WM Options History — July 2010

In July 2010, WM traded between $31.65 and $34.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 2.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $32.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2010-07-09: Highest Volume — 5,683 contracts
  • 2010-07-15: Largest IV spike — 36.8% change
  • 2010-07-15: Highest IV Rank — 3.6%
  • 2010-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.01$31.65$34.25$31.65$33.95
Max Pain$31.90$30.00$32.50$32.50$32.50
ATM IV20.1%15.8%23.7%22.6%15.8%
Expected Move6.2%4.5%7.3%6.5%4.5%
HV 20d19.5%16.3%24.5%24.5%16.7%
HV 60d23.1%22.3%23.5%22.3%22.7%
IV Rank2.6%1.4%3.6%3.3%1.4%
IV Percentile26.5%8.7%49.6%37.7%8.7%
Term Structure0.5%-1.4%4.8%4.0%1.6%
VWIV21.2%16.2%25.8%23.4%16.2%
Skew 25d5.2%2.3%7.0%7.0%2.3%
Skew 10d12.7%4.9%19.6%8.8%4.9%
Call IV 25d19.6%14.6%24.6%21.4%15.1%
Put IV 25d24.8%17.4%30.3%28.4%17.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.909.8723.4210.0916.23
Gamma HHI0.230.210.260.230.21
Net GEX3.5M2.2M4.9M2.2M4.8M
Net DEX-76.5M-103.2M-47.0M-47.4M-96.6M
Net VEX-743.0K-781.8K-693.8K-706.4K-774.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.041.470.100.13
Total Volume2,156.7624485,6832,804448
Total OI100,221.28690,589106,41199,930100,576

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-07-01$31.65$32.5022.6%6.5%24.5%3.3%23.4%7.0%4.0%2.2M-47.4M-706.4K0.1010.09N/AN/A2,54026474,93224,998
2010-07-02$31.81$32.5020.9%6.0%20.3%2.8%21.0%6.7%4.8%2.4M-50.5M-712.2K0.3312.79N/AN/A46715376,66125,118
2010-07-06$31.73$30.0022.5%7.3%20.2%3.2%25.8%5.6%0.1%2.4M-47.0M-693.8K0.2511.25N/AN/A71418276,74925,119
2010-07-07$32.48$30.0020.9%6.9%21.2%2.8%22.5%5.6%0.3%2.8M-61.6M-725.5K0.3215.01N/AN/A96130976,79125,148
2010-07-08$32.88$30.0018.7%6.7%21.6%2.2%23.9%6.1%0.5%3.1M-71.7M-730.5K0.1423.42N/AN/A1,40619077,30125,319
2010-07-09$32.78$30.0018.6%6.5%19.4%2.2%21.9%5.8%0.9%3.1M-68.4M-719.9K0.0422.58N/AN/A5,48519878,00725,254
2010-07-12$32.74$30.0021.3%7.0%19.4%2.9%23.4%5.4%-0.7%3.1M-70.9M-742.3K0.7022.27N/AN/A73351179,26225,376
2010-07-13$33.15$32.5019.6%7.0%19.9%2.5%22.1%5.9%-0.5%3.3M-82.1M-745.7K0.199.87N/AN/A1,19422679,96225,444
2010-07-14$33.06$32.5017.4%6.8%17.9%1.9%21.1%6.0%-0.3%3.3M-80.7M-744.9K0.1210.51N/AN/A1,58318780,23925,588
2010-07-15$33.18$32.5023.7%6.8%18.0%3.6%22.4%6.1%-0.5%3.2M-84.6M-744.9K0.3914.20N/AN/A1,03940580,23325,724
2010-07-16$32.44$32.5023.3%6.7%19.6%3.5%24.3%5.7%0.1%3.3M-62.5M-747.0K1.1118.96N/AN/A74882980,44925,962
2010-07-19$32.47$32.5022.1%6.3%19.5%3.2%21.9%5.5%0.7%3.0M-65.0M-732.3K0.0423.11N/AN/A4,82818968,48422,105
2010-07-20$32.68$32.5021.3%6.1%19.7%2.9%19.8%4.9%-0.6%3.4M-70.8M-729.9K0.3818.97N/AN/A2,17982470,54822,280
2010-07-21$32.61$32.5022.4%6.4%19.0%3.2%22.6%5.8%-1.4%3.5M-69.8M-732.0K0.2620.16N/AN/A73819471,77522,870
2010-07-22$33.35$32.5018.5%5.3%20.3%2.2%21.2%5.3%2.3%4.0M-83.6M-755.5K0.3621.48N/AN/A2,16977172,13922,963
2010-07-23$33.59$32.5018.5%5.3%19.3%2.2%18.7%4.2%0.2%4.2M-88.0M-754.6K1.4714.91N/AN/A9571,40372,97123,315
2010-07-26$34.12$32.5018.9%5.4%19.8%2.3%18.0%3.3%-0.7%4.4M-99.9M-778.2K0.1419.51N/AN/A1,76324973,29824,528
2010-07-27$34.13$32.5018.9%5.4%19.9%2.3%18.7%3.8%-0.1%4.5M-101.4M-774.5K0.3213.50N/AN/A85327573,62024,726
2010-07-28$34.12$32.5019.3%5.5%16.7%2.4%19.1%3.3%-0.2%4.5M-101.5M-781.8K0.0920.23N/AN/A5,06247774,09524,865
2010-07-29$34.25$32.5017.3%5.0%16.3%1.9%16.7%5.0%1.3%4.9M-103.2M-775.8K0.2415.83N/AN/A1,28230774,66025,193
2010-07-30$33.95$32.5015.8%4.5%16.7%1.4%16.2%2.3%1.6%4.8M-96.6M-774.7K0.1316.23N/AN/A3975175,22825,348