WM Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, WM traded between $63.92 and $66.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.9%, placing in the 14.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $67.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-19: Highest Volume — 3,722 contracts
  • 2016-08-16: Largest IV spike — 17.6% change
  • 2016-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 19.6%
  • 2016-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$65.47$63.92$66.82$66.45$63.96
Max Pain$65.43$65.00$67.50$65.00$65.00
ATM IV12.9%11.9%14.2%12.1%12.6%
Expected Move3.7%3.4%4.1%3.5%3.6%
HV 20d10.8%8.9%12.7%9.6%12.6%
HV 60d10.5%9.8%11.5%9.8%11.5%
IV Rank14.0%10.0%19.6%11.1%12.9%
IV Percentile15.2%4.8%31.7%7.5%11.9%
Term Structure1.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%2.0%
VWIV13.7%12.4%15.0%13.5%14.9%
Skew 25d3.1%-0.1%5.0%1.9%3.2%
Skew 10d6.0%-4.9%13.0%9.1%5.6%
Call IV 25d12.2%10.0%13.9%11.8%12.5%
Put IV 25d15.3%12.4%16.8%13.8%15.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.4413.1795.0317.1224.27
Gamma HHI0.290.190.660.250.21
Net GEX2.3M41.2K7.9M2.3M41.2K
Net DEX-55.9M-82.3M-23.1M-71.6M-23.1M
Net VEX-414.9K-459.8K-372.7K-395.9K-436.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.273.390.960.73
Total Volume2,006.7835803,7221,5632,546
Total OI44,627.1340,67647,32140,67646,523

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$66.45$65.0012.1%3.5%9.6%11.1%13.5%1.9%0.0%2.3M-71.6M-395.9K0.9617.12N/AN/A79976422,73417,942
2016-08-02$66.14$65.0014.2%4.1%9.1%19.6%14.8%1.0%0.4%2.5M-70.4M-395.4K0.9813.17N/AN/A1,0761,05423,02318,044
2016-08-03$65.83$65.0013.3%3.8%9.2%16.0%12.9%-0.1%1.1%2.2M-63.6M-406.3K1.0120.60N/AN/A71271623,41518,648
2016-08-04$65.82$67.5013.4%4.1%9.1%16.0%14.4%3.5%0.1%2.2M-62.7M-409.0K1.2333.50N/AN/A62076423,58118,840
2016-08-05$65.98$67.5012.3%3.9%8.9%11.7%13.7%4.3%0.4%2.3M-65.0M-400.6K0.7735.71N/AN/A1,05081123,66018,930
2016-08-08$65.57$67.5012.3%3.8%9.0%11.7%12.7%3.3%0.8%2.7M-63.5M-395.2K0.5231.73N/AN/A1,43775224,20819,039
2016-08-09$65.80$67.5011.9%3.7%9.1%10.0%13.8%3.3%0.9%2.9M-67.3M-372.7K0.2759.87N/AN/A2,21559324,42019,028
2016-08-10$66.57$65.0012.2%3.5%9.9%11.3%14.2%4.5%0.9%3.1M-77.5M-402.4K0.6041.75N/AN/A1,43785625,36719,087
2016-08-11$66.82$65.0012.4%3.6%10.1%12.2%13.0%5.0%0.7%2.6M-82.3M-398.7K1.1540.24N/AN/A1,1331,29825,47319,415
2016-08-12$66.69$65.0012.3%3.5%9.9%11.7%12.4%3.4%1.3%2.9M-81.4M-409.0K0.7042.58N/AN/A87161025,92619,588
2016-08-15$66.27$65.0012.0%3.4%10.0%10.4%12.4%2.1%1.0%2.9M-76.8M-406.7K0.7146.18N/AN/A95167325,94719,582
2016-08-16$65.02$65.0014.1%4.0%11.7%18.9%14.5%2.3%0.3%3.7M-57.0M-394.6K1.0319.08N/AN/A1,2621,29526,02319,659
2016-08-17$65.41$65.0013.4%3.8%11.9%16.2%14.1%4.2%0.8%3.5M-59.5M-412.6K3.3924.39N/AN/A16455626,00820,339
2016-08-18$64.92$65.0013.4%3.9%11.9%16.4%13.8%2.8%1.2%4.7M-49.1M-409.8K3.3835.55N/AN/A25184925,99920,683
2016-08-19$65.00$65.0012.5%3.6%11.9%12.6%13.8%3.1%1.9%7.9M-52.2M-383.7K2.5435.36N/AN/A1,0522,67026,18621,135
2016-08-22$65.59$65.0013.6%3.9%12.5%17.0%13.6%4.9%0.8%1.1M-49.0M-427.4K1.0927.13N/AN/A1,5761,72522,25120,400
2016-08-23$65.28$65.0013.4%3.8%12.5%16.3%13.6%2.5%0.6%1.1M-44.7M-446.6K3.1926.29N/AN/A6902,20422,90321,398
2016-08-24$65.29$65.0013.1%3.8%10.9%15.2%13.2%2.1%0.9%952.6K-43.4M-459.2K0.4325.23N/AN/A40517523,04822,625
2016-08-25$65.20$65.0013.4%3.9%10.8%16.4%14.0%2.2%1.3%1.1M-43.3M-459.8K2.1225.10N/AN/A6231,32123,43522,692
2016-08-26$63.92$65.0012.7%3.6%12.7%13.2%13.8%4.2%2.2%249.7K-28.7M-437.9K2.4253.25N/AN/A5201,26023,50422,750
2016-08-29$64.25$65.0012.5%3.6%12.7%12.8%13.7%3.0%1.5%283.7K-28.9M-442.1K1.5395.03N/AN/A9841,50323,49123,004
2016-08-30$64.10$65.0012.6%3.6%12.7%13.2%15.0%4.2%2.5%170.6K-25.3M-439.3K2.8019.06N/AN/A35198223,48122,990
2016-08-31$63.96$65.0012.6%3.6%12.6%12.9%14.9%3.2%2.0%41.2K-23.1M-436.9K0.7324.27N/AN/A1,4681,07823,49623,027