IWM Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, IWM traded between $164.38 and $169.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 11.1%). Max pain ranged from $165.00 to $168.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.50.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-27: Highest Volume — 610,077 contracts
  • 2018-07-27: Largest IV spike — 15.5% change
  • 2018-07-02: Highest IV Rank — 34.3%
  • 2018-07-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$167.20$164.38$169.13$164.48$166.08
Max Pain$166.86$165.00$168.00$167.00$168.00
ATM IV13.3%11.8%15.6%15.6%14.0%
Expected Move3.9%3.4%4.5%4.5%4.1%
HV 20d11.1%8.8%11.9%10.7%11.9%
HV 60d10.1%9.6%10.7%10.6%10.5%
IV Rank20.1%10.8%34.3%34.3%24.0%
IV Percentile46.8%15.5%83.3%83.3%63.1%
Term Structure0.2%-0.3%0.5%0.1%-0.2%
VWIV15.0%13.1%17.6%17.0%16.2%
Skew 25d4.4%3.6%5.2%5.1%4.9%
Skew 10d8.7%6.8%9.9%9.7%9.8%
Call IV 25d11.5%10.3%13.7%13.7%11.9%
Put IV 25d15.9%14.0%18.9%18.9%16.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.671.422.141.821.61
Gamma HHI0.050.040.100.050.05
Net GEX-1.03B-2.18B-181.2M-1.57B-1.46B
Net DEX1.07B-4.00B8.19B6.81B4.54B
Net VEX-78.6M-86.6M-72.6M-86.0M-78.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.501.853.372.432.05
Total Volume419,636.381286,775610,077487,652481,618
Total OI5,299,384.0484,669,7725,951,1005,006,0515,035,263

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$164.48$167.0015.6%4.5%10.7%34.3%17.0%5.1%0.1%-1.57B6.81B-86.0M2.431.82142,183345,4691,264,1853,741,866
2018-07-03$164.96$166.0015.6%4.5%10.5%34.2%16.1%5.2%0.1%-1.31B4.78B-86.6M2.282.1487,549199,2261,316,1313,820,376
2018-07-05$166.40$165.0014.8%4.4%10.7%29.1%17.1%5.0%0.1%-940.6M1.54B-81.4M3.201.8579,307253,4531,329,7823,843,092
2018-07-06$167.99$165.0013.4%3.9%11.1%20.4%15.8%4.4%0.3%-525.5M-1.92B-77.5M2.101.52151,493318,3181,359,1953,936,876
2018-07-09$169.13$165.0012.8%3.8%11.4%17.1%15.7%4.2%0.3%-181.2M-4.00B-72.6M3.311.42128,130423,6561,334,0933,814,951
2018-07-10$168.24$165.0013.5%4.0%11.6%21.0%15.1%4.2%0.3%-580.4M-1.79B-77.5M2.091.54171,020357,4681,373,1513,927,668
2018-07-11$167.37$167.0013.6%4.0%11.7%21.8%14.8%4.5%0.5%-963.4M635.4M-80.8M2.141.68145,110310,6001,429,9024,079,207
2018-07-12$167.88$167.0013.3%3.9%11.7%19.9%15.6%4.2%0.3%-795.5M-395.5M-82.5M2.191.54122,556267,7991,480,5974,204,517
2018-07-13$167.57$167.0012.7%3.6%11.6%16.2%13.4%4.0%0.1%-950.0M-102.8M-79.6M1.851.66109,012201,3141,497,5664,219,433
2018-07-16$166.60$167.0013.0%3.7%11.8%18.2%14.7%4.2%0.3%-1.33B2.38B-79.9M2.541.4890,798231,0311,441,7564,154,906
2018-07-17$167.64$167.0012.0%3.5%11.9%12.1%13.4%3.8%0.4%-860.3M-810.2M-74.2M3.371.7298,051330,2721,457,3464,211,282
2018-07-18$167.95$167.0011.8%3.4%11.9%10.8%13.2%3.6%0.2%-734.5M-1.48B-73.8M2.641.4383,467220,5201,465,9404,284,811
2018-07-19$168.97$167.0012.2%3.5%11.7%12.9%14.4%3.8%0.1%-314.2M-3.19B-76.1M2.251.54143,279322,9881,484,3584,346,792
2018-07-20$168.86$167.0011.8%3.4%10.7%11.0%14.2%3.8%0.2%-785.8M-2.99B-74.9M3.071.94105,909325,5791,495,6394,455,461
2018-07-23$168.69$167.0012.3%3.5%10.6%14.1%13.7%4.0%0.2%-827.7M-868.4M-74.5M3.011.6172,703218,6781,163,4613,506,311
2018-07-24$166.81$168.0013.4%3.9%10.2%20.8%14.3%4.5%0.1%-1.38B3.06B-78.4M2.061.55183,154376,7331,193,7603,590,072
2018-07-25$167.30$168.0012.7%3.6%10.0%16.0%13.2%4.3%0.1%-1.35B2.24B-78.6M2.621.6397,177254,9321,246,9863,712,263
2018-07-26$168.53$168.0012.3%3.5%8.8%13.7%13.1%4.3%0.2%-864.7M-703.7M-75.1M2.051.64113,730232,6181,250,6693,775,654
2018-07-27$165.44$168.0014.2%4.1%11.2%25.4%16.0%4.8%-0.0%-2.18B6.62B-81.1M1.962.05206,310403,7671,274,8743,834,444
2018-07-30$164.38$168.0014.9%4.4%11.5%30.1%17.6%5.2%-0.3%-1.72B8.19B-80.2M3.311.6094,077311,3101,208,3643,724,065
2018-07-31$166.08$168.0014.0%4.1%11.9%24.0%16.2%4.9%-0.2%-1.46B4.54B-78.5M2.051.61157,663323,9551,245,4593,789,804