IWM Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, IWM traded between $120.44 and $126.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 26.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 14.1%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $127.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.73.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-28: Highest Volume — 1,009,134 contracts
  • 2015-07-13: Largest IV drop — 14.7% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 59.9%
  • 2015-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$123.82$120.44$126.35$125.16$122.78
Max Pain$125.86$125.00$127.00$127.00$125.00
ATM IV15.7%13.0%20.0%17.1%13.7%
Expected Move4.5%3.8%5.7%5.2%3.9%
HV 20d14.1%13.1%15.4%13.7%13.1%
HV 60d12.8%12.3%13.4%12.5%12.3%
IV Rank26.0%5.3%59.9%37.1%10.8%
IV Percentile35.1%2.0%86.5%59.5%6.0%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.7%-0.1%0.5%
VWIV17.0%13.9%21.1%18.3%14.3%
Skew 25d5.1%4.1%6.7%5.5%4.2%
Skew 10d10.0%7.2%12.8%11.3%8.2%
Call IV 25d13.4%11.0%17.1%14.9%11.9%
Put IV 25d18.5%15.3%23.6%20.3%16.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.071.722.742.062.62
Gamma HHI0.060.050.100.060.08
Net GEX-1.14B-1.62B-610.5M-1.21B-790.8M
Net DEX7.57B1.03B13.56B7.87B7.17B
Net VEX-62.1M-68.7M-57.3M-66.3M-61.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.731.232.631.461.30
Total Volume644,693.727395,3211,009,134718,275663,626
Total OI5,253,307.6364,310,4295,912,8055,157,9705,458,350

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$125.16$127.0017.1%5.2%13.7%37.1%18.3%5.5%-0.1%-1.21B7.87B-66.3M1.462.06291,962426,3131,455,3293,702,641
2015-07-02$123.87$127.0018.1%5.6%13.6%44.5%20.8%6.2%-0.2%-1.47B10.57B-68.7M1.882.29334,053627,7161,516,1453,791,499
2015-07-06$123.76$126.0018.0%5.2%13.3%44.1%21.1%6.3%-0.0%-1.42B9.74B-66.1M1.891.93251,383474,1701,458,2233,835,570
2015-07-07$123.85$126.0017.8%5.1%13.2%42.5%19.7%5.9%0.0%-1.34B9.10B-66.1M2.521.82247,229623,5951,512,6673,919,424
2015-07-08$121.98$126.0020.0%5.7%14.2%59.9%21.0%6.5%-0.2%-1.62B13.43B-67.3M2.631.85201,945530,9551,574,2243,952,746
2015-07-09$122.74$126.0019.8%5.5%13.3%58.2%20.8%6.7%-0.2%-1.50B11.48B-67.6M2.631.72165,038433,9571,637,2744,039,027
2015-07-10$124.25$126.0017.4%5.0%14.1%39.1%20.4%6.1%0.2%-942.4M7.26B-65.1M2.161.79237,445512,8711,669,5104,152,913
2015-07-13$125.60$126.0014.8%4.2%14.7%19.4%16.8%5.5%-0.1%-801.4M3.41B-59.5M1.452.11184,834268,4811,579,3403,931,240
2015-07-14$126.35$126.0014.0%4.2%14.8%12.9%17.6%5.1%0.7%-610.5M1.34B-58.3M2.001.85164,147328,2311,610,0343,940,587
2015-07-15$125.51$126.0014.7%4.2%14.8%18.5%17.0%4.9%-0.2%-927.3M3.76B-59.9M2.151.91130,686281,4861,639,7924,066,022
2015-07-16$126.32$126.0013.0%3.9%15.0%5.3%16.5%4.4%0.7%-688.8M1.03B-57.3M1.331.83247,189328,9691,664,9944,138,960
2015-07-17$125.89$126.0013.0%3.8%14.4%5.5%14.3%4.3%0.5%-977.2M2.21B-58.1M1.312.08249,332327,5441,767,0264,145,779
2015-07-20$124.98$126.0014.0%4.0%14.6%12.9%15.0%4.5%0.2%-823.3M4.66B-58.4M1.491.99161,943240,4941,314,9222,995,507
2015-07-21$124.49$126.0014.1%4.1%14.4%13.8%14.0%4.3%0.4%-990.6M5.70B-58.4M1.281.98173,714221,6071,362,4373,091,657
2015-07-22$124.73$126.0013.9%4.0%14.4%12.0%14.9%4.1%0.3%-943.6M5.18B-57.9M2.332.17160,191373,1001,413,5563,152,756
2015-07-23$123.52$126.0014.8%4.2%14.4%19.4%14.9%4.3%0.3%-1.33B8.26B-61.6M1.262.05300,591377,9031,435,3693,283,555
2015-07-24$121.74$126.0015.9%4.5%15.1%28.0%15.9%4.5%0.3%-1.49B12.06B-61.9M1.882.04292,254550,5821,524,3503,342,594
2015-07-27$120.44$125.0017.2%4.9%15.4%37.9%16.8%5.2%0.2%-1.46B13.56B-60.9M1.362.74364,237497,1081,444,6263,346,519
2015-07-28$121.55$125.0015.4%4.4%13.4%24.2%15.7%4.8%0.3%-1.42B11.14B-61.5M1.232.21453,340555,7941,542,7183,451,074
2015-07-29$122.18$125.0014.2%4.0%13.4%14.8%15.2%4.2%0.5%-1.18B8.91B-62.2M1.272.26219,983279,1561,724,4863,584,210
2015-07-30$122.26$125.0013.7%3.8%13.4%10.7%13.9%4.1%0.5%-1.21B8.77B-61.4M1.322.25184,496243,6121,755,3483,647,768
2015-07-31$122.78$125.0013.7%3.9%13.1%10.8%14.3%4.2%0.5%-790.8M7.17B-61.6M1.302.62288,995374,6311,799,1803,659,170