GWW Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, GWW traded between $338.50 and $368.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.5%, placing in the 8.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 30.3%). Max pain ranged from $330.00 to $350.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-20: Highest Volume — 13,195 contracts
  • 2018-08-20: Largest IV spike — 10.1% change
  • 2018-08-15: Highest IV Rank — 11.7%
  • 2018-08-21: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$356.24$338.50$368.61$341.93$354.33
Max Pain$341.30$330.00$350.00$340.00$350.00
ATM IV24.5%22.9%25.8%23.8%23.0%
Expected Move7.0%6.4%7.4%7.0%6.4%
HV 20d30.3%16.8%43.2%42.8%19.4%
HV 60d29.5%28.7%30.1%30.1%29.1%
IV Rank8.3%4.4%11.7%6.7%4.6%
IV Percentile20.6%5.6%32.1%18.3%5.6%
Term Structure0.0%-0.8%0.8%-0.2%0.4%
VWIV25.1%22.2%27.7%24.7%22.2%
Skew 25d1.6%-0.3%2.7%2.5%1.9%
Skew 10d2.9%0.6%6.4%5.4%4.8%
Call IV 25d24.4%22.3%26.3%23.3%22.4%
Put IV 25d26.0%24.1%27.2%25.8%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.8914.3447.4014.3419.74
Gamma HHI0.160.070.280.160.07
Net GEX26.9M10.2M60.6M16.6M12.5M
Net DEX-285.4M-421.4M-173.2M-195.3M-176.7M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.8M-1.3M-1.5M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.221.270.590.51
Total Volume8,546.3914,71513,1957,1809,319
Total OI42,678.04333,20847,11844,50341,005

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$341.93$340.0023.8%7.0%42.8%6.7%24.7%2.5%-0.2%16.6M-195.3M-1.5M0.5914.34N/AN/A4,5072,67331,38613,117
2018-08-02$341.33$330.0024.3%7.0%42.8%7.8%25.8%2.3%0.2%15.3M-193.9M-1.5M0.3620.64N/AN/A5,5162,00031,49413,356
2018-08-03$338.50$330.0025.3%7.0%43.2%10.3%27.7%1.8%-0.6%10.2M-177.3M-1.5M0.3938.52N/AN/A6,3572,46332,12913,497
2018-08-06$344.70$330.0024.4%7.1%43.0%8.2%25.5%1.6%0.8%21.6M-227.1M-1.5M0.3837.28N/AN/A5,9932,28632,61912,546
2018-08-07$349.22$330.0024.3%7.0%43.0%7.7%26.6%1.2%0.0%29.8M-277.9M-1.6M0.4641.57N/AN/A5,0532,31033,03012,761
2018-08-08$353.59$330.0024.1%7.1%42.8%7.3%26.2%1.0%0.4%36.4M-312.4M-1.6M0.5133.91N/AN/A4,8942,50033,23012,827
2018-08-09$351.92$330.0024.9%7.0%42.8%9.4%24.6%1.7%-0.4%34.8M-300.4M-1.6M0.7634.07N/AN/A3,3832,56133,28712,949
2018-08-10$350.53$340.0024.8%7.2%42.9%9.2%25.2%-0.3%-0.8%35.4M-297.0M-1.6M1.2739.97N/AN/A2,6943,42033,89313,225
2018-08-13$353.28$340.0025.3%7.3%40.9%10.4%26.4%2.1%0.3%38.3M-304.7M-1.5M0.9931.05N/AN/A2,3742,34133,71513,149
2018-08-14$361.53$340.0024.8%7.0%41.3%9.0%25.2%1.1%-0.3%60.6M-421.4M-1.6M0.4535.75N/AN/A5,8022,62033,78213,312
2018-08-15$358.11$340.0025.8%7.3%22.3%11.7%26.7%0.4%-0.4%40.6M-331.8M-1.6M0.3947.40N/AN/A6,6412,61429,81913,617
2018-08-16$359.91$340.0024.8%7.1%22.1%9.1%25.8%1.2%-0.0%37.5M-327.5M-1.5M0.3933.00N/AN/A6,0002,35925,52913,602
2018-08-17$357.87$340.0022.9%6.6%22.1%4.4%22.9%1.8%0.1%26.2M-284.4M-1.4M0.2722.14N/AN/A8,9182,43323,84213,666
2018-08-20$366.74$340.0025.3%7.3%23.4%10.2%25.6%1.6%-0.4%19.3M-329.9M-1.6M0.2219.32N/AN/A10,8412,35421,24511,963
2018-08-21$368.61$350.0025.6%7.4%22.0%11.2%25.7%1.7%-0.3%29.6M-405.7M-1.8M0.2623.16N/AN/A9,0742,38728,36412,301
2018-08-22$368.15$350.0025.1%7.2%21.4%9.8%25.1%1.8%-0.1%27.7M-355.9M-1.7M0.4020.22N/AN/A6,6812,67728,13712,535
2018-08-23$367.58$350.0024.5%7.0%21.2%8.4%24.7%1.1%-0.1%27.1M-353.1M-1.7M0.5318.87N/AN/A5,2042,73628,80213,005
2018-08-24$364.76$350.0024.1%6.9%21.4%7.4%23.9%1.7%0.2%23.0M-309.1M-1.6M0.5427.29N/AN/A5,6983,06229,09313,305
2018-08-27$363.85$350.0024.6%7.0%20.9%8.7%24.9%1.8%0.3%23.6M-294.2M-1.6M0.4824.90N/AN/A5,8912,84028,49112,764
2018-08-28$360.94$350.0024.3%7.0%18.1%7.8%25.1%1.6%0.7%19.8M-256.5M-1.5M0.4024.33N/AN/A6,9732,78227,51113,086
2018-08-29$362.94$350.0023.5%6.6%16.8%6.0%23.3%1.8%0.3%19.9M-258.8M-1.5M0.4619.58N/AN/A5,9772,76226,77113,235
2018-08-30$353.30$350.0023.8%6.8%19.8%6.5%24.6%2.7%0.6%12.4M-173.2M-1.3M0.4937.49N/AN/A5,7632,83427,09713,506
2018-08-31$354.33$350.0023.0%6.4%19.4%4.6%22.2%1.9%0.4%12.5M-176.7M-1.3M0.5119.74N/AN/A6,1743,14527,35413,651