IWC Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, IWC traded between $24.50 and $29.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 72.3%, placing in the 40.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 30.9% (HV 20d: 41.4%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-24: Highest Volume — 80 contracts
  • 2009-02-25: Largest IV spike — 113.5% change
  • 2009-02-27: Highest IV Rank — 84.6%
  • 2009-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 38.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.32$24.50$29.70$28.83$24.50
Max Pain$32.11$25.00$34.00$25.00$34.00
ATM IV72.3%40.4%134.5%46.4%134.5%
Expected Move21.3%11.6%38.6%13.3%38.6%
HV 20d41.4%33.2%46.6%46.4%35.0%
HV 60d55.6%44.2%61.1%61.1%44.2%
IV Rank40.0%17.1%84.6%21.4%84.6%
IV Percentile77.2%58.3%97.2%68.3%97.2%
Term Structure-32.8%-116.6%23.6%-10.4%-116.6%
Skew 25d-2.0%-58.4%57.8%11.3%-55.7%
Skew 10d-7.3%-72.0%57.8%29.0%-55.7%
Call IV 25d71.5%20.3%162.3%41.8%162.3%
Put IV 25d69.5%42.7%106.6%53.0%106.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.1361.72122.2161.72114.93
Gamma HHI0.690.510.840.580.72
Net GEX60.9K33.9K76.3K66.8K46.2K
Net DEX-1.7M-2.5M-794.8K-2.2M-794.8K
Net VEX-8.4K-9.7K-6.6K-9.4K-6.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.001.000.000.00
Total Volume16080204
Total OI1,654.3681,5591,7391,6131,739

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$28.83$25.0046.4%13.3%46.4%21.4%0.0%11.3%-10.4%66.8K-2.2M-9.4K0.0061.72N/AN/A2001,59815
2009-02-03$28.95$25.0044.3%12.7%46.4%19.9%0.0%9.9%-9.2%68.9K-2.2M-9.3K0.0071.39N/AN/A001,61815
2009-02-04$28.45$25.0045.5%13.1%45.6%20.8%0.0%10.0%-11.2%66.5K-2.0M-9.1K0.0072.00N/AN/A001,61815
2009-02-05$28.82$25.0043.3%12.4%45.4%19.2%0.0%10.7%-6.7%68.5K-2.1M-9.2K0.0079.63N/AN/A001,61815
2009-02-06$29.70$34.0040.8%20.9%46.6%17.4%0.0%-19.4%-37.2%76.3K-2.5M-9.7K0.00122.21N/AN/A701,61815
2009-02-09$29.51$34.0043.6%13.1%44.5%19.4%0.0%17.6%5.5%74.5K-2.4M-9.2K0.00111.96N/AN/A0101,62515
2009-02-10$28.28$34.0049.1%14.3%45.9%23.3%0.0%23.2%7.3%63.4K-2.0M-8.9K0.00112.41N/AN/A1201,62525
2009-02-11$28.35$34.0045.1%14.3%45.8%20.5%0.0%26.0%8.1%65.1K-1.9M-8.8K0.00112.41N/AN/A001,63325
2009-02-12$28.50$34.0040.4%11.6%43.2%17.1%0.0%40.3%23.6%66.7K-2.0M-8.9K0.00115.62N/AN/A001,63325
2009-02-13$28.26$34.0041.0%11.8%42.7%17.6%0.0%39.4%21.5%66.4K-1.9M-8.7K0.00115.25N/AN/A101,63325
2009-02-17$27.20$34.0048.5%13.9%44.5%22.9%0.0%49.1%21.0%59.8K-1.6M-8.2K0.00115.89N/AN/A001,63225
2009-02-18$26.90$34.0095.6%27.4%38.1%56.7%0.0%-47.1%-72.7%61.2K-1.5M-8.1K0.00117.53N/AN/A001,63225
2009-02-19$26.47$34.00100.0%28.7%34.1%59.9%0.0%-48.2%-78.6%59.9K-1.4M-7.8K0.20116.98N/AN/A51101,63225
2009-02-20$25.98$34.00128.5%36.8%33.2%80.3%0.0%4.3%-85.7%56.8K-1.2M-7.5K0.00116.56N/AN/A901,68335
2009-02-23$24.85$34.00119.3%34.2%36.2%73.7%0.0%-53.5%-95.0%49.0K-1.1M-6.7K1.00115.41N/AN/A30301,53920
2009-02-24$25.77$34.0057.4%16.4%38.5%29.3%0.0%57.8%14.6%58.6K-1.2M-7.6K0.00113.79N/AN/A0801,56950
2009-02-25$25.04$34.00122.5%35.1%39.0%76.0%0.0%-55.5%-89.1%33.9K-1.7M-8.2K0.00115.66N/AN/A2001,569130
2009-02-26$24.70$34.00127.6%36.6%36.1%79.6%0.0%-58.4%-112.9%49.2K-894.4K-7.1K0.00115.06N/AN/A0201,589130
2009-02-27$24.50$34.00134.5%38.6%35.0%84.6%0.0%-55.7%-116.6%46.2K-794.8K-6.6K0.00114.93N/AN/A401,589150