W Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, W traded between $32.00 and $36.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.9%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.3% (HV 20d: 39.7%). Max pain ranged from $35.50 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-07: Highest Volume — 19,013 contracts
  • 2016-11-08: Largest IV drop — 31.9% change
  • 2016-11-07: Highest IV Rank — 57.4%
  • 2016-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 25.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.44$32.00$36.86$32.39$36.51
Max Pain$39.57$35.50$40.00$35.50$40.00
ATM IV53.9%44.4%79.4%72.3%45.8%
Expected Move15.7%12.8%25.1%25.0%13.9%
HV 20d39.7%26.1%49.3%27.6%49.3%
HV 60d38.4%32.9%54.2%54.2%41.1%
IV Rank16.9%1.9%57.4%46.2%4.1%
IV Percentile25.2%2.4%83.3%69.8%6.0%
Term Structure-1.0%-5.7%0.6%-2.0%0.1%
VWIV53.9%45.1%87.4%86.3%48.8%
Skew 25d4.4%0.2%11.6%3.4%5.1%
Skew 10d6.1%-26.6%28.5%5.1%28.5%
Call IV 25d52.5%44.3%77.2%67.8%44.6%
Put IV 25d56.9%47.8%78.8%71.2%49.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.0145.6082.7645.6078.27
Gamma HHI0.180.080.660.090.11
Net GEX586.0K-410.4K2.5M18.1K15.0K
Net DEX991.9K-23.3M15.6M13.6M-4.3M
Net VEX-87.6K-101.9K-71.1K-91.0K-83.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.501.350.571.00
Total Volume7,903.2863,98019,0135,5684,790
Total OI34,814.8117,48655,49630,88324,240

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$32.39$35.5072.3%25.0%27.6%46.2%86.3%3.4%-2.0%18.1K13.6M-91.0K0.5745.60N/AN/A3,5552,01318,29712,586
2016-11-02$32.00$35.5071.2%25.1%26.1%44.3%87.4%5.8%-4.7%-17.8K15.6M-86.2K0.9265.32N/AN/A3,5883,30318,52912,891
2016-11-03$32.30$40.0071.5%20.1%26.8%44.9%55.8%8.5%-1.6%51.1K13.7M-87.6K0.9069.23N/AN/A3,4233,07518,69313,129
2016-11-04$32.53$40.0078.4%19.2%26.2%55.8%69.1%1.6%-2.1%40.6K11.8M-88.5K0.5462.09N/AN/A10,4775,61018,75313,219
2016-11-07$33.93$40.0079.4%21.0%31.6%57.4%71.3%11.6%-5.7%364.0K1.4M-101.9K0.7865.77N/AN/A10,7058,30821,41714,668
2016-11-08$32.42$40.0054.1%15.8%32.8%17.2%52.7%0.2%0.5%376.3K15.3M-88.5K1.1151.67N/AN/A6,2946,99629,73721,067
2016-11-09$33.81$40.0049.4%14.0%36.4%9.9%45.1%8.6%-0.2%1.4M1.5M-96.5K0.6082.76N/AN/A6,8714,10632,13421,251
2016-11-10$35.59$40.0048.4%13.8%41.4%8.2%48.1%4.3%0.0%2.5M-23.3M-101.7K0.6075.15N/AN/A7,8744,73132,88821,623
2016-11-11$35.71$40.0047.4%13.6%40.4%6.7%45.9%5.7%-0.5%1.2M-21.8M-98.4K0.7853.16N/AN/A5,4954,30833,28922,207
2016-11-14$36.07$40.0048.1%13.8%40.5%7.9%47.9%3.1%0.1%1.3M-10.4M-98.9K1.0567.57N/AN/A2,8092,94924,37617,928
2016-11-15$36.86$40.0048.4%13.9%40.7%8.2%49.0%4.4%-2.4%1.4M-16.8M-96.5K0.7461.76N/AN/A3,1232,30824,60418,185
2016-11-16$36.74$40.0046.7%13.4%40.6%5.5%45.1%4.2%-0.7%1.5M-15.9M-95.2K0.8059.08N/AN/A2,8322,25724,84818,388
2016-11-17$35.63$40.0046.1%13.2%41.9%4.5%47.6%2.4%-0.6%1.5M-7.2M-90.3K0.5074.57N/AN/A4,4562,22924,88418,506
2016-11-18$33.53$40.0048.1%13.9%46.9%7.7%49.8%0.8%-2.0%1.1M13.2M-80.2K0.6648.38N/AN/A4,8043,15624,64418,544
2016-11-21$33.54$40.0046.8%13.3%46.8%5.6%46.0%4.3%0.2%-113.6K8.6M-71.1K0.8164.51N/AN/A2,2721,8428,6218,865
2016-11-22$34.95$40.0045.2%12.9%47.8%3.1%45.9%5.7%0.6%65.7K5.0M-74.6K0.9969.64N/AN/A2,0552,0419,3169,075
2016-11-23$35.01$40.0044.4%12.8%47.1%1.9%45.9%2.2%0.1%112.0K3.9M-75.8K1.0468.40N/AN/A1,9532,0279,5849,491
2016-11-25$35.02$40.0045.5%13.2%46.7%3.5%46.9%2.9%0.0%-410.4K4.3M-76.2K0.8070.01N/AN/A2,5222,0219,64810,029
2016-11-28$34.10$40.0047.7%14.1%47.4%7.2%49.2%2.2%-0.4%-82.4K7.8M-75.6K0.9377.83N/AN/A4,5364,2368,6569,102
2016-11-29$34.69$40.0047.0%14.0%47.7%6.1%48.7%5.1%-0.1%33.6K4.7M-81.2K1.3575.39N/AN/A1,7072,31211,53111,668
2016-11-30$36.51$40.0045.8%13.9%49.3%4.1%48.8%5.1%0.1%15.0K-4.3M-83.2K1.0078.27N/AN/A2,3972,39311,69112,549