IWM Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, IWM traded between $110.69 and $116.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 28.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $114.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.99.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-01: Highest Volume — 1,403,744 contracts
  • 2014-08-11: Largest IV drop — 8.1% change
  • 2014-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 67.0%
  • 2014-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$113.91$110.69$116.82$110.69$116.68
Max Pain$114.76$114.00$115.00$115.00$114.00
ATM IV16.4%14.4%20.3%20.3%14.6%
Expected Move5.5%5.1%5.9%5.9%5.1%
HV 20d13.0%9.3%14.7%13.9%9.3%
HV 60d14.1%13.1%16.0%16.0%13.2%
IV Rank28.1%8.0%67.0%67.0%9.6%
IV Percentile41.7%10.7%94.8%94.8%13.5%
Term Structure0.2%-0.5%0.8%-0.2%-0.3%
VWIV21.0%15.8%26.6%21.3%15.8%
Skew 25d5.1%4.2%6.2%6.2%4.7%
Skew 10d9.5%7.9%12.2%12.2%8.9%
Call IV 25d14.3%12.4%17.7%17.7%12.8%
Put IV 25d19.4%16.8%23.9%23.9%17.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.184.909.066.249.06
Gamma HHI0.080.050.260.070.05
Net GEX-771.4M-1.55B329.1M-1.55B-469.8M
Net DEX7.54B676.5M17.49B17.49B1.45B
Net VEX-67.5M-72.3M-63.2M-71.7M-64.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.991.413.801.911.41
Total Volume577,545.81346,0181,403,7441,403,744404,063
Total OI6,215,104.5245,198,1196,936,3516,305,0026,159,012

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$110.69$115.0020.3%5.9%13.9%67.0%21.3%6.2%-0.2%-1.55B17.49B-71.7M1.916.24482,407921,3371,970,9934,334,009
2014-08-04$111.46$115.0019.2%5.9%13.6%55.6%20.3%6.2%0.2%-1.28B14.27B-72.1M2.246.87211,930475,7472,036,3444,348,330
2014-08-05$111.33$115.0019.4%5.9%13.4%57.2%23.8%6.1%0.2%-1.26B14.47B-72.3M2.255.24159,717359,4142,086,8824,390,184
2014-08-06$111.66$115.0019.3%5.9%13.5%56.5%23.7%6.1%0.2%-1.18B13.43B-72.0M2.036.24211,514429,2232,137,1734,452,293
2014-08-07$111.14$115.0019.6%5.9%13.2%59.5%20.4%6.0%0.0%-1.24B14.89B-71.6M1.536.91229,809350,9792,182,8094,521,823
2014-08-08$112.09$115.0018.7%5.9%13.7%50.6%22.4%5.5%0.3%329.1M11.55B-71.5M1.476.40290,084424,9712,252,5044,564,264
2014-08-11$113.43$115.0017.2%5.7%14.4%35.5%22.0%5.3%0.3%-923.6M8.39B-68.4M1.444.90220,115316,4362,137,8544,472,818
2014-08-12$112.46$115.0017.5%5.8%14.4%38.7%20.2%5.3%0.4%-1.07B11.25B-69.2M2.125.56157,783334,6752,179,4054,578,192
2014-08-13$113.45$115.0016.4%5.6%14.7%28.2%20.9%4.8%0.4%-841.2M8.22B-68.4M1.695.43181,773307,2122,228,1384,640,410
2014-08-14$113.76$115.0015.4%5.4%13.6%18.2%21.2%4.7%0.1%-870.2M7.43B-65.9M1.415.95154,006217,4082,216,7254,620,253
2014-08-15$113.56$115.0015.5%5.4%12.5%19.1%20.4%5.0%-0.4%-568.5M7.64B-65.2M1.996.99354,323705,7362,262,3414,674,010
2014-08-18$114.89$114.0014.4%5.2%13.1%8.0%20.5%5.1%0.8%-555.1M3.73B-63.3M2.265.63182,032410,7561,516,5703,681,549
2014-08-19$115.33$114.0014.4%5.3%13.0%8.3%19.9%5.0%0.6%-543.2M3.17B-64.9M2.896.26126,618366,5511,595,2973,800,290
2014-08-20$114.86$114.0014.9%5.3%13.0%13.0%19.0%4.8%0.7%-712.3M4.62B-66.6M3.265.71108,685353,9901,629,5333,923,491
2014-08-21$115.13$115.0014.5%5.3%13.0%9.1%20.7%4.2%0.8%-739.8M4.30B-66.1M1.746.45201,496350,3381,642,4844,018,063
2014-08-22$115.21$115.0014.8%5.3%12.6%11.6%21.4%4.4%0.7%-762.5M3.77B-66.4M1.566.32179,707279,8991,704,4344,108,726
2014-08-25$115.65$115.0015.0%5.2%12.5%13.5%21.0%4.9%-0.5%-652.5M3.34B-64.6M1.435.91183,615263,4571,666,5654,001,668
2014-08-26$116.82$115.0014.4%5.1%12.9%8.2%18.6%4.4%-0.1%-317.6M676.5M-63.2M1.526.53187,407284,0821,727,4274,069,829
2014-08-27$116.52$115.0014.6%5.1%12.9%10.3%26.6%4.4%-0.4%-360.0M1.26B-64.1M3.805.7583,911319,2381,790,7754,147,437
2014-08-28$116.05$114.0014.9%5.2%9.7%12.5%20.8%4.7%-0.0%-625.0M3.07B-65.2M1.925.44118,515227,5031,801,5854,244,706
2014-08-29$116.68$114.0014.6%5.1%9.3%9.6%15.8%4.7%-0.3%-469.8M1.45B-64.6M1.419.06167,802236,2611,818,8214,340,191