WM Options History — July 2018

In July 2018, WM traded between $81.36 and $89.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.2%, placing in the 21.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 16.3%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2018-07-25: Highest Volume — 11,499 contracts
  • 2018-07-11: Largest IV spike — 27.9% change
  • 2018-07-24: Highest IV Rank — 33.3%
  • 2018-07-24: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.27$81.36$89.90$81.64$89.90
Max Pain$81.31$80.00$82.50$82.50$82.50
ATM IV14.2%12.2%17.5%13.7%12.8%
Expected Move4.2%3.6%5.0%3.9%3.7%
HV 20d16.3%11.0%30.2%12.1%30.0%
HV 60d14.3%12.1%20.3%12.9%19.9%
IV Rank21.7%14.3%33.3%19.9%16.8%
IV Percentile54.3%28.6%78.6%55.6%38.5%
Term Structure-0.7%-2.6%2.2%2.2%-0.3%
VWIV15.0%13.1%18.2%14.3%14.6%
Skew 25d2.0%1.4%2.6%2.6%2.1%
Skew 10d4.2%3.0%6.4%5.5%5.0%
Call IV 25d14.1%12.1%17.2%13.0%12.4%
Put IV 25d16.1%14.0%19.4%15.6%14.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.266.8216.246.8210.87
Gamma HHI0.240.190.310.270.21
Net GEX2.8M-1.1M5.5M-1.1M4.6M
Net DEX-88.7M-170.1M-32.1M-34.2M-170.1M
Net VEX-684.3K-768.5K-613.4K-768.5K-625.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.623.871.271.17
Total Volume3,641.0481,38611,4991,3862,672
Total OI61,547.1946,76669,44664,63255,849

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-07-02$81.64$82.5013.7%3.9%12.1%19.9%14.3%2.6%2.2%-1.1M-34.2M-768.5K1.276.82N/AN/A61177533,42631,206
2018-07-03$81.59$82.5013.6%3.9%12.0%19.5%13.8%2.0%1.7%-1.1M-33.7M-755.4K1.0116.24N/AN/A75476333,47931,275
2018-07-05$82.18$80.0013.0%4.4%12.3%17.3%15.6%2.3%-0.7%83.8K-49.4M-748.2K0.917.78N/AN/A97488433,55631,280
2018-07-06$82.25$80.0012.3%4.3%12.2%14.9%15.7%2.4%-0.6%238.4K-53.7M-732.1K0.6810.83N/AN/A91862033,59631,408
2018-07-09$82.50$80.0012.7%4.2%12.2%16.1%15.0%1.5%-0.7%885.3K-59.4M-717.1K0.7011.89N/AN/A1,10077233,68431,388
2018-07-10$83.37$80.0012.2%4.2%12.8%14.3%14.8%2.0%-0.2%3.0M-83.8M-700.8K0.997.36N/AN/A73172133,74631,448
2018-07-11$83.75$80.0015.6%4.5%12.9%26.5%15.2%2.3%-1.1%3.7M-95.5M-697.9K0.8610.60N/AN/A1,1721,01333,81431,409
2018-07-12$84.26$80.0014.2%4.1%12.6%21.4%14.5%2.1%-1.2%4.9M-106.3M-680.1K3.8711.33N/AN/A6842,64433,73731,408
2018-07-13$84.30$80.0014.5%4.2%12.5%22.6%16.1%1.9%-1.0%5.0M-104.9M-694.6K2.5710.28N/AN/A1,3183,39033,81532,026
2018-07-16$83.72$80.0015.3%4.4%12.4%25.6%15.1%1.6%-1.0%4.4M-93.4M-676.7K1.8513.25N/AN/A1,2832,37234,70332,360
2018-07-17$83.79$80.0014.6%4.2%11.3%22.9%14.8%1.9%-1.3%4.4M-92.5M-675.3K1.009.18N/AN/A2,2302,22134,72032,481
2018-07-18$82.62$80.0016.4%4.7%12.1%29.5%16.3%1.6%-2.1%3.0M-62.1M-676.3K3.0610.28N/AN/A1,2693,88735,03632,495
2018-07-19$82.64$82.5016.2%4.6%11.8%28.6%13.1%1.8%-2.1%3.3M-57.2M-692.3K1.188.38N/AN/A1,2421,46935,06834,276
2018-07-20$82.74$82.5015.8%4.5%11.2%27.2%13.7%1.7%-1.8%5.3M-65.0M-676.4K1.138.97N/AN/A1,4161,59435,14434,302
2018-07-23$82.16$82.5016.4%4.7%11.0%29.3%17.2%2.1%-2.0%-260.1K-44.3M-660.4K1.3811.40N/AN/A1,4441,99225,72321,043
2018-07-24$81.36$82.5017.5%5.0%11.5%33.3%18.2%2.2%-2.6%-911.9K-32.1M-681.1K0.9910.93N/AN/A3,7393,70126,05921,833
2018-07-25$88.00$82.5013.2%3.8%30.2%18.1%15.7%2.1%0.1%3.8M-141.4M-613.4K0.6210.91N/AN/A7,0964,40327,64424,086
2018-07-26$88.44$82.5013.3%3.8%29.2%18.3%13.9%1.4%-0.4%5.5M-156.3M-629.2K2.128.57N/AN/A1,8063,82529,73124,015
2018-07-27$89.71$82.5012.7%3.6%29.4%16.3%13.5%2.1%-0.1%4.9M-169.9M-634.1K1.2610.86N/AN/A1,8202,29129,98024,860
2018-07-30$88.83$82.5013.2%3.8%29.9%18.0%13.5%1.8%-0.1%4.7M-157.8M-636.1K0.668.71N/AN/A1,7141,13229,98525,397
2018-07-31$89.90$82.5012.8%3.7%30.0%16.8%14.6%2.1%-0.3%4.6M-170.1M-625.1K1.1710.87N/AN/A1,2331,43930,01025,839