IWM Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, IWM traded between $148.13 and $150.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.4%, placing in the 17.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 8.2%). Max pain ranged from $144.00 to $148.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.37.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-17: Highest Volume — 960,828 contracts
  • 2017-10-23: Largest IV spike — 11.9% change
  • 2017-10-25: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2017-10-25: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$149.41$148.13$150.27$149.82$149.43
Max Pain$147.05$144.00$148.00$144.00$148.00
ATM IV12.4%11.2%13.5%12.4%13.2%
Expected Move3.6%3.2%4.1%3.4%4.0%
HV 20d8.2%6.7%9.4%9.4%7.6%
HV 60d9.8%9.4%10.1%10.1%9.8%
IV Rank17.3%8.5%25.9%17.8%23.6%
IV Percentile15.2%4.0%34.1%12.3%28.2%
Term Structure0.2%-0.5%0.7%0.3%0.2%
VWIV13.6%12.0%15.8%12.9%14.4%
Skew 25d3.3%2.8%3.8%2.9%3.4%
Skew 10d6.7%5.3%8.0%5.6%6.6%
Call IV 25d11.2%10.2%12.3%11.6%12.1%
Put IV 25d14.5%13.1%15.7%14.5%15.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.221.882.792.221.91
Gamma HHI0.060.040.320.060.04
Net GEX-464.3M-1.36B1.70B159.7M-739.8M
Net DEX-4.46B-9.01B3.23B-8.94B-746.7M
Net VEX-84.5M-93.6M-77.8M-77.8M-89.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.371.316.692.042.75
Total Volume577,503.273343,250960,828747,004674,498
Total OI6,717,668.9096,046,5187,646,7316,046,5186,639,519

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$149.82$144.0012.4%3.4%9.4%17.8%12.9%2.9%0.3%159.7M-8.94B-77.8M2.042.22245,863501,1411,568,1124,478,406
2017-10-03$150.18$144.0012.1%3.2%8.2%15.3%12.5%2.8%0.2%59.4M-9.01B-78.7M2.262.13219,655497,2351,604,9234,687,378
2017-10-04$149.83$144.0012.2%3.2%8.5%16.2%12.0%2.8%0.3%-47.7M-8.21B-79.8M1.682.12215,187362,3051,648,8374,835,906
2017-10-05$150.27$146.0011.9%3.7%8.1%14.0%14.5%2.8%0.4%-190.3M-8.25B-81.9M1.912.27186,178356,1131,688,3884,929,586
2017-10-06$150.04$146.0012.4%3.7%8.3%17.5%14.4%2.9%0.4%-326.3M-7.88B-83.0M1.952.47178,823348,2461,716,7865,026,840
2017-10-09$149.41$147.0012.8%3.9%8.3%20.6%15.8%3.6%0.6%-374.8M-5.95B-85.1M2.272.42139,306316,4931,698,5304,871,056
2017-10-10$149.70$147.0012.7%3.7%8.2%19.8%14.1%3.4%0.2%-360.7M-6.63B-82.7M2.161.88118,051255,1331,705,2334,990,800
2017-10-11$149.75$147.0012.3%3.6%8.3%16.7%13.6%3.5%0.2%-355.7M-6.80B-83.6M1.531.95135,475207,7751,744,0785,009,052
2017-10-12$149.53$147.0012.0%3.5%8.3%14.9%13.0%3.5%0.2%-366.8M-6.56B-82.5M2.312.79124,259286,7921,792,1445,058,537
2017-10-13$149.29$147.0012.0%3.6%8.4%14.8%13.0%3.7%0.7%-669.1M-5.90B-82.2M2.162.30130,237280,7561,819,1435,135,698
2017-10-16$149.31$148.0012.0%3.5%8.3%14.9%13.8%3.8%-0.5%-458.6M-6.07B-80.2M4.432.06110,108487,9121,752,3925,072,876
2017-10-17$148.74$148.0012.0%3.5%8.5%14.5%14.3%3.5%0.1%-895.8M-4.01B-81.0M6.692.36125,003835,8251,770,9785,262,698
2017-10-18$149.59$148.0011.4%3.3%8.6%9.9%12.5%3.3%0.2%-647.7M-6.07B-84.0M2.222.18153,972341,7191,785,2295,575,825
2017-10-19$149.15$148.0011.9%3.4%8.7%13.6%12.6%3.5%-0.1%-965.7M-4.21B-86.7M2.142.44205,013438,3651,828,2775,654,496
2017-10-20$149.92$148.0011.2%3.2%8.7%8.5%12.0%2.9%-0.0%1.70B-7.75B-81.6M1.312.21338,142441,5041,894,7955,751,936
2017-10-23$148.82$148.0012.5%3.7%9.3%18.5%13.3%3.2%0.3%-998.0M180.1M-86.2M2.822.18160,442451,6831,509,2814,649,525
2017-10-24$149.10$148.0013.0%3.8%9.3%22.0%13.5%3.4%0.2%-978.2M75.6M-88.6M1.892.02207,514391,6541,523,8754,773,659
2017-10-25$148.42$148.0013.5%4.1%6.7%25.9%14.6%3.4%0.1%-1.36B2.32B-91.5M2.402.18235,249563,6471,590,8794,852,884
2017-10-26$148.82$148.0013.1%3.9%6.7%22.6%14.5%3.5%0.1%-1.10B1.14B-92.3M1.942.18139,891271,5851,664,2344,992,177
2017-10-27$149.73$148.0012.1%3.6%7.0%15.4%13.8%3.1%0.3%5.7M-2.09B-87.6M1.312.24220,561289,1821,706,1115,027,590
2017-10-30$148.13$148.0013.2%3.9%6.9%23.1%14.2%3.4%0.3%-1.30B3.23B-93.6M1.922.26176,904339,6761,625,9864,874,061
2017-10-31$149.43$148.0013.2%4.0%7.6%23.6%14.4%3.4%0.2%-739.8M-746.7M-89.1M2.751.91179,820494,6781,666,5914,972,928