IWM Options History — March 2025

In March 2025, IWM traded between $198.06 and $209.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.3%, placing in the 42.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 20.5%). Max pain ranged from $215.00 to $220.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.70.

Notable Days

  • 2025-03-04: Highest Volume — 2,681,958 contracts
  • 2025-03-10: Largest IV spike — 15.0% change
  • 2025-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 68.8%
  • 2025-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$204.43$198.06$209.02$207.80$200.23
Max Pain$218.38$215.00$220.00$220.00$215.00
ATM IV25.3%20.9%30.7%26.1%24.4%
Expected Move7.7%6.0%10.5%8.2%6.9%
HV 20d20.5%16.0%25.1%17.4%23.5%
HV 60d19.4%18.4%20.7%19.1%19.4%
IV Rank42.9%22.1%68.8%46.6%38.9%
IV Percentile82.3%48.0%99.6%95.6%81.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.0%0.1%0.1%-0.3%
VWIV28.2%22.3%37.6%30.1%26.0%
Skew 25d4.4%3.2%5.8%5.3%4.3%
Skew 10d8.9%5.8%12.4%10.7%7.9%
Call IV 25d23.1%19.4%27.5%23.5%22.2%
Put IV 25d27.5%22.6%33.3%28.8%26.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.811.232.611.771.95
Gamma HHI0.040.040.080.040.07
Net GEX-3.01B-3.64B-986.9M-3.41B-3.09B
Net DEX45.73B16.44B70.91B48.29B38.42B
Net VEX-316.6M-324.1M-305.5M-305.5M-317.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.700.882.681.931.98
Total Volume1,403,978.286661,2572,681,9581,833,3811,039,365
Total OI11,453,342.4299,810,33712,796,05610,424,16310,283,961

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-03-03$207.80$220.0026.1%8.2%17.4%46.6%30.1%5.3%0.1%-3.41B48.29B-305.5M1.931.77626,0811,207,3003,156,8907,267,273
2025-03-04$207.62$220.0026.5%8.4%17.2%48.7%32.0%5.6%-0.5%-3.50B49.00B-313.4M2.331.52804,2161,877,7423,302,5677,419,122
2025-03-05$208.49$220.0026.2%8.4%16.1%47.1%31.1%4.9%-0.7%-3.24B45.67B-320.8M1.601.52633,6381,016,1713,509,2627,776,287
2025-03-06$205.02$220.0029.0%9.4%16.0%60.7%34.3%5.3%-1.0%-3.43B54.22B-323.4M1.731.37629,1281,087,0723,595,5207,837,656
2025-03-07$206.32$220.0026.7%8.5%16.5%49.6%31.9%4.9%-0.7%-3.46B50.36B-318.7M2.521.23568,1291,433,1663,740,9767,949,673
2025-03-10$201.00$219.0030.7%10.5%18.0%68.8%37.6%5.8%-0.9%-3.42B63.30B-319.4M2.211.35630,5231,394,0253,617,7528,071,932
2025-03-11$201.86$218.0030.0%10.3%18.0%65.7%36.4%5.6%-1.0%-3.37B60.91B-324.1M1.371.54760,0121,042,7733,759,9488,271,949
2025-03-12$201.65$218.0027.8%9.1%18.0%54.8%32.0%4.9%-0.8%-3.46B62.12B-324.0M1.001.52623,112625,2413,958,4768,408,187
2025-03-13$198.06$218.0028.5%9.2%18.6%58.4%32.4%4.8%-0.9%-3.56B70.91B-315.0M1.581.33493,082780,9864,035,0588,432,910
2025-03-14$202.25$218.0025.7%8.1%20.2%45.1%28.4%4.3%-0.6%-3.59B59.47B-321.1M2.091.26431,779901,0814,115,6898,612,789
2025-03-17$205.85$220.0024.3%6.7%21.8%38.2%23.4%4.2%-0.7%-3.34B49.09B-316.3M1.242.36435,110541,5104,053,8408,655,316
2025-03-18$203.39$220.0025.5%6.9%21.6%44.2%25.3%4.0%-0.9%-3.64B56.32B-322.5M1.422.61366,437521,6384,047,1548,746,490
2025-03-19$206.97$220.0023.4%6.5%23.1%33.7%24.9%3.6%-0.7%-3.00B38.45B-320.7M0.882.61689,375608,4934,092,7428,388,495
2025-03-20$205.59$220.0022.8%6.4%23.0%30.8%24.7%3.8%-0.6%-2.82B42.77B-313.8M2.602.27356,523928,6244,372,1078,423,949
2025-03-21$203.63$220.0022.8%6.4%21.4%31.0%24.3%4.2%-0.8%-2.79B41.71B-312.5M1.602.37431,269690,4104,431,9958,098,227
2025-03-24$209.02$220.0021.6%6.1%23.8%25.2%23.0%3.2%-0.0%-986.9M16.44B-313.1M1.082.20694,014746,2183,200,1686,610,169
2025-03-25$207.81$215.0020.9%6.0%23.8%22.1%22.8%3.3%0.1%-1.54B20.38B-312.7M0.961.79337,158324,0993,161,1596,748,808
2025-03-26$205.22$215.0022.1%6.3%24.1%27.7%23.3%3.6%-0.1%-2.21B26.70B-312.0M1.771.85336,356595,4463,189,4396,821,053
2025-03-27$205.19$215.0021.8%6.2%23.7%26.1%22.3%3.6%-0.0%-2.17B26.40B-309.6M1.131.76354,937402,6523,220,0036,899,030
2025-03-28$199.98$215.0024.0%6.8%25.1%37.0%25.1%4.2%-0.1%-3.28B39.45B-312.1M2.681.83412,8661,105,7873,292,5436,943,627
2025-03-31$200.23$215.0024.4%6.9%23.5%38.9%26.0%4.3%-0.3%-3.09B38.42B-317.4M1.981.95349,210690,1553,208,4167,075,545