IWM Options History — November 2023

In November 2023, IWM traded between $165.32 and $179.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 24.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 25.6%). Max pain ranged from $171.00 to $175.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2023-11-14: Highest Volume — 2,503,282 contracts
  • 2023-11-10: Largest IV drop — 5.8% change
  • 2023-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 32.6%
  • 2023-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$174.77$165.32$179.37$165.32$179.37
Max Pain$174.81$171.00$175.00$171.00$175.00
ATM IV18.9%17.9%20.2%20.2%18.7%
Expected Move5.5%5.2%6.1%6.1%5.8%
HV 20d25.6%19.0%29.3%19.0%26.7%
HV 60d19.7%15.7%21.3%15.7%20.8%
IV Rank24.0%17.1%32.6%32.6%22.7%
IV Percentile26.7%15.1%39.7%39.7%25.4%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.6%0.4%0.0%-0.3%
VWIV19.5%16.8%20.9%20.6%20.6%
Skew 25d1.9%0.1%3.2%3.2%1.5%
Skew 10d4.6%1.5%6.6%6.4%4.4%
Call IV 25d18.3%17.3%20.1%18.6%18.4%
Put IV 25d20.2%19.1%21.9%21.9%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.431.201.911.411.39
Gamma HHI0.040.030.050.050.04
Net GEX-276.8M-2.51B1.16B-2.00B532.6M
Net DEX3.25B-15.71B29.74B29.74B-5.74B
Net VEX-240.7M-255.4M-225.8M-225.8M-246.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.661.901.900.84
Total Volume1,332,227462,9592,503,2821,902,431913,145
Total OI12,182,893.57111,100,21213,808,63311,100,21212,260,345

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-11-01$165.32$171.0020.2%6.1%19.0%32.6%20.6%3.2%0.0%-2.00B29.74B-225.8M1.901.41655,0951,247,3363,977,9437,122,269
2023-11-02$169.66$175.0019.0%5.6%21.3%24.6%20.0%2.8%0.1%-1.02B14.65B-232.3M1.211.21783,142947,6374,109,9697,142,457
2023-11-03$174.84$175.0019.5%5.6%23.8%28.0%20.8%2.0%-0.0%97.5M-2.10B-238.2M0.721.571,209,523868,7434,320,9997,216,579
2023-11-06$172.09$175.0019.3%5.6%24.5%26.6%20.9%2.2%0.3%-992.9M10.26B-236.0M1.321.21580,049764,5194,340,6287,204,063
2023-11-07$172.19$175.0018.6%5.4%23.9%21.7%18.5%2.4%0.3%-939.7M10.37B-235.7M0.961.37574,459551,7044,498,7407,335,971
2023-11-08$169.80$175.0018.6%5.4%24.3%21.7%19.4%2.2%0.3%-1.78B18.84B-235.6M1.431.26727,6971,037,6474,661,4587,453,282
2023-11-09$167.18$175.0019.4%5.6%23.7%27.6%19.9%3.1%0.3%-2.51B29.08B-234.7M1.291.20696,889895,9684,790,8367,531,989
2023-11-10$169.13$175.0018.3%5.3%24.0%19.9%19.0%2.3%0.4%-2.18B20.96B-237.2M1.341.22548,457733,1284,934,6177,688,817
2023-11-13$169.43$175.0018.9%5.4%23.1%23.7%16.8%2.6%0.3%-1.78B19.09B-234.9M1.481.33479,642708,9334,739,0907,560,493
2023-11-14$178.25$175.0019.6%5.6%29.3%29.0%20.3%0.1%0.2%1.03B-14.61B-238.5M0.861.911,348,9871,154,2954,864,7967,602,061
2023-11-15$178.88$175.0019.4%5.6%27.9%27.4%20.1%0.7%0.2%1.16B-15.71B-246.1M0.841.691,283,4801,074,6865,073,4138,041,172
2023-11-16$176.11$175.0018.9%5.4%27.9%23.7%19.3%1.6%0.2%-151.0M-1.96B-255.4M1.081.38820,819887,4745,257,5728,257,078
2023-11-17$178.13$175.0019.2%5.5%27.8%25.8%20.1%1.1%0.3%654.7M-11.39B-255.0M0.931.47509,878472,3855,428,6788,379,955
2023-11-20$179.31$175.0019.4%5.5%27.5%27.6%19.6%1.4%-0.6%586.0M-7.91B-248.8M0.661.64473,765311,3344,723,8437,234,333
2023-11-21$177.03$175.0018.9%5.4%28.1%23.9%18.8%1.7%-0.6%-76.3M19.2M-249.4M1.041.70407,340421,8924,772,3787,226,696
2023-11-22$178.18$175.0018.5%5.2%27.2%20.9%18.5%2.0%-0.6%812.9M-4.37B-246.6M1.021.48388,950395,4354,831,8397,274,486
2023-11-24$179.13$175.0018.2%5.2%27.2%19.2%18.6%1.8%-0.6%1.12B-6.95B-245.5M0.931.51239,509223,4504,786,0177,243,691
2023-11-27$179.00$175.0018.0%5.3%26.5%17.9%18.9%1.8%-0.2%607.8M-5.50B-233.7M0.871.31364,740316,8324,702,9347,167,415
2023-11-28$178.13$175.0017.9%5.4%26.7%17.1%18.6%1.6%-0.2%282.9M-2.55B-237.5M0.691.47465,030321,0784,740,4777,212,216
2023-11-29$178.91$175.0018.7%5.8%26.7%22.6%20.2%1.5%-0.4%728.6M-5.94B-242.4M0.971.23595,511576,1844,839,5607,289,610
2023-11-30$179.37$175.0018.7%5.8%26.7%22.7%20.6%1.5%-0.3%532.6M-5.74B-246.0M0.841.39495,402417,7434,853,7847,406,561