W Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, W traded between $235.61 and $333.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 72.9%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 71.4%). Max pain ranged from $260.00 to $300.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-14: Highest Volume — 80,661 contracts
  • 2021-01-25: Largest IV spike — 18.1% change
  • 2021-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 27.7%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 22.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$278.75$235.61$333.73$235.61$271.70
Max Pain$281.45$260.00$300.00$260.00$297.50
ATM IV72.9%59.0%98.5%66.3%95.5%
Expected Move19.4%17.2%22.8%18.4%21.4%
HV 20d71.4%59.3%83.7%59.3%74.3%
HV 60d80.5%76.5%85.2%76.6%80.9%
IV Rank16.6%10.5%27.7%14.8%25.8%
IV Percentile36.1%6.0%81.3%25.8%79.8%
Term Structure1.1%-6.1%13.5%2.4%-3.1%
VWIV68.8%59.8%80.8%64.9%76.9%
Skew 25d2.2%-2.8%12.9%0.7%12.9%
Skew 10d3.9%-7.1%28.5%3.0%13.2%
Call IV 25d71.5%58.9%90.7%67.4%80.9%
Put IV 25d73.7%59.6%100.0%68.1%93.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.9134.0457.1647.4245.53
Gamma HHI0.050.030.090.070.05
Net GEX1.8M-5.7M12.0M571.7K-5.5M
Net DEX-1.10B-2.57B-458.7M-741.2M-458.7M
Net VEX-6.7M-8.2M-5.7M-5.7M-7.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.302.570.301.72
Total Volume18,268.1055,06680,66113,63710,504
Total OI188,411.158149,056241,264204,411170,922

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$235.61$260.0066.3%18.4%59.3%14.8%64.9%0.7%2.4%571.7K-741.2M-5.7M0.3047.42N/AN/A10,5223,115101,784102,627
2021-01-05$240.45$270.0064.6%18.3%59.8%13.7%63.9%1.6%-0.5%3.6M-890.0M-5.7M0.4249.17N/AN/A4,5701,899105,751103,562
2021-01-06$241.51$260.0062.2%17.8%59.7%12.3%62.6%2.6%1.0%4.5M-911.6M-5.7M1.1954.26N/AN/A2,6123,107106,651103,962
2021-01-07$250.35$260.0059.0%17.2%60.1%10.5%59.8%0.7%1.4%7.0M-1.11B-5.7M0.5057.16N/AN/A6,6763,353107,075104,924
2021-01-08$257.77$260.0064.6%17.9%60.4%13.7%63.9%-2.8%-2.9%8.0M-1.26B-5.8M0.6256.41N/AN/A9,5045,861105,957106,059
2021-01-11$259.24$270.0064.8%18.4%60.0%13.8%66.6%-0.6%-1.3%5.8M-1.27B-5.7M1.1050.52N/AN/A2,4142,652101,885101,572
2021-01-12$281.02$270.0069.1%19.2%65.8%16.4%68.0%-0.4%-2.4%9.9M-1.73B-5.7M0.8247.02N/AN/A8,3846,842102,211102,656
2021-01-13$307.04$260.0063.1%18.9%70.7%12.9%66.9%1.4%1.9%11.3M-2.17B-5.8M0.8140.97N/AN/A14,51811,746102,136106,036
2021-01-14$333.73$260.0071.3%20.1%72.4%17.7%70.9%-1.6%-2.9%12.0M-2.57B-6.1M0.7540.69N/AN/A46,20534,456103,996113,313
2021-01-15$299.56$290.0071.8%19.3%83.7%18.0%68.1%0.4%-6.1%-18.3K-1.65B-6.6M1.0848.14N/AN/A16,60017,988111,540129,724
2021-01-19$299.70$290.0068.8%19.7%82.6%16.2%69.4%1.3%11.0%-969.0K-951.7M-6.8M1.2135.06N/AN/A7,3778,92075,57273,484
2021-01-20$294.17$300.0066.9%19.2%82.5%14.1%68.3%1.9%9.6%-2.8M-861.8M-6.8M2.5734.04N/AN/A5,34913,76677,69677,989
2021-01-21$293.30$300.0068.8%19.0%82.5%14.8%67.4%0.9%13.5%-4.9M-807.7M-7.6M0.6936.50N/AN/A9,6376,65579,26686,967
2021-01-22$299.01$300.0070.1%18.9%82.7%12.4%67.8%0.9%11.0%378.4K-907.4M-7.8M1.3240.95N/AN/A9,20812,15182,17088,595
2021-01-25$294.42$300.0082.8%20.2%75.3%17.9%71.4%2.7%-3.3%-1.9M-822.4M-7.6M0.6234.62N/AN/A8,0174,95072,05781,225
2021-01-26$280.56$300.0087.5%20.4%77.2%20.6%74.0%7.5%-3.0%-3.8M-624.2M-7.6M1.2044.54N/AN/A7,0848,48675,21182,602
2021-01-27$276.27$300.0098.5%22.8%74.0%27.7%80.8%11.3%-5.5%-3.4M-575.2M-7.8M1.0145.50N/AN/A7,4457,53977,53784,552
2021-01-28$280.83$300.0089.0%21.0%73.3%21.6%75.9%-0.4%-0.3%-5.7M-597.9M-8.2M1.1644.85N/AN/A3,2343,74880,79789,749
2021-01-29$271.70$297.5095.5%21.4%74.3%25.8%76.9%12.9%-3.1%-5.5M-458.7M-7.9M1.7245.53N/AN/A3,8666,63881,44189,481