IWC Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, IWC traded between $50.64 and $52.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.2%, placing in the 11.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $49.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-28: Highest Volume — 17 contracts
  • 2012-12-12: Largest IV spike — 41.5% change
  • 2012-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 21.8%
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.43$50.64$52.44$50.95$52.32
Max Pain$49.31$49.00$51.00$49.00$51.00
ATM IV17.2%12.2%22.4%17.0%19.1%
Expected Move5.1%4.5%6.4%4.9%5.5%
HV 20d14.0%10.9%19.1%19.1%13.5%
HV 60d14.8%14.4%15.5%14.9%15.5%
IV Rank11.3%1.3%21.8%11.0%15.3%
IV Percentile20.6%0.4%72.6%14.7%38.5%
Term Structure1.0%-1.1%2.6%0.2%0.4%
VWIV19.7%17.0%21.8%17.0%21.8%
Skew 25d4.2%-1.0%7.3%3.7%3.2%
Skew 10d2.3%-2.2%8.1%3.8%3.9%
Call IV 25d14.9%11.7%17.9%11.8%16.4%
Put IV 25d19.1%14.3%24.8%15.5%19.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.3279.18116.35115.13107.61
Gamma HHI0.320.190.710.190.37
Net GEX23.7K-14.4K43.1K34.7K-14.4K
Net DEX-57.3K-246.7K189.3K-126.0K56.4K
Net VEX-460-728-274-728-362
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.000.500.500.00
Total Volume1.801700
Total OI183.353625124664

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$50.95$49.0017.0%4.9%19.1%11.0%0.0%3.7%0.2%34.7K-126.0K-7280.00115.13N/AN/A0015690
2012-12-04$51.04$49.0016.1%4.6%19.0%9.2%17.0%3.4%1.3%36.6K-134.3K-6800.50116.35N/AN/A2115690
2012-12-05$50.76$49.0016.5%4.7%18.9%9.9%0.0%3.8%1.6%36.2K-125.7K-6720.00114.49N/AN/A0015691
2012-12-06$50.79$49.0016.7%4.8%15.9%10.2%0.0%2.2%1.7%36.6K-114.2K-6630.00114.47N/AN/A0015691
2012-12-07$50.64$0.0015.3%5.1%14.8%7.4%0.0%2.7%0.6%38.6K-111.5K-6250.0079.18N/AN/A0015691
2012-12-10$50.88$0.0015.0%5.0%14.8%7.0%0.0%3.0%1.2%41.5K-129.2K-5480.0084.85N/AN/A0015691
2012-12-11$51.58$0.0012.2%4.6%15.4%1.3%0.0%4.1%1.4%38.4K-202.4K-4790.0083.05N/AN/A2015691
2012-12-12$51.20$0.0017.3%5.2%15.5%11.6%18.7%1.5%1.8%39.6K-171.3K-5290.0088.41N/AN/A0315791
2012-12-13$50.95$49.0018.0%5.2%13.1%13.0%0.0%7.0%1.6%40.9K-138.8K-5330.0086.17N/AN/A0015794
2012-12-14$51.03$49.0017.9%5.1%12.4%12.8%0.0%7.3%2.2%43.1K-151.0K-4840.0092.17N/AN/A0015794
2012-12-17$51.78$49.0015.8%4.5%13.0%8.5%0.0%6.6%2.0%37.0K-229.8K-4180.0094.00N/AN/A0015794
2012-12-18$52.44$49.0017.0%4.9%10.9%10.8%0.0%4.0%0.2%22.1K-246.7K-3350.0099.50N/AN/A0014594
2012-12-19$51.97$49.0017.1%4.9%11.7%11.2%0.0%5.7%0.6%20.3K186.5K-3190.0091.06N/AN/A006494
2012-12-20$52.32$49.0017.2%4.9%11.7%11.4%0.0%3.9%0.5%16.0K170.3K-3050.0093.52N/AN/A006494
2012-12-21$51.95$49.0016.4%4.7%11.9%9.8%0.0%-1.0%2.6%26.0K189.3K-3050.00105.03N/AN/A006494
2012-12-24$51.79$49.0018.5%5.3%12.0%13.9%0.0%4.9%-0.1%-3.4K23.2K-2810.0089.96N/AN/A00828
2012-12-26$51.56$49.0016.8%4.8%12.2%10.6%21.0%4.4%2.0%-3.6K24.1K-2740.0098.68N/AN/A07828
2012-12-27$51.48$50.0020.8%6.0%12.2%18.8%20.0%6.6%-0.7%-5.2K36.8K-3180.0090.54N/AN/A04835
2012-12-28$51.21$51.0022.4%6.4%11.2%21.8%21.8%6.9%-1.1%-6.6K47.9K-3360.0082.18N/AN/A017839
2012-12-31$52.32$51.0019.1%5.5%13.5%15.3%0.0%3.2%0.4%-14.4K56.4K-3620.00107.61N/AN/A00856