IWM Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, IWM traded between $111.35 and $120.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.9%, placing in the 33.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 12.6%). Max pain ranged from $113.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.89.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-17: Highest Volume — 1,345,409 contracts
  • 2014-07-31: Largest IV spike — 16.7% change
  • 2014-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 63.5%
  • 2014-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$115.17$111.35$120.01$120.01$111.35
Max Pain$114.64$113.00$115.00$113.00$115.00
ATM IV16.9%14.1%20.0%14.1%20.0%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%5.9%5.0%5.9%
HV 20d12.6%10.9%14.2%13.0%14.2%
HV 60d15.6%15.2%16.5%16.5%15.9%
IV Rank33.0%4.9%63.5%4.9%63.5%
IV Percentile54.5%5.2%92.5%5.2%92.5%
Term Structure0.2%-0.4%0.8%0.2%-0.1%
VWIV20.1%16.8%23.1%18.1%20.1%
Skew 25d4.8%3.7%5.7%3.9%5.7%
Skew 10d9.5%7.7%12.1%8.3%12.1%
Call IV 25d14.8%12.8%17.6%12.8%17.6%
Put IV 25d19.6%16.5%23.3%16.7%23.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.083.619.316.065.40
Gamma HHI0.080.060.180.060.07
Net GEX-1.22B-1.88B-232.7M-232.7M-1.51B
Net DEX8.65B-3.47B16.86B-3.47B16.01B
Net VEX-69.4M-71.9M-59.9M-59.9M-71.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.891.043.261.362.55
Total Volume701,066337,1651,345,409982,5221,105,505
Total OI5,914,573.4555,324,8106,747,2335,324,8106,078,236

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$120.01$113.0014.1%5.0%13.0%4.9%18.1%3.9%0.2%-232.7M-3.47B-59.9M1.366.06415,609566,9131,496,0953,828,715
2014-07-02$119.10$113.0014.7%5.1%13.5%10.6%22.8%3.9%0.3%-579.9M955.2M-64.5M2.444.93213,821520,9911,336,8124,058,672
2014-07-03$119.66$113.0014.4%5.1%13.6%7.6%16.8%3.7%0.3%-381.6M-24.5M-64.4M1.605.18167,435267,7061,417,2654,301,072
2014-07-07$117.79$114.0015.9%5.3%10.9%23.3%19.0%4.3%-0.1%-834.6M4.21B-66.2M3.264.53139,190454,2641,390,4744,155,528
2014-07-08$116.63$114.0016.5%5.4%11.3%29.1%19.7%4.2%-0.4%-1.27B7.28B-68.4M2.575.07295,917760,4071,440,7944,270,472
2014-07-09$116.41$115.0016.4%5.5%11.3%28.1%19.5%4.4%0.4%-1.22B7.27B-68.9M2.234.72188,302419,0801,529,8124,395,306
2014-07-10$115.27$115.0017.5%5.6%11.6%39.0%18.5%5.1%0.2%-1.65B11.06B-70.9M2.555.51325,057829,0011,589,2484,563,035
2014-07-11$115.07$115.0017.2%5.6%11.5%36.1%20.3%5.1%0.1%-1.67B11.14B-71.1M1.624.27189,573306,9851,685,1894,648,274
2014-07-14$115.63$115.0016.8%5.5%11.6%31.6%18.9%5.1%0.8%-1.43B8.68B-69.9M2.003.61155,982311,8451,627,2964,575,622
2014-07-15$114.67$115.0017.2%5.5%11.9%35.5%21.4%5.0%0.7%-1.67B11.26B-70.7M2.085.07219,253455,5431,675,2324,663,429
2014-07-16$114.21$115.0017.3%5.6%11.7%36.5%23.1%5.0%0.6%-1.81B12.34B-71.0M1.754.41216,844379,2301,737,2844,722,442
2014-07-17$112.43$115.0019.3%5.8%12.2%56.2%23.0%5.3%0.0%-1.88B16.86B-70.8M1.979.31452,558892,8511,784,4884,682,057
2014-07-18$114.11$115.0016.9%5.5%13.6%32.7%19.6%5.0%0.6%-1.83B11.66B-71.9M2.145.85303,206648,1041,973,1634,774,070
2014-07-21$113.70$115.0017.9%5.5%13.4%42.4%21.0%5.3%-0.0%-1.02B9.61B-71.2M1.884.88173,457325,6681,541,0833,842,483
2014-07-22$114.50$115.0016.9%5.5%13.7%32.3%21.7%5.0%0.0%-881.5M7.65B-71.1M1.716.21204,660349,3451,608,3353,942,138
2014-07-23$114.82$115.0016.8%5.4%13.5%31.4%19.4%4.9%0.1%-841.0M6.99B-71.4M1.554.25132,439204,7261,649,3634,035,169
2014-07-24$114.50$115.0016.9%5.5%13.1%32.7%19.3%4.9%0.1%-1.03B8.09B-71.5M1.044.41258,093269,4071,679,0774,120,407
2014-07-25$113.58$115.0017.1%5.5%13.3%35.1%20.2%4.7%0.2%-1.36B10.93B-71.5M1.304.95284,614370,6611,756,0054,190,195
2014-07-28$113.06$115.0017.8%5.6%13.1%41.6%19.3%5.0%-0.0%-1.28B11.42B-69.4M1.414.48273,777385,9131,615,2223,971,375
2014-07-29$113.28$115.0017.7%5.6%12.9%40.7%20.4%5.0%-0.0%-1.22B10.85B-70.0M1.283.85242,214310,2881,742,6414,063,907
2014-07-30$113.87$115.0017.1%5.5%12.4%35.1%19.2%4.6%-0.0%-1.17B9.60B-70.8M1.204.70198,240238,7781,801,5754,161,559
2014-07-31$111.35$115.0020.0%5.9%14.2%63.5%20.1%5.7%-0.1%-1.51B16.01B-71.2M2.555.40311,304794,2011,874,8674,203,369