IWC Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, IWC traded between $72.06 and $78.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.4%, placing in the 53.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 21.0%). Max pain ranged from $66.00 to $78.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 22.82.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-03: Highest Volume — 5,264 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 14.4% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.50$72.06$78.71$72.41$78.20
Max Pain$70.84$66.00$78.00$78.00$78.00
ATM IV17.4%14.4%24.8%24.8%16.4%
Expected Move5.1%4.2%7.1%7.1%4.7%
HV 20d21.0%18.0%22.6%21.2%18.0%
HV 60d16.5%16.1%16.8%16.7%16.3%
IV Rank53.3%35.0%100.0%100.0%47.6%
IV Percentile64.6%34.1%100.0%100.0%62.3%
Term Structure0.7%-1.9%1.8%-1.9%0.5%
VWIV18.2%12.6%22.9%22.6%17.0%
Skew 25d5.2%4.3%8.1%8.1%5.1%
Skew 10d11.1%8.3%13.1%13.1%8.3%
Call IV 25d15.8%13.8%20.7%20.7%14.6%
Put IV 25d21.0%18.1%28.8%28.8%19.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.5924.3652.9052.9029.37
Gamma HHI0.550.100.770.510.69
Net GEX-1.8M-4.8M28.3K-600.9K-796.3K
Net DEX11.1M-518.4K21.4M20.9M3.3M
Net VEX-15.1K-26.2K-7.0K-12.7K-19.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio22.820.03174.47174.470.50
Total Volume536.15895,2645,26445
Total OI4,304.2116587,0543,6702,121

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$72.41$78.0024.8%7.1%21.2%100.0%22.6%8.1%-1.9%-600.9K20.9M-12.7K174.4752.90N/AN/A305,2342943,376
2014-02-04$72.96$78.0021.4%6.1%21.5%78.8%21.5%6.2%-0.3%-1.9M19.3M-26.2K1.5426.33N/AN/A13202664,654
2014-02-05$72.06$78.0022.8%6.5%21.5%87.2%12.6%5.7%-0.4%-1.8M21.4M-24.6K0.0024.36N/AN/A04172694,668
2014-02-06$72.45$78.0021.3%6.1%21.6%78.4%22.8%5.5%-0.1%-1.9M19.1M-23.0K0.5027.95N/AN/A1472694,413
2014-02-07$73.29$66.0018.3%5.4%21.9%59.1%22.9%5.9%0.5%-2.0M16.2M-20.9K0.0042.16N/AN/A092834,325
2014-02-10$73.87$66.0016.4%5.2%21.8%47.0%0.0%5.7%0.8%-1.9M14.9M-17.7K0.0028.38N/AN/A0122834,326
2014-02-11$74.61$66.0015.2%4.9%21.7%39.6%17.5%5.1%1.2%-1.6M12.5M-14.6K0.0931.36N/AN/A2222834,331
2014-02-12$74.63$66.0014.4%4.8%21.2%35.0%18.6%5.0%1.6%-1.6M12.3M-13.5K10.7133.45N/AN/A171823054,329
2014-02-13$75.54$66.0016.0%4.6%21.4%44.4%19.7%5.4%1.6%-1.3M10.1M-10.7K56.6431.23N/AN/A251,4163124,330
2014-02-14$75.76$68.0015.6%4.5%21.5%42.1%0.0%5.2%1.7%-3.1M14.5M-14.0K0.0037.78N/AN/A07003355,678
2014-02-18$76.74$68.0015.8%4.5%22.0%43.2%18.7%4.3%1.3%-4.7M11.5M-13.1K0.0333.48N/AN/A5823356,378
2014-02-19$75.95$68.0017.5%5.0%21.9%54.2%17.6%4.8%0.9%-4.8M16.3M-11.2K2.5435.47N/AN/A812063736,380
2014-02-20$77.08$68.0016.4%4.7%22.6%47.5%17.4%4.6%1.1%-4.2M8.4M-10.2K0.0934.63N/AN/A113104256,581
2014-02-21$77.07$68.0016.1%4.6%22.6%45.7%16.9%4.8%1.8%-1.7M8.4M-8.0K0.4234.44N/AN/A33144636,591
2014-02-24$77.70$68.0015.5%4.5%20.3%41.8%14.9%4.8%0.6%-87.3K79.5K-7.0K0.0336.45N/AN/A37213175483
2014-02-25$77.51$70.0015.5%4.4%19.3%41.6%16.5%4.7%0.7%8.8K-312.9K-10.8K0.3636.31N/AN/A145543496
2014-02-26$78.02$70.0015.6%4.5%19.0%42.5%15.7%4.4%0.6%28.3K-518.4K-11.0K90.9137.87N/AN/A111,000557501
2014-02-27$78.71$78.0014.7%4.2%18.2%36.5%15.9%4.4%1.0%-759.4K2.5M-18.7K3.5043.31N/AN/A20705481,501
2014-02-28$78.20$78.0016.4%4.7%18.0%47.6%17.0%5.1%0.5%-796.3K3.3M-19.2K0.5029.37N/AN/A30155501,571