WM Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, WM traded between $32.15 and $33.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 11.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 10.0%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-06: Highest Volume — 28,047 contracts
  • 2012-06-21: Largest IV spike — 27.0% change
  • 2012-06-04: Highest IV Rank — 17.7%
  • 2012-06-04: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.43$32.15$33.40$32.16$33.40
Max Pain$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV17.6%13.1%20.8%20.5%14.1%
Expected Move5.0%3.7%5.9%5.9%4.0%
HV 20d10.0%7.7%13.1%12.9%11.3%
HV 60d13.4%13.2%14.3%13.7%14.3%
IV Rank11.2%2.2%17.7%17.2%4.3%
IV Percentile27.0%1.6%47.2%45.2%6.7%
Term Structure1.8%0.5%3.1%0.8%2.5%
VWIV16.7%12.9%22.0%20.8%13.9%
Skew 25d5.8%3.8%7.4%5.2%6.0%
Skew 10d12.6%8.4%19.1%10.4%14.3%
Call IV 25d14.8%10.2%19.3%19.3%10.2%
Put IV 25d20.6%16.2%25.7%24.6%16.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.6413.8937.6220.3628.36
Gamma HHI0.270.110.390.110.32
Net GEX4.6M1.3M8.5M1.5M8.5M
Net DEX-29.4M-77.8M10.7M10.2M-77.8M
Net VEX-694.6K-774.1K-586.0K-602.0K-731.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.072.960.431.00
Total Volume3,814.811,13628,0472,1523,868
Total OI146,369.905129,244157,574129,244148,351

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$32.16$33.0020.5%5.9%12.9%17.2%20.8%5.2%0.8%1.5M10.2M-602.0K0.4320.36N/AN/A1,50065283,84445,400
2012-06-04$32.15$33.0020.8%5.9%12.8%17.7%22.0%7.4%0.5%1.5M9.7M-597.5K0.7637.62N/AN/A1,25595683,83545,652
2012-06-05$32.20$33.0018.4%5.7%12.8%12.9%20.4%6.3%1.3%1.3M10.7M-586.0K0.3823.66N/AN/A82631083,87145,847
2012-06-06$32.30$33.0019.2%5.8%12.9%14.5%21.3%7.4%1.1%2.1M-2.2M-604.7K0.0735.11N/AN/A26,2901,75784,03345,945
2012-06-07$32.40$33.0018.9%5.4%13.0%13.9%15.8%6.4%1.7%5.1M-34.9M-774.1K0.0818.09N/AN/A2,795223108,77345,288
2012-06-08$32.48$33.0019.1%5.4%13.1%14.2%15.8%6.3%1.6%5.3M-42.7M-766.4K2.9625.52N/AN/A7962,359110,20244,920
2012-06-11$32.22$33.0020.5%5.4%12.9%17.1%16.7%5.9%1.8%5.0M-31.9M-750.2K0.2815.07N/AN/A2,297633110,43045,634
2012-06-12$32.39$33.0020.1%5.3%9.5%16.2%18.3%6.2%2.0%5.2M-34.6M-746.1K0.2517.16N/AN/A1,141284110,62945,413
2012-06-13$32.40$33.0019.1%5.7%9.5%14.3%20.4%7.2%1.3%5.1M-37.1M-761.2K0.1518.05N/AN/A4,132612110,94045,377
2012-06-14$32.36$33.0019.9%5.7%9.4%15.9%17.8%7.2%1.3%4.9M-37.9M-762.4K2.9617.10N/AN/A8072,387111,12345,538
2012-06-15$32.50$33.0018.5%5.3%9.0%13.1%15.8%6.8%2.0%4.7M-39.3M-746.1K1.0919.35N/AN/A1,2771,392111,18846,386
2012-06-18$32.50$33.0016.9%4.9%8.9%10.0%14.5%5.6%1.7%4.4M-32.5M-698.8K0.2115.64N/AN/A3,677768102,28740,782
2012-06-19$32.69$33.0013.8%4.0%8.3%3.7%12.9%5.6%2.9%5.4M-42.4M-710.3K0.2714.05N/AN/A2,322633104,75641,308
2012-06-20$32.70$33.0013.1%3.7%8.0%2.2%13.1%4.7%3.1%5.8M-43.3M-706.1K0.3919.66N/AN/A1,780700105,59141,450
2012-06-21$32.42$33.0016.6%4.8%7.7%9.3%15.9%3.9%2.4%5.3M-35.0M-691.9K0.3418.83N/AN/A1,441485106,47940,942
2012-06-22$32.37$33.0015.5%4.5%7.7%7.2%14.2%3.8%2.5%5.3M-34.2M-666.6K0.1613.89N/AN/A1,044169104,72440,842
2012-06-25$32.16$33.0016.7%4.8%7.9%9.6%16.3%5.0%1.7%4.6M-25.0M-665.5K0.2418.88N/AN/A2,084501105,03540,937
2012-06-26$32.17$33.0016.2%4.6%7.9%8.5%15.0%4.3%2.2%4.8M-24.7M-650.7K0.2219.51N/AN/A1,491326104,64441,144
2012-06-27$32.41$33.0016.6%4.8%7.8%9.4%14.5%4.0%2.0%5.5M-33.8M-678.0K0.3319.02N/AN/A1,837598105,22741,273
2012-06-28$32.55$33.0014.2%4.1%7.7%4.5%15.2%6.8%2.2%5.9M-39.0M-691.7K0.3818.57N/AN/A1,233473105,89341,835
2012-06-29$33.40$33.0014.1%4.0%11.3%4.3%13.9%6.0%2.5%8.5M-77.8M-731.5K1.0028.36N/AN/A1,9321,936106,43541,916