IWC Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, IWC traded between $45.24 and $48.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.5%, placing in the 8.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 18.2%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-27: Highest Volume — 57 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 21.9% change
  • 2012-01-17: Highest IV Rank — 14.2%
  • 2012-01-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.98$45.24$48.70$45.53$48.52
Max Pain$45.25$45.00$46.00$45.00$46.00
ATM IV22.5%19.6%26.9%24.9%20.2%
Expected Move6.7%5.6%7.9%7.1%5.8%
HV 20d18.2%11.5%26.3%26.3%11.7%
HV 60d32.6%27.6%36.5%36.5%27.6%
IV Rank8.4%4.6%14.2%11.6%5.3%
IV Percentile32.5%12.7%56.0%50.4%17.9%
Term Structure1.8%0.9%3.6%2.6%1.7%
VWIV22.5%16.7%28.6%25.8%16.7%
Skew 25d4.9%2.9%7.4%4.3%3.1%
Skew 10d7.7%5.2%10.8%8.1%5.2%
Call IV 25d22.3%19.0%26.1%25.3%20.2%
Put IV 25d27.2%22.6%31.8%29.7%23.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.4713.8177.2243.2627.37
Gamma HHI0.200.150.280.240.28
Net GEX6.6K-21.2K42.9K-16.1K42.9K
Net DEX-381.4K-672.1K-46.8K-82.6K-672.1K
Net VEX-3.1K-3.6K-2.7K-3.6K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.0010.000.000.00
Total Volume11.205702
Total OI482.95397533489493

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$45.53$45.0024.9%7.1%26.3%11.6%0.0%4.3%2.6%-16.1K-82.6K-3.6K0.0043.26N/AN/A00209280
2012-01-04$45.24$45.0025.6%7.3%25.7%12.5%0.0%4.7%3.6%-18.4K-46.8K-3.5K0.0041.65N/AN/A00209280
2012-01-05$45.37$45.0024.9%7.1%25.7%11.5%0.0%5.0%3.2%-17.9K-74.7K-3.5K0.0024.78N/AN/A00209280
2012-01-06$45.28$45.0022.7%7.9%25.8%8.7%0.0%5.8%0.9%-21.2K-64.5K-3.4K0.0023.71N/AN/A00209280
2012-01-09$45.67$45.0022.0%7.5%23.1%7.7%0.0%5.2%1.1%-19.1K-131.0K-3.3K0.0013.81N/AN/A00209280
2012-01-10$46.26$45.0021.3%7.4%20.9%6.8%0.0%5.6%0.9%-11.2K-235.7K-3.2K0.0015.10N/AN/A220209280
2012-01-11$46.55$45.0020.2%7.1%20.4%5.3%0.0%5.5%1.0%-2.1K-342.1K-3.3K0.0014.97N/AN/A160231280
2012-01-12$46.80$45.0024.6%7.0%18.5%11.1%25.8%4.9%1.3%6.9K-432.3K-3.3K0.0017.75N/AN/A04247280
2012-01-13$46.46$45.0026.4%7.6%18.9%13.5%0.0%7.2%1.5%6.4K-374.8K-3.3K0.0016.02N/AN/A00247284
2012-01-17$46.37$45.0026.9%7.7%18.9%14.2%28.6%7.4%1.1%7.8K-373.2K-3.1K0.0018.68N/AN/A430247284
2012-01-18$47.19$45.0024.4%7.0%19.6%10.8%0.0%6.1%1.6%20.4K-518.8K-3.0K0.0023.30N/AN/A50249284
2012-01-19$47.33$45.0023.3%6.7%17.9%9.4%0.0%5.7%1.9%18.3K-538.8K-2.9K0.0027.40N/AN/A08248284
2012-01-20$47.60$45.0020.2%5.8%13.3%5.3%0.0%4.2%2.9%14.4K-575.3K-2.9K0.0032.37N/AN/A30248284
2012-01-23$47.53$45.0019.8%5.7%13.3%4.9%0.0%4.4%2.3%15.2K-434.9K-2.8K0.0038.50N/AN/A10220178
2012-01-24$47.94$45.0020.3%5.8%13.5%5.5%23.6%3.2%2.2%15.4K-468.5K-2.7K10.0031.36N/AN/A110219178
2012-01-25$48.39$46.0020.8%6.0%13.6%6.2%0.0%4.3%1.6%14.1K-510.1K-2.7K3.5077.22N/AN/A27220188
2012-01-26$48.34$46.0020.8%6.0%13.6%6.1%20.5%3.9%1.8%14.7K-520.0K-2.7K1.3830.53N/AN/A1622222181
2012-01-27$48.70$46.0019.6%5.6%11.5%4.6%19.7%2.9%1.7%19.3K-574.6K-2.7K0.0035.51N/AN/A570238198
2012-01-30$48.49$46.0021.8%6.3%11.8%7.5%0.0%3.7%1.2%41.9K-657.9K-2.9K0.0036.11N/AN/A05295198
2012-01-31$48.52$46.0020.2%5.8%11.7%5.3%16.7%3.1%1.7%42.9K-672.1K-2.9K0.0027.37N/AN/A20295198