IWM Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, IWM traded between $109.40 and $117.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.7%, placing in the 30.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 10.9%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.06.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-23: Highest Volume — 1,472,372 contracts
  • 2014-09-22: Largest IV spike — 14.2% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 66.9%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$114.09$109.40$117.23$117.23$109.40
Max Pain$113.33$112.00$115.00$114.00$112.00
ATM IV16.7%14.8%20.3%14.9%20.3%
Expected Move5.4%5.1%5.9%5.1%5.9%
HV 20d10.9%9.1%13.6%9.2%13.5%
HV 60d12.3%11.7%13.0%11.7%12.8%
IV Rank30.3%11.4%66.9%13.1%66.9%
IV Percentile49.1%17.5%95.2%19.8%95.2%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.6%0.2%-0.2%
VWIV19.9%15.2%23.2%15.2%22.1%
Skew 25d5.3%4.8%6.0%5.0%6.0%
Skew 10d9.8%8.3%11.0%9.4%11.0%
Call IV 25d14.5%12.8%17.7%13.1%17.7%
Put IV 25d19.8%17.8%23.6%18.1%23.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.174.6010.855.866.57
Gamma HHI0.080.050.180.050.08
Net GEX-1.30B-2.07B-387.0M-387.0M-1.44B
Net DEX9.06B609.6M19.53B609.6M19.53B
Net VEX-62.5M-65.5M-58.6M-61.9M-61.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.061.273.112.262.49
Total Volume757,630.619375,1101,472,372463,9141,167,540
Total OI6,543,935.815,384,6597,372,9546,025,8096,618,917

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$117.23$114.0014.9%5.1%9.2%13.1%15.2%5.0%0.2%-387.0M609.6M-61.9M2.265.86142,401321,5131,781,9204,243,889
2014-09-03$116.46$115.0015.5%5.2%9.7%18.8%19.8%5.0%0.2%-728.6M3.06B-64.6M1.975.11139,579275,2331,833,5804,382,683
2014-09-04$116.05$115.0015.8%5.3%9.9%21.5%19.0%5.4%0.2%-964.6M4.39B-65.4M1.894.67144,564273,2691,861,2284,462,618
2014-09-05$116.38$114.0014.8%5.2%9.6%11.4%19.8%5.0%0.6%-792.6M3.25B-62.5M2.145.22189,172403,9901,890,0884,518,803
2014-09-08$116.63$114.0015.0%5.1%9.3%13.8%21.8%4.8%-0.2%-643.1M2.46B-60.2M1.734.60137,164237,9461,829,0654,457,686
2014-09-09$115.22$114.0016.2%5.3%9.8%25.6%22.8%5.3%0.1%-1.22B6.62B-62.5M2.574.92144,892371,9211,871,6734,486,295
2014-09-10$115.85$114.0015.4%5.2%9.3%18.2%19.7%5.2%0.0%-1.09B5.07B-61.5M3.118.28198,831619,1121,908,0114,580,055
2014-09-11$116.66$113.0015.2%5.1%9.1%15.4%16.4%5.0%-0.2%-720.5M2.77B-61.6M2.477.45165,749408,7131,945,2344,814,397
2014-09-12$115.45$113.0016.1%5.3%10.0%25.0%17.0%5.4%0.3%-1.98B7.07B-64.7M1.814.81237,868430,3291,994,3224,933,107
2014-09-15$114.05$113.0017.3%5.4%11.0%37.3%19.7%5.8%0.4%-1.76B11.15B-63.5M1.814.61247,890447,7211,957,0144,914,747
2014-09-16$114.48$113.0016.8%5.4%10.3%32.2%20.2%5.5%-0.0%-1.55B9.63B-62.6M1.274.72266,858337,7272,074,7914,985,361
2014-09-17$114.87$113.0015.6%5.2%10.2%19.6%20.4%4.9%0.4%-1.37B7.73B-61.0M1.326.01302,065399,3622,168,8985,039,589
2014-09-18$115.43$113.0015.3%5.2%10.3%17.2%18.8%4.8%0.2%-1.01B5.54B-59.8M1.955.84197,723385,7692,236,0925,063,869
2014-09-19$113.99$113.0015.5%5.3%11.2%19.0%21.8%4.9%0.6%-2.07B11.26B-58.6M2.125.96399,571847,9052,269,0825,103,872
2014-09-22$112.20$113.0017.7%5.5%12.4%41.0%20.1%5.3%0.3%-1.64B13.06B-59.0M2.725.08302,008822,3371,500,3953,884,264
2014-09-23$111.21$113.0018.7%5.6%12.5%50.8%20.2%5.6%0.3%-1.74B16.21B-62.1M1.348.04630,091842,2811,620,1164,205,841
2014-09-24$112.04$113.0017.5%5.5%12.2%39.1%19.5%5.4%0.4%-1.39B12.69B-65.1M1.706.53340,181579,1761,903,7384,363,217
2014-09-25$110.32$113.0018.9%5.7%13.1%53.0%20.3%5.9%0.2%-1.72B17.83B-65.0M2.128.45370,550785,4222,008,4974,510,450
2014-09-26$111.11$113.0018.2%5.6%13.6%45.3%20.9%5.2%0.4%-1.50B15.11B-65.5M1.8510.85234,027432,6852,116,9684,592,996
2014-09-29$110.84$112.0018.9%5.7%13.3%52.2%23.2%5.8%-0.0%-1.53B15.27B-63.2M2.685.91198,083531,0252,022,7324,466,552
2014-09-30$109.40$112.0020.3%5.9%13.5%66.9%22.1%6.0%-0.2%-1.44B19.53B-61.6M2.496.57334,477833,0632,060,9304,557,987