IWC Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, IWC traded between $56.08 and $58.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.7%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $58.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.24.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-05: Highest Volume — 38 contracts
  • 2013-03-07: Largest IV drop — 29.4% change
  • 2013-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 12.3%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.11$56.08$58.80$56.08$58.66
Max Pain$56.10$50.00$58.00$50.00$58.00
ATM IV12.7%8.9%16.8%15.4%12.3%
Expected Move3.9%3.3%4.6%4.4%3.5%
HV 20d12.2%8.1%13.9%13.9%8.2%
HV 60d13.4%12.2%13.9%13.7%12.2%
IV Rank6.8%0.0%12.3%9.5%6.6%
IV Percentile9.3%0.0%31.3%19.8%6.3%
Term Structure1.6%0.6%3.3%0.6%2.0%
VWIV15.3%13.4%18.6%13.4%18.6%
Skew 25d4.5%3.1%8.3%8.3%4.8%
Skew 10d6.5%-1.0%9.2%8.3%8.7%
Call IV 25d12.0%8.5%13.2%8.5%11.1%
Put IV 25d16.6%14.9%18.7%16.9%15.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %60.3341.58116.71116.7173.17
Gamma HHI0.290.160.440.240.16
Net GEX9.4K2.1K18.3K10.1K8.6K
Net DEX-194.5K-317.8K-43.9K-43.9K-205.3K
Net VEX-968-1.2K-586-703-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.240.0012.000.0012.00
Total Volume5.5503800
Total OI139.35111169117169

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$56.08$50.0015.4%4.4%13.9%9.5%0.0%8.3%0.6%10.1K-43.9K-7030.00116.71N/AN/A003978
2013-03-04$56.40$55.0016.8%4.6%13.6%12.3%0.0%6.6%1.3%10.6K-53.5K-6760.0060.70N/AN/A003978
2013-03-05$57.12$55.0012.3%4.0%13.4%3.3%0.0%4.2%1.6%9.6K-106.8K-5860.0067.07N/AN/A3803978
2013-03-06$57.34$55.0012.6%4.1%13.2%3.9%0.0%4.0%1.4%18.3K-231.7K-1.0K0.0069.04N/AN/A007778
2013-03-07$57.69$55.008.9%3.7%13.3%0.0%0.0%3.9%1.8%15.4K-254.4K-9760.0066.67N/AN/A007778
2013-03-08$58.27$55.009.3%3.8%13.2%0.8%0.0%3.5%2.0%11.1K-281.1K-9310.0069.53N/AN/A007778
2013-03-11$58.27$55.0010.9%3.9%13.2%3.8%0.0%3.1%1.9%9.6K-284.8K-9230.0080.12N/AN/A007778
2013-03-12$58.00$55.0012.8%4.0%13.4%7.6%0.0%3.8%2.1%9.9K-263.6K-9610.0041.58N/AN/A407778
2013-03-13$58.25$55.0011.0%3.8%13.4%4.1%13.4%4.3%1.9%9.6K-288.0K-9990.0044.32N/AN/A108178
2013-03-14$58.79$55.0011.5%3.3%13.6%5.0%0.0%3.3%2.7%10.0K-317.8K-9420.0056.84N/AN/A208278
2013-03-15$58.69$55.0011.6%3.3%13.7%5.2%13.8%4.0%3.3%9.3K-226.4K-9551.6751.43N/AN/A356778
2013-03-18$58.46$58.0014.4%4.1%13.8%10.6%16.6%4.9%1.5%6.5K-149.8K-9870.0043.82N/AN/A0105853
2013-03-19$58.37$58.0014.9%4.3%13.6%11.6%0.0%5.3%0.7%2.1K-118.4K-1.1K0.0042.25N/AN/A205863
2013-03-20$58.80$58.0013.0%3.7%12.2%8.0%0.0%4.0%1.6%2.9K-151.7K-1.0K0.0054.30N/AN/A206063
2013-03-21$58.46$58.0014.5%4.2%11.9%10.8%0.0%5.3%1.1%2.8K-140.0K-1.1K0.0048.56N/AN/A206263
2013-03-22$58.66$58.0013.5%3.9%11.6%8.8%0.0%4.1%0.9%5.2K-168.3K-1.0K0.0052.98N/AN/A806463
2013-03-25$58.71$58.0013.9%4.0%8.1%9.6%13.8%4.5%1.2%8.3K-189.6K-1.1K0.0054.51N/AN/A807263
2013-03-26$58.59$58.0013.1%3.8%8.3%8.2%0.0%5.1%0.8%14.2K-205.3K-1.1K0.0055.68N/AN/A008063
2013-03-27$58.63$58.0012.5%3.6%8.2%6.9%18.6%3.5%1.7%14.9K-210.1K-1.1K12.0057.25N/AN/A2248063
2013-03-28$58.66$58.0012.3%3.5%8.2%6.6%0.0%4.8%2.0%8.6K-205.3K-1.2K0.0073.17N/AN/A008287