W Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, W traded between $53.28 and $73.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 92.4%, placing in the 61.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 32.7% (HV 20d: 125.1%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.34.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-03: Highest Volume — 65,277 contracts
  • 2022-08-04: Largest IV drop — 22.0% change
  • 2022-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 87.9%
  • 2022-08-03: Largest Expected Move — 38.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$61.37$53.28$73.75$57.09$53.58
Max Pain$75.00$60.00$85.00$60.00$75.00
ATM IV92.4%84.7%113.6%110.8%88.8%
Expected Move27.0%24.2%38.9%35.4%25.7%
HV 20d125.1%89.5%148.9%106.2%132.6%
HV 60d116.8%109.6%123.9%123.9%116.9%
IV Rank61.6%52.1%87.9%84.4%57.2%
IV Percentile64.6%52.8%93.3%89.7%57.1%
Term Structure-1.0%-5.6%1.4%-4.5%0.1%
VWIV98.1%86.1%153.2%125.3%94.1%
Skew 25d4.5%-2.1%13.1%13.0%6.0%
Skew 10d9.3%-4.5%31.0%31.0%12.9%
Call IV 25d92.5%85.1%109.8%104.2%87.9%
Put IV 25d97.0%88.5%121.3%117.2%93.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.5021.4958.2540.2023.31
Gamma HHI0.090.060.180.080.08
Net GEX-11.2K-2.2M3.1M244.8K-1.9M
Net DEX61.8M-78.7M164.2M65.0M146.6M
Net VEX-1.4M-1.8M-1.1M-1.5M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.340.463.551.292.16
Total Volume21,467.6525,60665,27726,95016,639
Total OI246,516.913188,404292,114252,988201,144

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$57.09$60.00110.8%35.4%106.2%84.4%125.3%13.0%-4.5%244.8K65.0M-1.5M1.2940.20N/AN/A11,75115,199150,355102,633
2022-08-02$57.58$60.00113.6%37.7%89.5%87.9%135.8%11.3%-5.5%187.0K56.5M-1.6M3.5537.04N/AN/A5,63619,999149,972107,034
2022-08-03$65.91$60.00113.3%38.9%100.4%87.5%153.2%13.1%-5.6%1.2M-27.4M-1.8M2.8831.70N/AN/A16,80648,471150,656111,298
2022-08-04$62.90$85.0088.4%24.5%97.7%56.7%88.8%6.3%-0.2%237.3K34.6M-1.7M1.1148.47N/AN/A21,97124,291156,083136,031
2022-08-05$62.30$80.0089.0%25.0%96.4%57.4%91.5%4.7%-1.9%-382.6K27.2M-1.6M1.0550.90N/AN/A14,79115,473158,843132,693
2022-08-08$71.69$80.0092.1%25.8%100.1%61.2%98.7%2.9%-1.3%2.1M-78.7M-1.8M0.7544.24N/AN/A27,48020,633151,773110,012
2022-08-09$59.85$80.0094.0%26.5%122.4%63.6%94.9%3.7%-1.2%-1.1M114.2M-1.4M1.0748.84N/AN/A8,0768,659148,609118,402
2022-08-10$64.38$80.0086.3%24.7%124.4%54.0%87.8%1.1%-0.0%184.4K47.6M-1.5M0.9857.18N/AN/A5,9825,834151,184118,792
2022-08-11$64.31$80.0089.6%25.3%123.7%58.2%89.7%0.2%-1.1%330.4K43.4M-1.5M0.9453.67N/AN/A15,72414,831153,654120,133
2022-08-12$68.08$80.0085.6%24.2%124.2%53.1%86.1%2.8%-2.2%876.6K-2.3M-1.6M0.8456.95N/AN/A4,6613,894157,024124,020
2022-08-15$68.49$75.0084.7%24.2%124.2%52.1%88.9%3.4%0.7%1.7M-1.6M-1.5M2.0958.25N/AN/A2,5895,412148,851115,634
2022-08-16$73.75$75.0089.6%25.6%125.6%58.1%91.6%-2.1%-0.9%2.5M-78.3M-1.6M0.8640.54N/AN/A13,05111,228149,931117,824
2022-08-17$70.00$75.0086.9%24.9%127.6%54.8%89.1%0.3%-0.1%3.1M-19.0M-1.5M1.3538.32N/AN/A3,3694,563154,313121,231
2022-08-18$71.17$80.0087.8%25.2%127.6%55.9%91.0%1.9%0.0%3.1M-40.7M-1.5M0.6542.66N/AN/A6,5004,194155,267122,252
2022-08-19$56.65$75.0094.7%27.3%148.7%64.5%96.9%4.1%-1.6%-1.6M164.2M-1.2M1.3255.61N/AN/A16,73522,123159,732124,035
2022-08-22$53.93$75.0095.6%27.0%148.9%65.7%98.0%3.7%-0.4%-1.4M129.2M-1.2M1.3741.26N/AN/A7,64310,48398,29090,114
2022-08-23$54.27$75.0091.1%25.9%145.2%60.1%93.2%4.2%-0.4%-1.6M143.7M-1.2M1.1329.33N/AN/A3,5193,983100,04897,505
2022-08-24$55.48$75.0089.6%25.4%142.0%58.1%91.5%3.7%0.9%-1.4M132.6M-1.2M1.3029.56N/AN/A7,1409,269100,93598,726
2022-08-25$57.48$75.0088.4%25.2%141.1%56.7%91.6%3.9%0.4%-1.1M118.8M-1.3M1.2732.01N/AN/A4,3085,468103,562100,373
2022-08-26$53.28$75.0087.8%24.8%143.9%56.0%89.7%5.9%1.4%-1.7M160.2M-1.2M0.9526.32N/AN/A5,2024,953104,773103,091
2022-08-29$54.73$75.0089.8%25.8%142.3%58.4%95.6%5.0%-0.2%-1.6M135.0M-1.2M1.4121.49N/AN/A3,9955,62297,43996,438
2022-08-30$54.67$75.0087.7%25.2%142.2%55.8%92.5%4.4%1.1%-2.2M151.7M-1.1M0.4623.59N/AN/A3,8531,753100,02299,158
2022-08-31$53.58$75.0088.8%25.7%132.6%57.2%94.1%6.0%0.1%-1.9M146.6M-1.1M2.1623.31N/AN/A5,26211,377101,31899,826