WM Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, WM traded between $31.59 and $34.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.25.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-02: Highest Volume — 26,932 contracts
  • 2012-07-26: Largest IV drop — 34.9% change
  • 2012-07-25: Highest IV Rank — 30.5%
  • 2012-07-25: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.04$31.59$34.58$33.27$34.40
Max Pain$33.19$33.00$34.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV20.0%15.0%27.2%15.3%18.2%
Expected Move5.9%4.4%7.8%4.4%5.2%
HV 20d19.5%11.4%25.9%11.4%24.7%
HV 60d15.9%13.6%17.5%14.3%17.4%
IV Rank16.1%6.1%30.5%6.8%12.4%
IV Percentile39.8%10.3%64.3%13.1%34.9%
Term Structure-1.7%-4.4%4.5%4.4%-0.4%
VWIV21.7%15.3%28.4%15.5%20.1%
Skew 25d6.8%4.5%8.7%6.3%6.6%
Skew 10d16.3%13.3%21.2%14.3%17.1%
Call IV 25d18.1%12.4%23.5%12.4%14.5%
Put IV 25d24.9%17.0%31.5%18.6%21.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.1314.4037.7335.2126.51
Gamma HHI0.250.180.330.310.27
Net GEX3.4M-205.2K8.1M8.1M5.3M
Net DEX-39.9M-136.1M36.9M-71.4M-124.6M
Net VEX-771.7K-822.6K-673.7K-732.5K-789.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.250.4316.2316.230.90
Total Volume7,509.6671,26526,93226,9322,197
Total OI178,298.143150,410195,896150,410179,483

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$33.27$33.0015.3%4.4%11.4%6.8%15.5%6.3%4.4%8.1M-71.4M-732.5K16.2335.21N/AN/A1,56325,369107,29143,119
2012-07-03$33.45$33.0015.4%4.4%11.5%7.0%15.3%4.5%3.7%5.1M-56.6M-797.1K0.5827.28N/AN/A803462107,90067,089
2012-07-05$33.27$33.0015.3%4.4%11.8%6.6%15.5%4.9%4.5%4.8M-46.6M-793.2K2.3122.23N/AN/A400926108,15267,362
2012-07-06$33.00$34.0015.0%5.8%12.3%6.1%20.6%8.7%-2.4%4.4M-34.1M-792.2K2.6417.88N/AN/A4561,206108,32867,881
2012-07-09$33.04$34.0015.6%5.7%12.2%7.4%21.6%8.0%-1.7%4.6M-35.2M-768.1K2.1214.40N/AN/A7881,669108,48768,490
2012-07-10$33.07$34.0016.3%6.0%11.8%8.8%22.3%7.5%-2.4%4.4M-36.1M-772.6K0.4920.71N/AN/A1,065525108,73868,761
2012-07-11$31.59$34.0021.0%6.6%20.3%18.1%25.2%6.4%-3.3%-205.2K36.9M-673.7K1.2829.54N/AN/A10,24713,132109,26868,974
2012-07-12$31.89$33.0023.4%6.7%20.7%22.8%24.4%6.8%-3.1%471.4K23.0M-732.9K0.9915.89N/AN/A2,8752,857111,46773,903
2012-07-13$32.37$33.0023.6%6.8%21.4%23.2%23.9%6.6%-3.5%2.3M-2.5M-755.7K4.1316.64N/AN/A1,2475,144112,37373,462
2012-07-16$32.47$33.0024.8%7.1%21.4%25.6%23.4%6.9%-4.3%1.4M-8.9M-769.2K1.5720.22N/AN/A1,1591,820112,52977,216
2012-07-17$32.79$33.0022.4%6.4%21.7%20.8%22.9%5.3%-3.7%2.6M-21.4M-758.7K2.3618.01N/AN/A1,2352,911113,17178,134
2012-07-18$33.22$33.0022.6%6.5%22.1%21.3%21.7%6.8%-4.0%4.7M-53.8M-787.5K0.8717.90N/AN/A2,2951,990113,76780,106
2012-07-19$33.33$33.0022.1%6.3%22.1%20.4%22.2%6.2%-3.6%5.4M-58.3M-779.1K1.5916.82N/AN/A2,2273,534113,08980,789
2012-07-20$32.95$33.0023.6%6.8%22.3%23.2%24.0%6.9%-4.4%4.8M-30.1M-746.2K3.7522.57N/AN/A2,0917,842113,84582,051
2012-07-23$32.92$33.0024.5%7.0%22.3%25.1%23.9%8.6%-4.2%913.8K-23.6M-750.4K0.4335.22N/AN/A6,7902,93390,00265,158
2012-07-24$32.53$33.0024.1%6.9%22.6%24.3%28.4%7.9%-3.8%570.5K-6.5M-780.7K1.6032.19N/AN/A3,4195,48494,61067,064
2012-07-25$32.44$33.0027.2%7.8%22.6%30.5%26.3%8.1%-3.9%189.7K1.1M-783.1K1.0737.73N/AN/A6,2956,76397,14371,085
2012-07-26$33.10$33.0017.7%5.1%23.6%11.5%20.4%5.1%-0.0%1.7M-41.1M-798.8K1.1719.54N/AN/A5,1776,072102,14474,729
2012-07-27$34.15$33.0016.4%4.7%25.9%8.8%19.1%5.9%0.4%5.0M-111.2M-822.6K0.6421.81N/AN/A6,5254,193103,64174,034
2012-07-30$34.58$33.0015.2%4.4%24.7%6.5%18.2%7.7%-0.2%5.7M-136.1M-822.2K0.5217.51N/AN/A2,6481,369105,66973,757
2012-07-31$34.40$33.0018.2%5.2%24.7%12.4%20.1%6.6%-0.4%5.3M-124.6M-789.2K0.9026.51N/AN/A1,1581,039104,69174,792