GWW Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, GWW traded between $229.72 and $255.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%, placing in the 44.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 20.9%). Max pain ranged from $210.00 to $240.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.85.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-15: Highest Volume — 3,980 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 49.4% change
  • 2014-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-13: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$241.84$229.72$255.54$250.63$246.88
Max Pain$219.13$210.00$240.00$220.00$210.00
ATM IV24.9%16.2%46.8%23.6%16.2%
Expected Move5.7%5.0%6.5%5.2%5.3%
HV 20d20.9%9.5%28.4%9.5%28.4%
HV 60d16.3%12.1%19.0%12.3%19.0%
IV Rank44.6%8.9%100.0%52.0%8.9%
IV Percentile72.2%19.0%100.0%88.9%19.0%
Term Structure-1.3%-4.4%1.5%-3.9%0.5%
VWIV22.2%16.7%25.1%16.7%22.6%
Skew 25d3.8%1.5%7.8%3.6%3.0%
Skew 10d8.7%4.5%13.7%13.7%6.8%
Call IV 25d19.7%15.3%26.1%22.2%15.5%
Put IV 25d23.5%18.5%30.6%25.8%18.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.7448.8978.6848.8952.35
Gamma HHI0.260.210.540.250.23
Net GEX-58.3K-4.6M5.1M3.4M151.2K
Net DEX7.3M-55.4M49.6M-24.2M-2.4M
Net VEX-203.5K-237.9K-167.2K-177.3K-233.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.850.029.489.480.67
Total Volume983.4781043,980304659
Total OI8,916.5226,99611,0759,1998,115

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$250.63$220.0023.6%5.2%9.5%52.0%0.0%3.6%-3.9%3.4M-24.2M-177.3K9.4848.89N/AN/A292755,4383,761
2014-10-02$252.80$220.0024.2%5.2%9.7%55.0%16.7%4.0%-4.4%3.7M-32.4M-180.7K1.1855.31N/AN/A1692005,4223,975
2014-10-03$255.27$220.0022.6%5.0%9.7%46.7%20.5%3.5%-3.5%4.3M-45.7M-179.0K0.0473.43N/AN/A1,697735,4314,076
2014-10-06$255.54$240.0024.8%5.2%9.6%58.1%0.0%3.6%-1.9%5.1M-55.4M-206.6K0.0267.48N/AN/A1,612326,1684,131
2014-10-07$249.75$240.0027.9%5.4%12.5%73.4%19.1%3.7%-3.1%3.0M-26.2M-211.1K1.2671.33N/AN/A941185,9754,147
2014-10-08$252.07$240.0027.8%5.3%12.9%72.9%20.4%4.1%-2.8%1.4M-18.8M-194.2K1.4362.91N/AN/A3154494,9914,197
2014-10-09$246.50$240.0029.3%5.5%15.3%80.4%21.4%1.6%-2.3%-77.2K-850.3K-188.4K1.5665.53N/AN/A2654145,0984,199
2014-10-10$242.57$240.0031.3%6.0%16.0%100.0%21.8%5.5%-2.7%-933.1K12.9M-182.8K0.3558.67N/AN/A6442285,1004,287
2014-10-13$234.20$240.0046.8%6.5%20.0%100.0%23.3%2.2%-1.7%-1.7M32.5M-167.2K1.1266.16N/AN/A1962205,5824,292
2014-10-14$238.46$210.0042.4%6.3%21.4%86.8%25.1%7.8%-1.9%-1.7M24.2M-173.9K0.9067.98N/AN/A3333005,6854,288
2014-10-15$239.68$210.0044.9%6.3%21.3%94.2%24.8%7.6%-3.4%-1.5M18.9M-179.2K7.0666.66N/AN/A4943,4865,6624,323
2014-10-16$229.72$210.0024.3%6.5%25.0%33.0%0.0%1.5%-1.5%-3.2M49.6M-181.1K3.1864.17N/AN/A5031,6015,5764,622
2014-10-17$231.90$210.0022.1%6.3%25.4%26.6%21.1%3.2%-1.8%-4.6M45.9M-198.3K1.8552.83N/AN/A5521,0205,7305,345
2014-10-20$230.51$210.0020.7%6.3%25.4%22.2%24.3%3.2%1.5%-1.3M32.2M-207.1K1.3962.40N/AN/A5878143,3273,669
2014-10-21$234.18$210.0020.3%6.1%26.3%21.0%23.7%4.4%0.3%-1.4M29.1M-226.4K1.2758.32N/AN/A4045133,5663,999
2014-10-22$231.55$210.0019.2%5.9%26.3%17.8%23.4%2.6%0.6%-1.5M30.5M-219.1K1.0058.71N/AN/A3813823,6774,041
2014-10-23$235.17$210.0018.3%5.7%27.1%15.2%23.2%3.9%0.5%-1.3M25.8M-229.6K0.9272.04N/AN/A4233903,7244,086
2014-10-24$237.83$210.0017.4%5.7%27.4%12.5%23.5%4.0%0.5%-920.7K20.0M-230.2K1.1665.17N/AN/A3824423,7084,053
2014-10-27$238.42$210.0017.7%5.7%27.4%13.5%0.0%2.4%-0.1%-1.0M21.0M-222.7K3.1678.68N/AN/A25793,7134,100
2014-10-28$242.63$210.0016.9%5.5%28.3%11.1%0.0%4.2%0.4%-449.3K9.5M-228.6K1.2774.42N/AN/A1141453,7204,107
2014-10-29$242.24$210.0017.2%5.5%28.3%11.7%22.3%3.5%0.5%-514.3K13.4M-224.6K1.1877.51N/AN/A3634293,7484,189
2014-10-30$243.74$210.0017.3%5.4%28.2%12.0%23.3%3.5%0.1%-439.1K7.7M-237.9K1.0967.98N/AN/A3684013,7484,289
2014-10-31$246.88$210.0016.2%5.3%28.4%8.9%22.6%3.0%0.5%151.2K-2.4M-233.3K0.6752.35N/AN/A3942653,7884,327