W Options History — May 2022

In May 2022, W traded between $45.93 and $91.16. ATM implied volatility averaged 104.2%, placing in the 83.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 32.3% (HV 20d: 136.4%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $155.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2022-05-05: Highest Volume — 48,390 contracts
  • 2022-05-09: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2022-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 37.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.99$45.93$91.16$85.74$58.84
Max Pain$110.00$80.00$155.00$130.00$80.00
ATM IV104.2%90.3%117.1%113.6%92.5%
Expected Move30.8%26.1%37.6%37.6%27.9%
HV 20d136.4%96.1%157.4%97.8%151.1%
HV 60d104.2%84.3%114.6%84.5%114.4%
IV Rank83.1%63.9%100.0%96.5%67.0%
IV Percentile93.2%79.8%100.0%98.8%81.3%
Term Structure-1.1%-5.8%5.4%-1.3%-4.2%
VWIV108.9%91.0%134.3%130.0%99.6%
Skew 25d14.7%10.1%18.7%17.1%12.3%
Skew 10d28.6%23.5%32.0%25.9%28.9%
Call IV 25d98.2%84.6%112.5%105.3%88.6%
Put IV 25d112.9%96.2%128.1%122.4%100.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.0734.2575.7736.1650.54
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.080.14
Net GEX-857.3K-2.8M1.4M-1.0M1.4M
Net DEX353.0M147.6M522.6M378.9M176.6M
Net VEX-1.6M-3.1M-987.8K-2.9M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.481.751.280.75
Total Volume23,883.95213,72048,39014,35715,045
Total OI241,908.857210,920264,306210,920245,912

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-05-02$85.74$130.00113.6%37.6%97.8%96.5%130.0%17.1%-1.3%-1.0M378.9M-2.9M1.2836.16N/AN/A6,2918,066106,142104,778
2022-05-03$88.84$120.00110.6%37.3%96.1%92.5%134.3%17.8%-2.6%-1.0M369.2M-3.0M1.3337.25N/AN/A5,8937,827108,345107,738
2022-05-04$91.16$120.00110.8%37.5%97.1%92.7%130.9%18.7%-5.8%-951.0K356.9M-3.1M1.0234.25N/AN/A14,85815,108109,595109,217
2022-05-05$68.53$155.0096.5%26.9%136.7%73.2%91.0%15.2%0.1%-2.8M522.6M-1.7M1.5664.06N/AN/A18,88729,503117,608116,568
2022-05-06$66.32$140.0099.7%29.4%134.6%77.5%112.6%16.9%-0.2%-2.4M487.5M-1.8M1.7560.97N/AN/A14,18124,854128,566121,493
2022-05-09$62.45$135.00112.9%32.0%134.6%95.5%110.5%17.1%1.7%-1.4M439.0M-1.7M1.3758.46N/AN/A7,99010,966119,172113,893
2022-05-10$58.34$130.00112.9%31.8%134.2%95.5%114.2%17.3%-0.4%-1.4M443.7M-1.5M1.3558.80N/AN/A11,37115,308122,363116,138
2022-05-11$52.87$125.00116.1%32.8%135.9%99.9%115.1%15.7%-1.3%-1.4M434.0M-1.3M1.1461.74N/AN/A11,03212,592125,965118,709
2022-05-12$54.60$120.00117.1%33.2%131.5%100.0%116.8%13.0%-1.9%-1.3M407.7M-1.4M0.7963.41N/AN/A11,9369,409129,531116,326
2022-05-13$57.36$115.00103.6%30.2%134.8%81.9%108.2%14.1%3.0%-1.6M420.8M-1.5M0.7264.70N/AN/A12,7889,208133,420118,901
2022-05-16$50.75$110.00104.3%29.9%137.8%82.9%107.0%14.0%-5.5%-1.3M415.7M-1.1M1.0369.75N/AN/A10,06310,354128,617114,899
2022-05-17$54.64$105.0097.5%28.0%140.4%73.7%96.7%12.8%-2.6%-1.4M416.2M-1.2M0.6375.77N/AN/A16,82610,680131,281117,161
2022-05-18$47.53$100.00106.9%30.6%144.4%86.3%107.3%15.2%5.4%-1.1M403.1M-987.8K0.6743.93N/AN/A21,14314,157137,987118,483
2022-05-19$49.79$100.00103.4%29.7%147.2%81.6%101.3%12.0%-1.5%-594.5K334.1M-1.3M0.7074.49N/AN/A13,0899,198149,767110,132
2022-05-20$51.27$90.00102.1%29.6%147.3%79.9%105.3%13.5%-3.6%-133.3K323.9M-1.3M1.6162.84N/AN/A9,49715,258153,736110,570
2022-05-23$50.02$90.0099.1%29.3%147.3%75.8%104.1%16.0%-1.1%-370.9K254.3M-1.2M0.7345.81N/AN/A9,7677,092136,91696,697
2022-05-24$45.93$90.00102.9%30.7%148.8%81.0%104.1%15.1%-2.2%-488.3K260.7M-1.1M0.5246.54N/AN/A13,3606,938141,07697,637
2022-05-25$49.92$90.0099.7%29.3%153.5%76.6%103.8%13.0%-0.6%-13.6K232.7M-1.3M0.6550.98N/AN/A13,0648,456144,44897,606
2022-05-26$56.00$85.0095.3%27.5%156.8%70.8%98.0%10.1%-2.9%845.1K187.2M-1.6M0.4844.78N/AN/A15,8027,581148,173100,062
2022-05-27$58.80$80.0090.3%26.1%157.4%63.9%96.9%11.7%4.7%321.9K147.6M-1.7M0.6351.17N/AN/A9,8826,243152,976101,482
2022-05-31$58.84$80.0092.5%27.9%151.1%67.0%99.6%12.3%-4.2%1.4M176.6M-1.6M0.7550.54N/AN/A8,5946,451147,38798,525