IWY - iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF
IWY is a solid mega-cap ETF, holding a portfolio of growth stocks chosen from the 200 largest US companies in the Russell Top 200 Index. Stocks are selected and weighted based on two main growth factors: medium-term growth forecasts and historical sales per share growth. The index follows Russell's style methodology, which causes IWY to tilt heavier in technology, while comparatively reducing its financials exposure.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $291.04, ATM IV 20.9%, max pain $290.00, net GEX $138.7K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $17.59B
- Beta
- 1.15
- 52-Week Range
- 238.75-303.12
- Dividend Yield
- $1.00
- IPO Date
- Sep 28, 2009
- Exchange
- AMEX
What IWY Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 46.9% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($138.7K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.056) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The IWY overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked IWY overview questions
- What is IWY?
- IWY is the ticker symbol for iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. IWY is a solid mega-cap ETF, holding a portfolio of growth stocks chosen from the 200 largest US companies in the Russell Top 200 Index. Stocks are selected and weighted based on two main growth factors: medium-term growth forecasts and historical sales per share growth. Listed on AMEX. IWY is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the IWY options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the IWY options snapshot shows spot at $291.04, ATM IV 20.9%, IV rank 46.9%, max pain $290.00, net GEX $138.7K, expected move 5.99%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are IWY's key statistics?
- iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (IWY) carries a market capitalization of $17.59B, 52-week range of 238.75-303.12. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does IWY belong to?
- iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare IWY's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the IWY data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.