IWM Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, IWM traded between $146.71 and $156.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.8%, placing in the 23.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $151.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-02: Highest Volume — 622,638 contracts
  • 2019-10-08: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2019-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 47.9%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$151.69$146.71$156.89$148.64$155.08
Max Pain$152.96$151.00$155.00$154.00$154.00
ATM IV17.8%14.3%22.6%20.7%15.0%
Expected Move5.0%3.9%6.6%5.9%4.2%
HV 20d17.0%12.9%19.3%18.5%13.6%
HV 60d19.7%18.4%20.5%19.6%18.5%
IV Rank23.4%5.4%47.9%37.9%9.3%
IV Percentile43.9%4.8%87.3%72.6%17.9%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.5%0.6%-0.1%0.4%
VWIV18.3%13.7%23.9%21.1%16.4%
Skew 25d5.0%3.4%6.3%5.9%3.7%
Skew 10d9.1%6.4%11.0%11.0%6.9%
Call IV 25d15.5%12.6%19.5%17.8%13.5%
Put IV 25d20.5%16.4%25.6%23.8%17.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.411.072.061.431.31
Gamma HHI0.050.030.100.050.04
Net GEX-413.5M-1.11B423.0M-1.11B-172.7M
Net DEX4.80B-1.97B12.47B10.81B1.14B
Net VEX-66.1M-69.9M-60.8M-68.4M-64.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.392.671.432.13
Total Volume330,434.91398,089622,638564,596337,130
Total OI4,316,648.4783,780,5924,807,6534,025,7904,352,050

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$148.64$154.0020.7%5.9%18.5%37.9%21.1%5.9%-0.1%-1.11B10.81B-68.4M1.431.43232,201332,3951,249,1112,776,679
2019-10-02$147.06$153.0022.3%6.6%18.7%46.4%23.7%5.9%-0.3%-1.08B12.47B-69.0M2.671.52169,650452,9881,361,3602,822,152
2019-10-03$147.39$155.0021.5%6.1%17.3%42.1%22.2%5.9%-0.2%-1.09B11.89B-69.7M1.991.37148,019295,2071,391,9322,932,726
2019-10-04$148.92$154.0019.8%5.6%17.8%33.5%19.3%5.9%-0.2%-867.4M9.43B-69.6M1.221.39138,728169,3071,442,5282,948,899
2019-10-07$149.17$153.0020.1%5.7%17.4%35.2%19.8%6.2%-0.1%-844.6M8.64B-68.4M2.091.34108,755227,3921,363,2652,858,064
2019-10-08$146.71$153.0022.6%6.3%17.6%47.9%23.9%6.3%-0.5%-1.07B12.18B-69.9M1.671.75163,257272,3631,412,2932,947,302
2019-10-09$147.11$153.0021.5%6.1%15.4%42.4%20.4%6.2%-0.2%-1.04B11.25B-69.8M1.501.9787,774131,4431,485,8052,973,502
2019-10-10$147.75$153.0021.1%5.9%15.4%40.1%20.4%6.2%-0.5%-998.4M10.12B-69.3M1.281.51145,912187,2791,522,1413,021,683
2019-10-11$150.96$153.0018.9%5.4%17.7%29.2%21.2%6.0%-0.1%-222.1M4.33B-69.6M1.112.06293,646327,2551,593,4693,087,170
2019-10-14$149.58$152.0018.4%5.3%17.8%26.4%18.9%5.8%0.3%-860.8M7.47B-66.6M1.041.0796,56099,9701,490,6113,041,250
2019-10-15$151.33$152.0016.6%4.8%18.5%17.0%18.0%5.1%-0.0%-534.7M4.43B-64.5M1.561.19130,033202,8121,519,1163,054,933
2019-10-16$151.54$151.0016.3%4.7%18.5%15.8%16.9%5.1%0.6%-514.2M4.04B-65.1M1.231.7583,807103,0131,542,4663,090,069
2019-10-17$153.26$152.0015.9%4.6%19.0%13.9%16.0%4.7%0.1%-13.3M862.8M-64.4M0.711.37199,376141,2651,562,9583,127,582
2019-10-18$152.79$152.0016.1%4.6%19.0%14.6%17.4%4.5%0.3%-27.1M1.70B-64.8M0.841.48154,536130,0031,623,5693,184,084
2019-10-21$154.19$152.0016.4%4.6%19.3%16.1%15.6%4.3%-0.3%-23.5M924.3M-63.8M0.391.22216,06883,7101,237,5052,543,087
2019-10-22$154.21$153.0016.3%4.6%17.5%15.7%18.5%4.4%-0.2%44.7M779.9M-64.0M2.441.3588,649216,4721,352,4302,582,698
2019-10-23$154.19$153.0016.2%4.5%17.0%15.1%16.4%4.4%-0.3%-26.0M1.13B-64.5M1.421.2440,46057,6291,375,2942,681,682
2019-10-24$154.12$153.0015.4%4.3%16.5%11.3%15.7%4.0%-0.2%-70.3M1.39B-64.3M2.381.1764,665154,0541,380,4772,710,845
2019-10-25$155.17$153.0014.3%3.9%16.1%5.4%14.3%3.6%-0.0%423.0M-343.1M-63.2M1.541.1895,400147,0861,409,3362,756,929
2019-10-28$156.35$153.0014.3%3.9%16.2%5.5%13.7%3.8%0.3%125.0M-1.12B-60.8M0.731.24239,685175,2211,314,3832,690,818
2019-10-29$156.89$153.0014.9%4.2%13.6%8.5%14.9%3.5%0.4%286.1M-1.97B-63.8M0.831.28110,57192,1611,463,7132,759,316
2019-10-30$156.42$154.0014.8%4.1%12.9%8.0%15.8%3.4%0.2%183.3M-1.23B-63.4M1.221.25115,136140,9601,440,1452,805,488
2019-10-31$155.08$154.0015.0%4.2%13.6%9.3%16.4%3.7%0.4%-172.7M1.14B-64.5M2.131.31107,757229,3731,484,4722,867,578