IWM Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, IWM traded between $109.19 and $115.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.1%, placing in the 29.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $111.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.80.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-25: Highest Volume — 887,487 contracts
  • 2016-05-03: Largest IV spike — 9.7% change
  • 2016-05-19: Highest IV Rank — 38.0%
  • 2016-05-19: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$111.59$109.19$115.16$113.39$115.16
Max Pain$111.81$111.00$112.00$112.00$112.00
ATM IV17.1%15.4%18.9%16.2%16.3%
Expected Move4.9%4.1%5.4%4.7%4.5%
HV 20d14.3%12.9%15.6%14.8%14.8%
HV 60d16.8%16.3%18.3%18.3%16.5%
IV Rank29.0%20.2%38.0%24.5%24.9%
IV Percentile42.8%15.1%63.5%34.5%30.6%
Term Structure0.5%-0.1%1.5%0.1%0.1%
VWIV18.6%16.6%21.0%19.1%16.9%
Skew 25d4.6%4.1%5.2%5.2%4.6%
Skew 10d8.9%8.2%10.2%10.1%9.2%
Call IV 25d15.0%13.2%16.4%14.1%14.2%
Put IV 25d19.6%17.4%21.2%19.2%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.371.121.671.581.45
Gamma HHI0.060.040.070.040.05
Net GEX-896.7M-1.60B-370.7M-545.9M-434.0M
Net DEX5.94B446.7M11.73B2.48B446.7M
Net VEX-71.4M-74.0M-67.0M-70.4M-68.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.801.666.282.371.77
Total Volume546,876.619198,765887,487401,416502,848
Total OI6,563,216.196,007,7947,470,9946,007,7946,542,692

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$113.39$112.0016.2%4.7%14.8%24.5%19.1%5.2%0.1%-545.9M2.48B-70.4M2.371.58119,249282,1671,552,9014,454,893
2016-05-03$111.65$112.0017.8%5.2%15.3%32.5%19.2%5.2%0.1%-845.0M5.85B-72.9M2.161.60186,096402,4951,585,6064,500,402
2016-05-04$110.90$112.0017.9%5.2%15.0%32.8%18.8%4.7%0.1%-965.6M7.21B-73.5M1.721.67205,865354,3161,625,0034,559,055
2016-05-05$110.26$111.0017.9%5.4%14.3%32.7%18.8%4.8%0.1%-1.02B8.35B-74.0M2.221.25136,515303,7131,680,2454,617,579
2016-05-06$110.76$112.0016.9%5.1%14.3%28.0%18.1%4.3%0.3%-895.0M7.37B-72.9M1.661.22214,413356,2941,720,5234,708,674
2016-05-09$111.29$112.0017.0%5.1%14.4%28.5%19.1%4.6%0.7%-873.5M5.88B-71.6M1.871.14130,802245,0081,650,7244,674,202
2016-05-10$112.25$112.0016.4%4.9%14.4%25.1%18.5%4.3%0.6%-665.9M3.85B-69.9M2.461.36146,990361,8151,696,8954,734,555
2016-05-11$110.95$112.0016.8%5.0%12.9%27.4%21.0%4.4%0.6%-1.06B6.94B-72.8M3.321.3289,252296,0541,720,1384,906,871
2016-05-12$110.33$112.0017.1%5.1%13.0%28.8%19.2%4.4%0.9%-1.15B8.43B-72.8M4.331.31156,519677,1621,734,4484,964,718
2016-05-13$109.77$112.0017.3%5.1%13.1%29.7%18.8%4.4%0.7%-1.38B9.91B-73.7M3.371.33133,681450,2171,772,1075,085,379
2016-05-16$111.07$112.0017.1%4.9%13.5%28.9%18.0%4.8%1.1%-970.1M6.43B-70.0M1.901.49130,269247,8761,739,9565,031,506
2016-05-17$110.82$112.0017.1%4.9%13.5%28.9%18.1%4.6%1.1%-1.05B7.22B-70.3M2.251.3361,071137,6941,756,5235,081,004
2016-05-18$109.65$111.0018.5%5.3%13.8%35.7%20.0%4.8%1.1%-1.38B10.17B-73.0M3.011.18159,095478,6911,824,9525,298,504
2016-05-19$109.19$112.0018.9%5.4%13.7%38.0%20.2%4.7%0.9%-1.60B11.73B-73.7M3.391.12189,066640,4411,854,0965,455,830
2016-05-20$110.61$111.0017.4%4.9%14.2%30.6%18.8%4.1%1.5%-1.02B7.69B-72.5M2.111.23208,029439,3871,915,6175,555,377
2016-05-23$110.66$111.0018.4%5.1%14.0%35.4%19.0%5.0%-0.1%-986.3M7.17B-70.9M2.511.42126,911318,2361,575,2284,467,300
2016-05-24$113.10$112.0016.9%4.6%15.6%27.6%17.5%4.7%0.1%-537.2M2.46B-67.0M2.691.42157,553424,0591,624,7764,582,468
2016-05-25$113.57$112.0016.4%4.5%15.6%25.5%17.6%4.5%-0.1%-495.2M1.81B-67.7M6.281.58121,867765,6201,641,4634,677,585
2016-05-26$113.59$112.0016.0%4.4%14.7%23.5%16.6%4.4%-0.0%-592.4M2.43B-70.5M5.071.3699,937506,5441,658,2454,880,230
2016-05-27$114.50$112.0015.4%4.1%14.8%20.2%16.9%4.2%0.6%-370.7M816.7M-70.2M2.301.38157,534363,0581,673,7065,045,564
2016-05-31$115.16$112.0016.3%4.5%14.8%24.9%16.9%4.6%0.1%-434.0M446.7M-68.4M1.771.45181,674321,1741,630,6584,912,034