IWM Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, IWM traded between $118.07 and $124.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.7%, placing in the 32.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 14.8%). Max pain ranged from $122.00 to $124.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.20.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-28: Highest Volume — 691,999 contracts
  • 2016-10-11: Largest IV spike — 14.2% change
  • 2016-10-17: Highest IV Rank — 44.8%
  • 2016-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$121.43$118.07$124.31$123.72$118.56
Max Pain$123.00$122.00$124.00$124.00$122.00
ATM IV17.7%15.8%19.9%16.1%19.6%
Expected Move5.2%4.5%6.2%4.5%6.2%
HV 20d14.8%12.1%17.7%17.6%12.1%
HV 60d13.2%12.5%13.6%12.8%13.3%
IV Rank32.9%23.0%44.8%25.0%42.9%
IV Percentile53.8%23.8%79.0%30.6%76.6%
Term Structure0.2%-1.0%1.8%1.5%-0.1%
VWIV19.8%17.4%22.4%17.4%22.4%
Skew 25d5.7%5.1%6.4%5.7%6.0%
Skew 10d10.9%9.8%11.9%11.1%11.4%
Call IV 25d15.1%13.5%16.9%13.6%16.7%
Put IV 25d20.8%18.5%23.3%19.3%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.751.512.202.081.79
Gamma HHI0.070.050.150.050.06
Net GEX-1.44B-1.91B-948.7M-1.04B-1.36B
Net DEX6.82B2.07B11.93B3.08B9.82B
Net VEX-66.7M-70.8M-61.9M-66.0M-66.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.201.175.042.442.18
Total Volume485,321.571298,951691,999298,951449,970
Total OI5,486,541.0954,808,3156,036,1115,259,5295,160,773

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$123.72$124.0016.1%4.5%17.6%25.0%17.4%5.7%1.5%-1.04B3.08B-66.0M2.442.0886,798212,1531,192,3904,067,139
2016-10-04$123.12$124.0016.9%4.8%17.6%28.8%19.2%5.7%1.4%-1.17B4.12B-66.3M3.582.2092,851332,2061,207,6174,097,449
2016-10-05$124.04$124.0016.2%4.5%17.7%25.2%17.8%5.5%1.6%-990.5M2.26B-64.8M4.012.06119,748480,5941,226,5184,126,632
2016-10-06$123.87$123.0016.1%5.0%17.7%24.6%20.3%5.3%1.6%-1.12B3.04B-67.9M2.791.6993,138259,5801,255,5604,287,488
2016-10-07$122.92$123.0016.8%5.2%15.0%28.3%20.3%5.3%1.8%-1.43B5.07B-69.1M4.371.68102,754449,4441,280,0134,325,436
2016-10-10$124.31$124.0016.4%4.9%15.2%26.6%19.2%5.9%0.3%-948.7M2.07B-66.0M2.961.71107,223317,5471,227,0064,332,231
2016-10-11$121.90$123.0018.8%5.4%15.5%38.7%21.1%6.1%-0.0%-1.48B7.12B-70.2M4.431.68114,671508,1491,266,2764,349,411
2016-10-12$121.97$123.0018.9%5.4%15.5%39.6%20.8%6.2%-0.2%-1.53B6.93B-69.7M4.231.7875,324318,8001,284,4804,432,400
2016-10-13$120.98$123.0019.8%5.6%15.2%43.9%22.0%6.4%-0.2%-1.81B9.36B-70.8M4.441.73107,753478,7391,299,1054,468,543
2016-10-14$120.72$123.0019.1%5.4%15.3%40.5%20.8%6.2%-0.5%-1.87B9.68B-70.3M2.831.72160,694455,0411,323,0684,517,929
2016-10-17$120.39$123.0019.9%5.7%15.0%44.8%22.0%6.2%-1.0%-1.77B9.53B-68.9M5.041.8077,608391,2641,278,3324,454,020
2016-10-18$121.00$123.0018.5%5.3%15.2%37.2%20.5%6.0%-0.7%-1.76B8.06B-67.4M4.591.65100,448460,9121,296,9564,527,728
2016-10-19$121.63$123.0017.2%4.9%14.7%30.6%19.8%5.8%-0.2%-1.54B6.48B-66.6M2.601.62108,809282,4181,316,9644,627,311
2016-10-20$121.14$123.0017.1%4.9%13.5%30.0%18.1%5.5%-0.5%-1.75B7.47B-66.1M2.581.55118,775306,2121,340,4964,639,079
2016-10-21$121.02$123.0016.5%4.8%13.4%27.1%18.3%5.4%-0.5%-1.91B7.37B-64.8M3.361.74133,400447,7661,369,9724,666,139
2016-10-24$121.89$123.0015.8%4.6%13.0%23.0%17.7%5.1%0.5%-1.12B4.32B-61.9M2.141.68118,496253,1791,061,1053,747,210
2016-10-25$120.82$122.5016.5%4.9%13.3%27.1%18.7%5.1%0.3%-1.23B6.28B-63.0M2.431.71101,252245,5621,107,0693,773,069
2016-10-26$119.84$122.5017.3%5.2%13.0%30.8%19.2%5.2%0.1%-1.40B8.16B-63.8M1.171.66202,862236,6231,134,7323,812,726
2016-10-27$118.21$122.0018.2%5.6%13.2%35.8%19.5%5.3%0.1%-1.51B11.14B-64.4M2.281.51180,310410,6811,231,1223,820,334
2016-10-28$118.07$122.0019.2%6.0%12.1%41.0%21.4%6.0%-0.1%-1.57B11.93B-66.9M2.721.75185,806506,1931,284,6254,000,910
2016-10-31$118.56$122.0019.6%6.2%12.1%42.9%22.4%6.0%-0.1%-1.36B9.82B-66.1M2.181.79141,368308,6021,225,6953,935,078