IWM Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, IWM traded between $192.42 and $211.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.8%, placing in the 59.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 28.7%). Max pain ranged from $206.00 to $215.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.06.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-09: Highest Volume — 943,977 contracts
  • 2022-03-07: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2022-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$202.08$192.42$211.81$198.59$205.72
Max Pain$210.83$206.00$215.00$215.00$210.00
ATM IV28.8%21.3%36.7%34.8%23.5%
Expected Move8.7%6.4%11.9%10.7%7.0%
HV 20d28.7%25.5%31.2%25.5%27.2%
HV 60d25.5%24.5%26.9%25.0%26.9%
IV Rank59.4%20.5%100.0%90.8%31.6%
IV Percentile76.6%29.8%100.0%99.2%54.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.2%0.5%0.0%-0.5%
VWIV32.6%24.9%43.5%40.5%26.4%
Skew 25d8.6%5.4%11.4%11.2%6.7%
Skew 10d16.1%11.1%20.9%20.8%12.3%
Call IV 25d25.1%19.1%31.6%29.9%20.9%
Put IV 25d33.6%24.5%42.7%41.1%27.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.921.232.841.522.32
Gamma HHI0.050.040.070.060.05
Net GEX-970.6M-1.76B-194.0M-1.17B-989.6M
Net DEX17.55B2.93B32.63B23.50B12.39B
Net VEX-184.3M-192.3M-176.9M-190.5M-187.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.061.204.532.531.48
Total Volume697,003.391456,627943,977758,600576,777
Total OI6,956,449.875,886,0767,847,0066,968,0256,672,589

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$198.59$215.0034.8%10.7%25.5%90.8%40.5%11.2%0.0%-1.17B23.50B-190.5M2.531.52214,859543,7412,260,6274,707,398
2022-03-02$204.72$215.0030.9%9.2%27.1%70.5%36.4%10.3%-0.8%-719.1M15.01B-192.3M1.681.49289,539485,0612,317,5244,817,232
2022-03-03$200.83$215.0032.9%10.0%27.8%80.7%39.9%10.7%-0.6%-1.11B21.05B-191.7M1.471.39286,394420,2272,328,1504,812,481
2022-03-04$198.00$215.0032.8%10.2%27.4%80.3%37.1%10.5%0.2%-1.42B25.62B-189.0M2.221.53201,132446,2572,352,8774,875,887
2022-03-07$194.53$213.0036.7%11.9%27.9%100.0%43.1%11.1%0.2%-1.46B29.31B-184.1M2.311.23195,583451,0272,292,5944,785,934
2022-03-08$195.55$213.0036.1%11.6%28.0%96.8%43.5%11.4%0.2%-1.42B27.98B-184.9M2.521.48210,122530,2802,310,6594,854,988
2022-03-09$200.78$213.0032.9%10.4%29.1%80.2%42.5%10.4%-0.9%-1.05B20.51B-189.0M4.531.61170,833773,1442,367,2115,062,544
2022-03-10$199.46$213.0032.9%10.3%28.5%80.6%37.2%10.0%-0.9%-1.30B23.39B-188.6M1.201.63239,916288,0742,363,9975,113,824
2022-03-11$196.96$212.0033.0%10.5%28.2%80.8%37.0%9.1%0.3%-1.46B26.47B-187.5M1.591.52230,100366,6872,431,1965,128,322
2022-03-14$192.42$209.0034.9%9.5%29.2%90.9%32.8%9.4%0.2%-1.76B32.63B-180.6M3.422.25181,058619,5742,388,2985,116,451
2022-03-15$195.44$209.0032.6%9.0%29.9%78.8%29.9%8.8%-1.2%-1.57B27.77B-181.6M2.332.84179,989419,2322,381,7355,159,724
2022-03-16$200.72$207.0029.1%8.2%30.3%60.7%31.1%8.0%-1.1%-968.1M19.21B-182.5M2.292.69278,255636,3302,450,7235,208,696
2022-03-17$204.96$206.0026.5%7.7%31.2%47.5%28.6%7.5%-1.1%-392.8M12.61B-181.5M1.932.11280,702541,2572,492,4645,240,756
2022-03-18$207.22$206.0025.1%7.4%30.3%39.9%27.7%7.4%0.3%-271.2M9.42B-180.3M1.641.93335,591548,7622,508,2025,338,804
2022-03-21$204.37$209.0026.5%7.6%30.5%47.3%27.3%7.8%0.3%-729.5M11.49B-178.7M2.112.50194,807410,5571,748,0504,138,026
2022-03-22$207.52$210.0024.0%6.9%30.5%34.6%26.9%6.5%0.5%-593.8M7.81B-176.9M1.572.04297,648467,6341,754,5874,238,390
2022-03-23$204.58$210.0024.5%7.1%29.8%37.1%28.3%7.4%-0.5%-942.3M12.09B-180.1M1.731.93224,981389,4271,838,9704,345,609
2022-03-24$205.45$210.0023.4%6.9%28.8%31.2%28.9%6.8%-0.5%-703.4M10.75B-181.1M1.691.97226,784383,5281,825,9134,366,701
2022-03-25$205.49$210.0023.0%6.9%27.9%29.0%24.9%6.7%0.4%-639.7M10.86B-182.6M1.771.90165,099291,5281,896,5914,547,872
2022-03-28$205.37$210.0022.5%6.8%27.9%26.5%27.4%6.7%0.4%-749.8M11.21B-180.1M2.121.73148,218314,5701,827,4444,400,621
2022-03-29$211.81$209.0021.3%6.4%28.6%20.5%26.0%5.4%0.4%-194.0M2.93B-182.0M1.302.40373,361487,0001,847,6514,495,189
2022-03-30$207.39$210.0023.3%6.9%28.0%30.5%27.0%6.7%-0.3%-702.5M9.66B-185.5M1.992.24239,091476,3421,957,9464,626,900
2022-03-31$205.72$210.0023.5%7.0%27.2%31.6%26.4%6.7%-0.5%-989.6M12.39B-187.3M1.482.32232,413344,3641,958,7864,713,803