IWC Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, IWC traded between $50.19 and $52.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.7%, placing in the 12.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 20.6%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 12.46.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-08: Highest Volume — 2,684 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 23.3% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 21.4%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.24$50.19$52.42$50.45$51.86
Max Pain$49.05$43.00$51.00$51.00$50.00
ATM IV21.7%19.1%26.5%23.6%22.1%
Expected Move6.4%5.7%7.6%6.8%6.3%
HV 20d20.6%16.7%22.7%22.7%18.6%
HV 60d17.0%16.0%17.7%17.7%17.3%
IV Rank12.6%7.8%21.4%16.0%13.3%
IV Percentile26.4%7.1%50.4%37.3%32.1%
Term Structure1.8%0.1%3.1%0.8%1.4%
VWIV23.3%20.1%28.6%23.2%20.1%
Skew 25d6.0%4.6%7.6%7.1%7.3%
Skew 10d10.9%8.6%17.2%10.1%12.7%
Call IV 25d20.0%18.6%23.2%19.5%19.4%
Put IV 25d26.0%23.8%30.8%26.6%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.5420.3181.1027.6226.52
Gamma HHI0.450.200.640.200.63
Net GEX-216.3K-551.9K255.3K216.8K-512.3K
Net DEX-2.3M-5.5M2.2M-4.5M-1.9M
Net VEX-19.0K-26.1K-8.2K-9.4K-20.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio12.460.00190.710.000.00
Total Volume211.73722,684108134
Total OI3,638.1051,6524,6921,6524,378

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$50.45$51.0023.6%6.8%22.7%16.0%23.2%7.1%0.8%216.8K-4.5M-9.4K0.0027.62N/AN/A10801,469183
2011-02-02$50.38$51.0023.5%6.7%22.0%15.8%25.7%5.8%1.1%239.6K-4.6M-9.6K0.0033.25N/AN/A0151,534183
2011-02-03$50.46$51.0022.0%6.3%21.3%13.1%21.4%5.1%1.9%233.8K-4.7M-9.5K1.1531.70N/AN/A13151,534198
2011-02-04$50.37$43.0020.0%6.7%21.3%9.5%24.2%6.4%1.5%255.3K-4.7M-9.1K0.0027.49N/AN/A01541,547199
2011-02-07$51.06$43.0020.3%6.5%21.8%9.9%21.1%6.3%1.6%245.9K-5.2M-8.7K0.0021.28N/AN/A2501,547243
2011-02-08$51.30$43.0019.1%6.3%21.8%7.8%23.3%5.8%2.1%250.3K-5.5M-8.2K190.7131.93N/AN/A142,6701,563243
2011-02-09$51.09$50.0019.6%6.5%21.7%8.6%23.9%5.7%1.4%-425.7K-106.0K-25.0K1.1427.37N/AN/A63721,5772,902
2011-02-10$51.15$50.0022.3%6.4%21.4%13.6%25.2%5.9%2.0%-407.8K-317.7K-25.1K0.2529.06N/AN/A1641,6202,924
2011-02-11$51.69$50.0019.9%5.7%21.8%9.3%23.7%5.2%3.1%-392.8K-1.8M-23.0K16.0022.75N/AN/A5801,6352,924
2011-02-14$51.85$50.0020.5%5.9%21.6%10.4%21.1%5.1%2.6%-390.2K-2.1M-21.6K0.0025.67N/AN/A46701,6302,982
2011-02-15$51.54$50.0020.7%5.9%21.7%10.6%22.3%5.4%2.7%-389.2K-1.2M-26.1K0.5027.17N/AN/A211,7042,982
2011-02-16$51.89$50.0020.1%5.8%17.9%9.7%20.3%5.2%3.0%-354.7K-2.1M-24.6K0.0020.31N/AN/A1601,7062,983
2011-02-17$52.33$50.0020.6%5.9%16.9%10.6%0.0%4.6%2.7%-307.8K-3.2M-22.9K0.0026.86N/AN/A201,7092,983
2011-02-18$52.42$50.0020.9%6.0%16.7%11.1%24.0%4.7%2.9%-304.5K-3.4M-22.5K0.0026.15N/AN/A2701,7092,983
2011-02-22$51.04$50.0025.8%7.4%19.7%20.0%28.6%6.5%0.5%-490.6K428.0K-24.4K0.1539.43N/AN/A2031,4762,835
2011-02-23$50.19$50.0026.5%7.6%20.7%21.4%27.3%7.6%0.1%-510.7K2.2M-24.8K1.5225.46N/AN/A21321,4962,835
2011-02-24$50.59$50.0023.9%6.9%19.9%16.7%22.4%7.1%1.2%-551.9K1.3M-24.3K0.0029.11N/AN/A201,4972,857
2011-02-25$51.81$50.0021.5%6.2%21.6%12.2%22.1%7.3%0.9%-513.2K-1.5M-21.5K0.3181.10N/AN/A32101,4972,857
2011-02-28$51.86$50.0022.1%6.3%18.6%13.3%20.1%7.3%1.4%-512.3K-1.9M-20.3K0.0026.52N/AN/A13401,5212,857