IWM Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, IWM traded between $115.01 and $134.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.6%, placing in the 37.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $129.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.74.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-11: Highest Volume — 1,250,870 contracts
  • 2016-11-07: Largest IV drop — 16.1% change
  • 2016-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 63.1%
  • 2016-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$126.35$115.01$134.07$117.29$131.84
Max Pain$124.10$120.00$129.00$122.00$129.00
ATM IV18.6%16.9%23.4%20.4%17.3%
Expected Move5.4%4.8%6.9%6.5%5.3%
HV 20d16.9%12.3%19.5%12.5%17.2%
HV 60d15.7%13.4%16.8%13.4%16.7%
IV Rank37.7%29.0%63.1%47.4%31.0%
IV Percentile61.2%43.7%88.5%80.2%48.8%
Term Structure0.0%-0.8%1.0%-0.2%-0.1%
VWIV20.2%17.2%24.2%24.2%19.4%
Skew 25d5.4%4.3%7.6%6.3%5.3%
Skew 10d10.4%8.2%14.6%12.2%9.4%
Call IV 25d16.1%15.0%19.9%17.7%15.0%
Put IV 25d21.6%19.6%27.4%24.0%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.001.453.712.171.71
Gamma HHI0.050.040.140.060.04
Net GEX-576.2M-1.67B97.5M-1.46B-744.4M
Net DEX-1.65B-10.40B16.93B12.43B-3.80B
Net VEX-67.7M-73.5M-61.1M-67.4M-73.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.741.604.543.283.12
Total Volume748,353.952386,7571,250,870829,301468,074
Total OI6,469,248.9055,334,2577,879,5385,334,2577,139,847

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$117.29$122.0020.4%6.5%12.5%47.4%24.2%6.3%-0.2%-1.46B12.43B-67.4M3.282.17193,716635,5851,295,5774,038,680
2016-11-02$115.97$122.0021.0%6.9%12.3%50.5%24.2%6.3%-0.3%-1.65B15.03B-68.3M3.011.88144,868436,0661,381,3744,191,513
2016-11-03$115.01$120.0023.0%6.4%12.4%60.8%23.3%7.0%-0.8%-1.67B16.93B-69.2M2.911.86180,882527,1651,419,8564,276,021
2016-11-04$115.74$120.0023.4%6.4%12.8%63.1%23.3%7.6%-0.8%-1.54B15.34B-70.5M2.042.15238,963487,1561,487,4744,376,086
2016-11-07$118.42$120.0019.7%5.7%15.0%43.4%21.0%6.8%0.3%-1.14B8.29B-66.7M2.572.00182,179468,0611,453,0284,194,192
2016-11-08$119.13$120.0019.3%5.5%13.8%41.6%21.4%6.4%-0.1%-1.02B6.57B-66.2M2.273.71217,661494,7781,495,7504,231,580
2016-11-09$122.30$120.0017.3%5.1%16.9%31.0%20.4%5.2%0.6%-418.3M-579.8M-62.8M2.232.64313,401699,0781,572,0584,349,232
2016-11-10$124.67$120.0017.5%5.1%17.9%32.3%20.4%5.1%0.4%-92.9M-4.59B-61.6M1.601.94393,403630,7161,609,2554,435,786
2016-11-11$127.53$120.0017.8%5.2%19.3%33.4%20.7%5.0%0.5%65.1M-8.67B-61.1M1.981.77420,077830,7931,731,1404,572,266
2016-11-14$128.84$122.0018.6%5.4%19.4%37.9%19.5%5.3%0.3%97.5M-9.60B-61.4M2.541.96349,766889,6391,795,7634,533,508
2016-11-15$129.80$124.0016.9%4.9%19.4%29.1%17.5%4.6%1.0%52.0M-10.33B-62.1M2.821.96184,614520,3091,918,3834,905,730
2016-11-16$129.67$125.0017.6%5.0%19.5%32.6%20.7%4.9%0.9%-28.9M-9.58B-64.3M4.541.76130,874594,4381,966,9995,096,240
2016-11-17$130.37$126.0018.3%5.2%19.3%36.0%18.9%4.5%0.8%-116.3M-9.74B-67.7M2.891.62265,745767,8321,987,3485,376,159
2016-11-18$130.97$127.0017.4%5.0%19.2%31.4%18.7%4.6%0.0%52.9M-10.40B-72.3M2.671.45180,973483,3172,104,2565,775,282
2016-11-21$131.30$127.0017.6%4.9%19.2%32.5%18.3%4.8%-0.7%-413.7M-5.95B-71.1M3.301.94154,248509,0461,703,0974,824,264
2016-11-22$132.54$128.0016.9%4.8%18.7%29.0%17.2%4.8%-0.0%-344.4M-7.66B-70.2M3.011.74166,305500,4741,748,4684,975,866
2016-11-23$133.48$128.0017.4%4.8%18.1%31.7%18.0%4.5%-0.8%-272.5M-8.76B-70.7M3.181.86157,868502,1071,806,8575,123,797
2016-11-25$134.07$128.0017.0%4.9%16.6%29.3%18.2%4.3%-0.4%-222.7M-9.65B-69.3M1.812.60137,744249,0131,838,1555,253,102
2016-11-28$132.31$129.0017.8%5.3%17.9%33.5%19.1%5.3%-0.1%-575.1M-5.34B-71.9M2.851.60140,321399,3481,785,5305,078,178
2016-11-29$132.20$129.0017.9%5.4%18.0%34.3%19.9%5.4%-0.2%-654.9M-4.66B-73.3M2.961.78118,297350,5331,821,1155,185,415
2016-11-30$131.84$129.0017.3%5.3%17.2%31.0%19.4%5.3%-0.1%-744.4M-3.80B-73.5M3.121.71113,528354,5461,861,0195,278,828