IWM Options History — September 2025

In September 2025, IWM traded between $233.19 and $244.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.9%, placing in the 9.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $225.00 to $235.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2025-09-17: Highest Volume — 3,774,042 contracts
  • 2025-09-26: Largest IV drop — 7.0% change
  • 2025-09-02: Highest IV Rank — 12.7%
  • 2025-09-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$239.47$233.19$244.66$233.59$241.17
Max Pain$230.67$225.00$235.00$225.00$235.00
ATM IV20.9%20.1%22.1%22.1%20.5%
Expected Move6.1%5.7%6.8%6.8%5.8%
HV 20d17.4%13.0%20.8%20.6%14.1%
HV 60d17.9%17.5%18.2%18.2%17.5%
IV Rank9.0%6.5%12.7%12.7%7.6%
IV Percentile30.9%13.9%52.4%52.4%22.6%
Term Structure0.0%-0.3%0.6%-0.3%0.2%
VWIV22.9%20.7%26.5%26.5%21.6%
Skew 25d2.6%1.9%3.7%3.7%2.7%
Skew 10d6.1%4.4%8.5%8.5%6.7%
Call IV 25d20.1%19.0%21.3%21.2%19.5%
Put IV 25d22.7%21.3%24.8%24.8%22.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.101.642.971.641.92
Gamma HHI0.050.030.320.030.03
Net GEX170.5M-2.11B5.51B-568.5M-1.45B
Net DEX-21.38B-35.97B-6.13B-15.74B-11.92B
Net VEX-276.1M-299.1M-262.5M-299.1M-280.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.162.902.901.02
Total Volume1,487,641.333750,4093,774,0421,094,7771,034,705
Total OI11,992,097.23810,412,42913,559,54811,721,08710,925,648

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-09-02$233.59$225.0022.1%6.8%20.6%12.7%26.5%3.7%-0.3%-568.5M-15.74B-299.1M2.901.64280,830813,9473,646,6328,074,455
2025-09-03$233.19$225.0022.0%6.8%20.6%12.4%24.9%3.6%-0.3%-642.5M-14.43B-294.5M0.981.79378,635371,7743,601,8298,222,024
2025-09-04$236.02$225.0021.4%6.1%20.8%10.5%23.2%2.9%-0.2%329.3M-22.53B-286.2M1.341.71432,812578,4313,635,7438,254,249
2025-09-05$237.69$225.0020.5%5.9%20.6%7.7%22.7%2.7%-0.2%1.07B-27.19B-279.0M1.541.84553,761855,2383,701,6918,390,986
2025-09-08$238.01$227.0020.3%5.9%20.6%7.2%23.2%2.9%0.2%772.6M-27.57B-270.7M0.832.03450,502372,3383,673,3748,369,878
2025-09-09$236.68$228.0020.6%5.9%20.8%8.1%22.9%3.1%0.2%-63.9M-22.99B-274.6M1.811.70469,692851,4823,738,6368,449,959
2025-09-10$236.28$230.0020.8%6.0%18.6%8.5%22.9%3.0%0.1%-241.5M-21.78B-278.5M1.462.02507,558742,2573,786,5768,686,877
2025-09-11$240.63$230.0020.3%5.9%18.3%7.0%22.1%2.0%0.2%1.56B-34.98B-262.5M1.072.01789,906842,1903,855,4278,861,159
2025-09-12$238.80$230.0020.2%5.8%17.8%6.9%21.7%2.1%0.2%228.5M-29.12B-267.4M1.222.28468,006569,8583,915,8879,070,181
2025-09-15$239.24$230.0021.2%6.1%17.6%9.9%23.0%2.3%-0.3%592.0M-28.66B-270.7M0.162.382,713,829429,7213,883,3919,071,885
2025-09-16$238.37$230.0021.8%6.2%17.8%11.7%23.8%2.1%-0.3%355.7M-18.04B-275.5M1.282.01840,7591,080,3663,751,3509,127,670
2025-09-17$239.33$230.0020.9%6.0%17.4%9.0%22.9%2.1%-0.3%1.25B-22.71B-263.1M2.082.971,227,2652,546,7773,904,3749,313,109
2025-09-18$244.66$231.0020.5%5.9%18.5%7.6%22.5%1.9%-0.2%5.51B-35.97B-264.4M0.991.82974,274960,1263,897,3139,651,986
2025-09-19$242.99$233.0020.1%5.8%18.9%6.6%21.7%2.1%-0.1%131.9M-29.17B-270.1M1.242.13686,552850,9563,705,3729,854,176
2025-09-22$244.51$235.0020.7%6.0%13.5%8.4%21.8%2.0%0.3%300.7M-21.02B-270.4M0.942.44536,124502,2363,057,8307,354,599
2025-09-23$244.22$235.0021.6%6.3%13.0%11.1%23.9%2.4%0.3%45.9M-19.86B-272.4M1.622.52718,2611,161,4203,101,6837,442,226
2025-09-24$241.69$235.0021.3%6.2%13.7%10.1%23.0%2.5%0.5%-1.32B-12.65B-279.5M1.512.00488,031737,0893,137,7057,660,444
2025-09-25$238.99$235.0021.6%6.3%14.2%11.1%24.0%2.8%0.4%-2.11B-6.13B-286.8M2.022.09504,7091,018,1873,168,6297,805,185
2025-09-26$241.19$235.0020.1%5.7%14.5%6.5%21.4%2.3%0.6%-1.08B-13.37B-273.2M1.412.88452,143636,0183,234,0777,901,491
2025-09-29$241.64$235.0020.5%5.8%14.2%7.6%20.7%2.5%0.2%-1.10B-13.20B-279.8M0.921.88423,074388,6293,153,3487,794,988
2025-09-30$241.17$235.0020.5%5.8%14.1%7.6%21.6%2.7%0.2%-1.45B-11.92B-280.7M1.021.92511,551523,1543,141,8757,783,773