.7%19.7%4.8%-0.0%-1.20B15.80B-64.7M1.8922.66343,858649,3442,205,6664,439,847
2014-05-12$112.52$115.0017.1%5.3%14.5%34.8%17.0%4.1%-0.5%-909.9M7.94B-64.1M1.4812.48364,517537,6702,140,0704,263,180
2014-05-13$111.32$115.0017.1%5.5%15.0%34.7%19.9%4.3%0.2%-1.17B11.55B-63.7M1.628.25238,873386,7872,194,4204,349,457
2014-05-14$109.70$115.0018.2%5.5%15.8%45.5%19.3%4.2%-0.3%-1.46B16.55B-62.5M1.599.41356,464565,0662,296,5304,437,950
2014-05-15$107.83$115.0018.9%5.7%16.6%52.3%18.2%5.0%-0.1%-1.58B18.88B-61.0M1.9210.30513,011986,8472,381,0464,492,208
2014-05-16$109.49$115.0018.2%5.6%17.3%45.4%21.7%4.4%0.2%-877.6M16.78B-62.4M1.7629.15299,678528,8962,492,0464,666,152
2014-05-19$110.84$115.0017.0%5.4%17.9%33.9%19.9%4.8%0.3%-628.1M7.06B-62.5M1.7211.56221,874381,2961,697,7393,500,762
2014-05-20$108.93$115.0018.4%5.6%18.2%47.7%18.2%4.9%0.2%-949.4M11.18B-62.8M1.356.13307,035415,8131,783,8403,629,187
2014-05-21$109.62$115.0017.7%5.5%18.4%40.8%19.2%4.8%0.5%-759.3M9.33B-63.0M1.975.92227,975450,0451,866,8303,690,419
2014-05-22$110.94$110.0017.0%5.4%19.0%33.9%19.3%4.2%0.2%-518.3M6.40B-61.9M1.106.96273,591300,5071,913,2963,782,882
2014-05-23$111.89$110.0016.3%5.3%18.3%27.0%17.3%4.3%0.5%-170.5M3.63B-64.5M1.1614.01331,060383,1912,016,4933,862,318
2014-05-27$113.59$110.0016.8%5.2%18.9%31.3%18.1%4.2%-0.7%-125.8M-182.5M-63.7M1.356.64299,663404,4782,012,9953,750,610
2014-05-28$113.08$110.0017.2%5.3%19.0%35.3%19.2%4.3%-0.3%-228.4M1.39B-64.9M2.146.04171,664366,6802,094,6103,859,894
2014-05-29$113.46$110.0016.8%5.3%18.9%31.5%19.2%4.0%-0.1%-238.3M422.3M-64.3M1.576.48174,269273,3882,116,3403,942,164
2014-05-30$112.83$110.0016.2%5.4%19.1%25.5%20.4%4.0%0.7%-462.8M2.38B-65.1M1.9811.39242,770480,0552,174,1033,996,105