IWM Options History — July 2019

In July 2019, IWM traded between $153.57 and $157.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 17.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $153.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2019-07-31: Highest Volume — 880,114 contracts
  • 2019-07-25: Largest IV spike — 8.3% change
  • 2019-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 24.4%
  • 2019-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$155.64$153.57$157.69$155.90$157.69
Max Pain$153.95$153.00$155.00$154.00$155.00
ATM IV14.6%13.2%16.1%15.2%16.1%
Expected Move4.2%3.8%4.8%4.2%4.8%
HV 20d12.7%11.6%14.1%14.1%13.2%
HV 60d16.2%15.8%16.6%16.3%16.2%
IV Rank17.5%11.2%24.4%20.3%24.4%
IV Percentile30.2%16.7%47.2%38.1%47.2%
Term Structure0.0%-0.2%0.5%0.1%-0.2%
VWIV15.2%13.7%18.0%15.4%16.8%
Skew 25d4.1%3.1%4.7%4.3%4.7%
Skew 10d7.8%5.9%8.8%8.4%8.8%
Call IV 25d12.8%11.7%14.0%13.5%14.0%
Put IV 25d16.8%15.1%18.7%17.8%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.641.232.592.062.59
Gamma HHI0.040.030.050.040.04
Net GEX-39.2M-554.9M337.4M227.0M147.1M
Net DEX1.27B-944.7M4.18B-389.2M-177.3M
Net VEX-67.6M-71.0M-65.7M-66.8M-71.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.603.071.320.60
Total Volume332,582.636171,223880,114323,421880,114
Total OI4,051,414.0453,475,2674,513,0183,719,6374,258,154

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-07-01$155.90$154.0015.2%4.2%14.1%20.3%15.4%4.3%0.1%227.0M-389.2M-66.8M1.322.06139,105184,3161,319,9632,399,674
2019-07-02$154.82$154.0014.6%3.9%11.8%17.7%14.0%4.2%0.1%-58.8M1.40B-66.8M1.492.50116,826174,4951,375,2972,461,879
2019-07-03$156.17$154.0014.7%3.9%12.0%18.0%13.9%4.0%0.0%234.1M-346.7M-68.7M1.211.9985,331103,2881,400,3202,570,247
2019-07-05$156.53$153.0014.3%4.1%12.0%16.3%15.7%3.8%0.0%337.4M-944.7M-66.6M1.401.4486,948121,3561,410,7972,610,772
2019-07-08$155.24$153.0015.4%4.4%12.4%21.3%17.0%4.5%0.1%-77.5M1.49B-66.6M1.121.2895,774107,0141,314,9842,516,727
2019-07-09$155.08$154.0015.6%4.5%12.4%21.9%18.0%4.6%-0.0%-129.1M1.84B-68.1M0.681.23237,603162,1171,339,6702,569,759
2019-07-10$155.69$154.0014.6%4.1%12.3%17.5%15.4%4.2%-0.1%314.3M678.1M-67.9M0.971.37127,338123,2411,522,6172,658,722
2019-07-11$154.67$153.0014.6%4.1%12.6%17.4%14.7%4.2%-0.2%-232.9M2.51B-67.4M1.041.37185,034193,2341,566,9342,710,134
2019-07-12$156.39$154.0013.5%4.0%12.8%12.4%14.0%3.7%0.5%290.4M-468.0M-65.9M1.431.73149,939214,7691,587,7122,722,434
2019-07-15$155.17$154.0014.4%4.1%13.0%16.5%15.1%4.3%0.2%-115.1M2.07B-65.7M1.711.4183,949143,4121,403,7722,721,824
2019-07-16$155.47$154.0014.2%4.1%13.0%15.5%15.6%4.1%0.0%-25.1M1.57B-65.8M1.051.23144,340151,8811,427,8902,790,878
2019-07-17$154.42$154.0014.7%4.2%12.7%17.9%14.7%4.5%-0.1%-441.8M3.48B-67.5M0.821.36134,662110,9951,486,0042,873,731
2019-07-18$154.68$154.0014.2%4.1%12.7%15.9%14.2%4.3%0.4%-372.7M3.03B-67.9M0.741.38182,136134,4171,498,7572,906,988
2019-07-19$154.40$154.0014.7%4.2%12.6%17.9%14.9%4.4%-0.1%-554.9M3.36B-68.2M0.931.52129,798121,1441,576,5262,936,492
2019-07-22$153.57$154.0015.1%4.4%12.4%19.8%15.7%4.2%0.1%-429.9M4.18B-67.0M3.071.60109,409335,9321,090,5512,384,716
2019-07-23$154.57$154.0014.1%4.0%11.6%15.0%13.9%3.8%0.1%-312.3M3.12B-67.5M0.991.6885,90485,3191,143,2662,653,455
2019-07-24$157.36$154.0013.2%3.8%12.8%11.2%13.7%3.1%0.1%167.4M-824.9M-65.9M0.791.70237,948186,8581,152,0122,666,668
2019-07-25$155.39$154.0014.3%4.1%13.8%16.2%14.6%3.6%0.1%-132.7M2.02B-69.0M1.141.69173,017198,0781,222,6402,731,743
2019-07-26$157.33$154.0013.7%3.9%13.4%13.3%14.3%3.2%0.1%278.3M-786.5M-68.6M0.771.69202,790155,1881,245,6912,793,631
2019-07-29$155.96$154.0014.7%4.3%13.1%17.8%15.7%3.7%-0.2%-149.6M1.67B-69.0M0.871.67131,693114,5251,240,6102,749,826
2019-07-30$157.50$155.0015.4%4.6%13.5%21.1%17.3%3.9%-0.2%174.5M-451.8M-69.7M1.081.71229,116246,4651,302,2582,814,384
2019-07-31$157.69$155.0016.1%4.8%13.2%24.4%16.8%4.7%-0.2%147.1M-177.3M-71.0M0.602.59550,616329,4981,355,6012,902,553