WM Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, WM traded between $80.34 and $82.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.0%, placing in the 30.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $77.50 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-29: Highest Volume — 19,095 contracts
  • 2017-11-02: Largest IV drop — 17.2% change
  • 2017-11-30: Highest IV Rank — 40.6%
  • 2017-11-30: Largest Expected Move — 3.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.48$80.34$82.62$81.04$82.53
Max Pain$79.88$77.50$82.50$80.00$82.50
ATM IV12.0%10.3%13.3%12.5%13.3%
Expected Move3.5%3.2%3.8%3.6%3.8%
HV 20d16.9%10.1%19.8%18.4%10.1%
HV 60d15.1%14.9%15.3%15.0%15.1%
IV Rank30.8%17.4%40.6%34.5%40.6%
IV Percentile49.9%13.9%67.9%54.0%67.9%
Term Structure1.5%-0.3%2.4%-0.3%0.2%
VWIV12.5%11.2%14.2%11.5%13.3%
Skew 25d2.4%1.7%2.8%2.3%2.7%
Skew 10d5.5%3.4%7.3%6.7%4.6%
Call IV 25d11.4%10.6%12.5%10.9%11.8%
Put IV 25d13.8%12.5%15.2%13.2%14.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.628.0223.4113.7914.43
Gamma HHI0.400.180.490.180.49
Net GEX8.7M5.0M10.1M5.0M9.4M
Net DEX-213.2M-262.5M-147.1M-180.7M-147.1M
Net VEX-780.3K-862.2K-599.3K-602.9K-741.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.051.821.820.14
Total Volume4,0851,37619,0952,5557,040
Total OI70,034.52455,85577,00262,42555,855

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$81.04$80.0012.5%3.6%18.4%34.5%11.5%2.3%-0.3%5.0M-180.7M-602.9K1.8213.79N/AN/A9061,64934,92327,502
2017-11-02$81.67$77.5010.3%3.2%18.4%17.4%11.2%2.2%0.2%5.2M-193.3M-599.3K0.1923.41N/AN/A9,0931,70635,22127,800
2017-11-03$81.79$77.5011.9%3.8%18.2%29.6%13.7%2.8%1.5%7.3M-221.7M-797.1K0.1717.86N/AN/A8,5211,44643,01627,918
2017-11-06$81.30$80.0011.9%3.6%18.4%30.1%13.4%2.5%2.1%9.1M-223.9M-862.2K0.3413.06N/AN/A2,60489447,28928,412
2017-11-07$81.66$80.0011.6%3.5%18.4%27.0%12.8%2.8%2.4%9.7M-238.4M-838.7K1.0111.26N/AN/A1,0461,05747,88428,458
2017-11-08$81.82$80.0012.1%3.5%18.4%31.2%12.3%2.5%2.0%9.8M-248.2M-836.5K0.8514.12N/AN/A1,2501,06548,00628,560
2017-11-09$81.44$80.0012.1%3.5%18.5%31.2%12.5%2.3%2.2%9.8M-231.2M-846.3K0.5412.13N/AN/A1,66289947,97028,572
2017-11-10$81.33$80.0012.0%3.4%18.5%30.4%12.4%2.5%2.1%9.9M-231.2M-844.3K1.3915.68N/AN/A70597847,96728,644
2017-11-13$82.16$80.0012.0%3.4%18.6%30.5%12.0%2.6%2.1%10.1M-256.8M-795.2K0.6911.54N/AN/A1,6741,16047,95628,559
2017-11-14$82.43$80.0011.7%3.4%18.6%28.2%12.5%2.3%1.9%9.8M-262.5M-787.0K1.099.61N/AN/A9551,04247,89228,798
2017-11-15$81.82$80.0011.8%3.4%18.9%29.3%12.2%2.2%1.7%9.8M-248.7M-810.9K0.949.30N/AN/A91385947,99028,896
2017-11-16$81.74$80.0011.5%3.3%19.0%26.6%11.6%2.2%2.3%10.1M-240.6M-809.7K0.8616.05N/AN/A1,16099848,00528,930
2017-11-17$80.77$80.0012.4%3.6%19.7%33.7%12.4%2.6%1.7%9.0M-228.6M-784.2K1.3215.81N/AN/A1,6542,18548,05928,943
2017-11-20$80.94$80.0012.4%3.6%19.6%33.9%11.9%2.7%1.3%7.9M-182.1M-790.1K0.538.02N/AN/A1,9781,05541,98622,050
2017-11-21$80.91$80.0012.4%3.6%19.7%33.6%12.7%1.7%1.3%8.1M-189.9M-768.6K0.778.64N/AN/A1,3631,05342,55522,022
2017-11-22$80.34$80.0012.2%3.5%19.8%32.3%12.4%2.7%1.4%7.8M-174.8M-780.9K1.0116.26N/AN/A75876742,57922,077
2017-11-24$80.38$80.0012.3%3.5%11.4%33.1%13.4%2.6%1.4%7.8M-173.4M-780.2K1.3416.92N/AN/A58778942,60122,119
2017-11-27$80.87$80.0012.7%3.7%10.2%36.4%14.2%1.9%0.7%8.1M-183.4M-769.4K1.0611.33N/AN/A67771842,64722,171
2017-11-28$81.61$80.0011.0%3.2%10.7%22.9%12.1%1.8%1.5%9.2M-198.9M-771.3K0.7313.34N/AN/A1,05776742,66322,160
2017-11-29$82.62$80.0012.4%3.6%11.5%33.7%12.8%2.5%1.5%9.5M-221.4M-770.2K0.0513.51N/AN/A18,14595042,86122,209
2017-11-30$82.53$82.5013.3%3.8%10.1%40.6%13.3%2.7%0.2%9.4M-147.1M-741.5K0.1414.43N/AN/A6,15788333,51522,340