WM Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, WM traded between $40.40 and $43.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 69.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 14.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-07: Highest Volume — 13,873 contracts
  • 2013-10-08: Largest IV spike — 17.0% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 91.4%
  • 2013-10-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.07$40.40$43.65$41.58$43.54
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV16.3%12.7%19.6%14.1%12.7%
Expected Move5.1%4.8%5.4%5.1%4.8%
HV 20d14.7%13.1%16.5%13.1%16.0%
HV 60d14.3%13.3%15.8%13.5%15.8%
IV Rank69.4%45.3%91.4%54.3%45.3%
IV Percentile65.4%21.0%95.6%37.3%21.0%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.3%1.5%1.4%0.1%
VWIV19.5%13.8%24.2%21.4%13.8%
Skew 25d2.8%1.6%4.0%2.2%4.0%
Skew 10d8.1%2.0%11.3%2.8%6.9%
Call IV 25d15.5%10.6%19.8%13.5%10.6%
Put IV 25d18.3%14.6%22.9%15.6%14.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.2615.9930.0423.7521.41
Gamma HHI0.340.180.550.230.25
Net GEX9.4M3.8M15.3M6.2M10.2M
Net DEX-85.5M-127.3M-29.5M-52.8M-127.3M
Net VEX-410.7K-442.9K-349.2K-366.9K-426.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.012.690.360.25
Total Volume2,744.73928813,8732881,091
Total OI77,370.56564,10590,83167,46976,198

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$41.58$40.0014.1%5.1%13.1%54.3%21.4%2.2%1.4%6.2M-52.8M-366.9K0.3623.75N/AN/A2127640,50426,965
2013-10-02$41.22$40.0015.3%5.1%13.5%62.9%19.0%2.5%1.5%5.3M-43.9M-362.0K2.6923.39N/AN/A3861,03940,60227,020
2013-10-03$40.62$40.0016.6%5.3%14.6%71.5%22.1%2.5%0.6%3.8M-29.5M-356.9K0.7024.96N/AN/A93665540,75127,748
2013-10-04$40.80$40.0016.0%5.3%14.6%67.2%17.7%3.3%-0.5%4.2M-34.3M-354.9K0.4723.82N/AN/A65030740,81328,178
2013-10-07$40.86$40.0016.8%5.3%14.2%72.4%24.2%2.2%-1.9%4.6M-36.2M-349.2K0.0122.79N/AN/A13,77210140,75828,429
2013-10-08$40.49$40.0019.6%5.4%14.2%91.4%22.5%3.1%-1.9%6.7M-44.1M-419.1K0.1627.01N/AN/A2,41238054,14528,442
2013-10-09$40.40$40.0018.5%5.4%14.1%84.2%19.5%3.4%-1.8%6.9M-43.9M-409.5K0.1326.98N/AN/A1,59020056,17628,706
2013-10-10$41.23$40.0019.3%5.2%15.9%89.3%0.0%3.3%-2.3%9.4M-66.4M-427.0K0.1425.52N/AN/A1,10815456,28528,767
2013-10-11$41.74$40.0017.5%5.2%16.5%77.3%21.0%2.8%-1.3%11.5M-85.8M-428.4K0.0230.04N/AN/A5,35510056,51028,810
2013-10-14$41.72$40.0017.8%5.2%15.9%78.9%17.0%3.3%-1.1%13.5M-91.5M-433.3K0.1423.35N/AN/A1,41120461,23028,817
2013-10-15$41.43$40.0018.6%5.4%16.0%84.7%0.0%2.9%-1.0%12.4M-79.8M-427.8K0.1625.81N/AN/A74811661,67628,828
2013-10-16$41.98$40.0016.9%5.0%14.1%73.1%19.9%3.6%-1.0%15.3M-102.7M-426.9K0.3725.15N/AN/A89433161,92328,908
2013-10-17$42.47$40.0016.1%5.0%14.7%67.7%0.0%3.0%-0.9%15.1M-125.3M-415.8K0.0423.91N/AN/A4,25418461,23028,948
2013-10-18$42.45$40.0017.0%5.2%14.6%73.8%18.2%3.0%-1.5%12.8M-123.2M-413.5K0.0821.04N/AN/A1,95916061,24028,978
2013-10-21$42.52$40.0014.7%5.1%14.5%58.6%19.6%3.2%-0.1%8.8M-83.5M-405.2K0.0721.02N/AN/A6,19741942,64621,459
2013-10-22$43.01$40.0015.0%5.1%14.8%60.8%21.8%3.2%-0.4%9.9M-107.8M-429.1K0.2821.23N/AN/A1,89852248,13421,803
2013-10-23$43.30$40.0015.6%5.1%14.5%64.8%19.7%2.9%-0.9%9.2M-115.2M-429.6K0.8619.48N/AN/A1,1891,02748,28722,266
2013-10-24$43.27$40.0016.3%5.1%14.4%69.2%18.6%2.9%-1.9%9.6M-114.7M-442.9K0.1918.90N/AN/A1,54929748,89123,161
2013-10-25$43.65$40.0015.7%4.8%14.2%65.0%20.4%2.0%-2.1%9.1M-124.9M-436.4K0.1421.79N/AN/A1,10415849,19123,400
2013-10-28$43.61$40.0016.3%4.8%14.1%69.4%18.8%2.1%-1.8%9.4M-125.5M-424.7K0.5315.99N/AN/A1,76494349,36923,496
2013-10-29$43.25$40.0014.8%5.1%14.4%59.2%17.5%2.5%-1.0%10.9M-119.4M-424.8K1.4724.87N/AN/A1,5992,34949,89324,363
2013-10-30$42.54$40.0014.3%5.0%15.4%55.8%17.4%1.6%-0.5%11.9M-89.4M-437.0K0.6922.78N/AN/A78854150,18125,398
2013-10-31$43.54$40.0012.7%4.8%16.0%45.3%13.8%4.0%0.1%10.2M-127.3M-426.0K0.2521.41N/AN/A87621550,37325,825