IWM Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, IWM traded between $133.71 and $137.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.9%, placing in the 15.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 14.5%). Max pain ranged from $136.00 to $137.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.42.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-05: Highest Volume — 853,007 contracts
  • 2017-01-17: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2017-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2017-01-17: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$135.57$133.71$137.92$135.32$135.51
Max Pain$136.20$136.00$137.00$136.00$136.00
ATM IV15.9%14.4%17.7%17.7%16.5%
Expected Move4.6%4.2%5.0%4.8%4.9%
HV 20d14.5%13.8%15.3%14.2%15.3%
HV 60d15.8%15.5%16.1%15.7%15.8%
IV Rank15.5%7.0%25.9%25.9%18.8%
IV Percentile29.6%7.1%58.3%58.3%44.4%
Term Structure0.3%-0.4%1.0%0.2%0.2%
VWIV17.6%16.0%18.9%18.3%18.4%
Skew 25d4.1%2.7%5.1%5.1%4.3%
Skew 10d8.2%6.0%10.2%9.6%9.4%
Call IV 25d14.2%13.2%15.6%15.6%14.6%
Put IV 25d18.3%16.3%20.8%20.8%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.791.442.571.611.69
Gamma HHI0.060.040.150.040.06
Net GEX-1.09B-1.97B-213.5M-770.3M-1.23B
Net DEX3.84B-1.47B9.10B3.43B4.59B
Net VEX-70.5M-74.9M-65.4M-70.8M-74.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.421.293.612.352.48
Total Volume593,812.2442,783853,007511,782489,956
Total OI6,171,009.54,938,7437,336,7655,930,0465,680,957

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$135.32$136.0017.7%4.8%14.2%25.9%18.3%5.1%0.2%-770.3M3.43B-70.8M2.351.61152,795358,9871,412,2724,517,774
2017-01-04$137.92$136.0016.1%4.4%14.6%16.9%16.8%4.5%0.3%-213.5M-1.47B-65.9M2.801.82159,218445,6101,454,3064,605,067
2017-01-05$136.24$136.0016.7%5.0%14.9%20.2%18.2%4.5%0.3%-665.6M2.14B-69.8M2.191.57267,287585,7201,478,3474,738,391
2017-01-06$135.98$136.0015.7%4.7%14.4%14.4%18.0%3.7%0.4%-948.6M2.48B-70.7M2.701.66172,281464,8781,546,0004,892,787
2017-01-09$134.92$136.0016.3%4.8%13.8%17.5%18.3%4.3%0.4%-1.09B5.05B-70.9M2.631.74127,508335,5451,500,1294,831,956
2017-01-10$136.07$136.0015.6%4.6%14.2%13.5%16.0%4.0%0.4%-860.1M2.42B-68.8M1.911.77158,211302,1281,528,6104,923,666
2017-01-11$136.33$136.0015.3%4.6%13.8%11.8%17.6%3.8%0.7%-804.6M1.86B-68.8M1.571.96172,176270,6071,578,4434,998,169
2017-01-12$135.14$136.0016.2%4.8%14.1%17.3%18.9%4.3%0.6%-1.25B5.08B-71.3M3.021.82189,536572,5231,619,4315,059,600
2017-01-13$136.36$136.0015.3%4.6%13.9%11.9%17.8%4.1%1.0%-736.7M1.81B-69.7M2.651.76172,962458,5461,642,9665,249,422
2017-01-17$134.39$136.0017.3%5.0%14.7%23.7%18.3%4.7%-0.4%-1.48B7.06B-71.2M2.011.94158,346317,9161,585,1885,261,314
2017-01-18$134.82$137.0016.3%4.7%14.7%17.8%18.4%4.3%-0.1%-1.44B5.83B-70.2M3.471.95149,489518,0851,608,8285,338,886
2017-01-19$133.71$136.0016.6%4.8%14.9%19.5%17.7%4.3%0.1%-1.83B9.10B-72.5M2.371.89211,347500,6791,613,5335,515,991
2017-01-20$134.10$137.0016.0%4.6%14.5%15.8%17.5%4.2%-0.1%-1.97B8.06B-72.4M2.572.57207,773533,4171,680,2605,656,505
2017-01-23$134.02$137.0015.8%4.6%14.5%15.0%16.1%4.3%0.2%-1.39B6.42B-71.2M1.941.63162,103314,8691,150,9763,787,767
2017-01-24$136.17$137.0015.1%4.3%14.8%10.6%17.0%3.4%0.3%-963.1M2.47B-69.0M1.291.78225,151290,6601,201,9833,896,697
2017-01-25$137.41$136.0014.4%4.2%15.0%7.0%17.0%2.7%0.2%-666.3M-474.0M-65.4M2.332.01205,623478,3791,285,1073,963,826
2017-01-26$136.59$136.0014.6%4.3%15.0%8.2%16.9%3.0%0.2%-873.4M1.39B-70.3M2.481.61163,223404,6661,366,4504,123,880
2017-01-27$136.10$136.0014.6%4.3%14.3%8.1%16.2%3.2%0.2%-1.19B2.73B-71.6M2.101.66171,969361,8661,402,1454,247,623
2017-01-30$134.35$136.0016.2%4.8%15.0%17.0%18.3%4.3%0.2%-1.42B6.74B-73.7M3.611.44139,821504,3881,359,7624,115,176
2017-01-31$135.51$136.0016.5%4.9%15.3%18.8%18.4%4.3%0.2%-1.23B4.59B-74.9M2.481.69140,591349,3651,396,8584,284,099