WM Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, WM traded between $66.09 and $67.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.0%, placing in the 22.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-05: Highest Volume — 5,160 contracts
  • 2016-07-05: Largest IV spike — 35.4% change
  • 2016-07-26: Highest IV Rank — 35.7%
  • 2016-07-26: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.20$66.09$67.88$66.48$66.09
Max Pain$64.25$60.00$65.00$60.00$65.00
ATM IV15.0%9.4%18.2%9.4%13.6%
Expected Move4.5%2.7%5.2%2.7%3.9%
HV 20d10.8%9.6%12.4%10.7%9.6%
HV 60d11.0%9.7%11.6%11.5%9.8%
IV Rank22.6%0.0%35.7%0.0%17.1%
IV Percentile43.7%0.0%75.4%0.0%22.6%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.9%3.3%3.3%0.7%
VWIV16.7%13.3%19.8%13.3%13.3%
Skew 25d3.4%1.8%4.7%2.1%2.6%
Skew 10d7.8%1.8%15.5%7.0%1.8%
Call IV 25d14.8%11.5%17.5%11.5%11.5%
Put IV 25d18.2%13.5%21.0%13.5%14.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.7832.4995.7390.6432.49
Gamma HHI0.280.240.370.370.27
Net GEX2.5M2.0M3.0M2.6M2.3M
Net DEX-93.6M-111.5M-68.6M-98.5M-68.6M
Net VEX-331.3K-403.8K-291.2K-310.1K-403.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.292.360.991.12
Total Volume2,727.551,2805,1604,0321,280
Total OI38,432.632,82842,79537,88740,426

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$66.48$60.009.4%2.7%10.7%0.0%13.3%2.1%3.3%2.6M-98.5M-310.1K0.9990.64N/AN/A2,0232,00920,74517,142
2016-07-05$67.11$62.5012.7%4.8%10.9%13.4%19.0%2.8%-1.3%2.2M-102.9M-302.5K0.3995.73N/AN/A3,7181,44220,87317,288
2016-07-06$67.18$62.5014.8%4.9%11.0%21.8%17.8%4.6%-1.7%2.6M-106.4M-313.0K0.7077.61N/AN/A2,0151,41622,65217,278
2016-07-07$67.26$62.5013.6%4.8%11.0%16.9%17.6%4.7%-1.3%2.5M-107.1M-309.0K0.6981.67N/AN/A2,0161,39222,67217,501
2016-07-08$67.64$62.5012.6%4.7%11.0%13.1%15.9%4.7%-1.1%2.3M-109.4M-313.4K0.8676.89N/AN/A1,5711,35822,77618,070
2016-07-11$67.73$65.0013.8%4.7%10.9%17.9%16.5%3.5%-2.0%2.3M-110.5M-291.2K1.9080.60N/AN/A6331,20422,91618,275
2016-07-12$67.44$65.0015.3%4.5%11.2%23.9%19.8%4.0%-0.8%2.4M-108.7M-307.4K2.0783.34N/AN/A6371,31823,03218,521
2016-07-13$67.81$65.0016.2%4.7%11.1%27.7%17.4%4.1%-1.8%2.4M-110.0M-309.9K1.2585.69N/AN/A8221,03023,08518,740
2016-07-14$67.88$65.0016.9%4.8%10.9%30.4%17.3%4.3%-2.6%2.5M-111.5M-299.2K0.2983.70N/AN/A3,37896323,18218,836
2016-07-15$67.45$65.0016.0%4.6%11.2%26.9%17.7%2.9%-1.3%3.0M-108.1M-322.2K0.5488.65N/AN/A1,44978123,83918,956
2016-07-18$67.23$65.0016.3%4.7%9.9%27.8%17.1%3.5%-0.5%2.6M-82.3M-321.6K0.4287.55N/AN/A98541419,72613,102
2016-07-19$67.57$65.0016.4%4.7%9.8%28.3%17.8%3.5%-0.9%2.8M-86.5M-308.0K0.6087.29N/AN/A1,37582520,21013,167
2016-07-20$67.78$65.0016.3%4.7%9.8%27.8%16.2%2.7%-0.6%2.7M-87.0M-336.3K0.2951.35N/AN/A1,51743320,65213,615
2016-07-21$67.22$65.0016.3%4.7%10.7%27.8%16.9%2.2%-0.4%2.6M-83.5M-329.9K0.5790.23N/AN/A1,40579520,73013,864
2016-07-22$67.20$65.0016.6%4.7%10.7%29.0%16.7%2.6%-1.4%2.6M-82.7M-363.7K0.5489.11N/AN/A1,51981521,33514,148
2016-07-25$67.23$65.0017.5%5.0%10.6%32.8%17.8%3.6%-2.1%2.6M-83.1M-350.0K0.7984.55N/AN/A1,6021,26421,52414,211
2016-07-26$67.31$65.0018.2%5.2%10.3%35.7%18.4%3.9%-2.9%2.6M-82.6M-367.3K2.3687.01N/AN/A1,2372,91821,74214,692
2016-07-27$66.13$65.0014.9%4.3%12.4%22.4%13.3%3.7%-0.1%2.0M-69.5M-373.0K0.8390.46N/AN/A1,7071,42422,02317,007
2016-07-28$66.35$65.0012.0%3.4%12.2%10.6%13.5%1.8%0.4%2.4M-72.4M-393.8K0.5690.99N/AN/A1,19666522,50717,592
2016-07-29$66.09$65.0013.6%3.9%9.6%17.1%13.3%2.6%0.7%2.3M-68.6M-403.8K1.1232.49N/AN/A60467622,65117,775