WM Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, WM traded between $87.89 and $120.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.3%, placing in the 84.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 61.0%). Max pain ranged from $105.00 to $120.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-23: Highest Volume — 5,780 contracts
  • 2020-03-05: Largest IV spike — 50.3% change
  • 2020-03-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 22.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$103.80$87.89$120.01$116.49$93.17
Max Pain$114.09$105.00$120.00$120.00$105.00
ATM IV54.3%27.7%76.9%29.2%42.4%
Expected Move15.1%7.9%22.0%8.4%12.2%
HV 20d61.0%35.9%83.0%35.9%78.0%
HV 60d36.9%21.9%49.8%21.9%49.8%
IV Rank84.1%49.4%100.0%81.4%49.4%
IV Percentile98.4%93.3%100.0%99.6%93.3%
Term Structure-7.7%-18.7%-1.3%-4.9%-1.5%
VWIV52.0%28.0%76.0%29.1%47.0%
Skew 25d19.7%5.3%39.8%5.3%14.0%
Skew 10d41.5%10.7%73.9%10.7%23.1%
Call IV 25d44.9%25.5%66.3%26.4%39.1%
Put IV 25d64.5%31.7%99.3%31.7%53.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.1822.1954.5937.9333.98
Gamma HHI0.140.080.270.240.11
Net GEX360.2K-489.2K2.1M1.2M344.3K
Net DEX30.7M-46.9M69.4M-16.0M56.8M
Net VEX-668.0K-810.7K-483.6K-680.6K-559.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.112.840.420.47
Total Volume2,595.5911,2255,7801,8401,383
Total OI40,104.90933,04644,03435,67041,994

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$116.49$120.0029.2%8.4%35.9%81.4%29.1%5.3%-4.9%1.2M-16.0M-680.6K0.4237.93N/AN/A1,29554521,48314,187
2020-03-03$113.66$120.0032.9%9.4%36.5%96.0%35.6%7.7%-5.6%673.3K121.5K-678.5K2.8446.92N/AN/A1,2653,59521,99214,347
2020-03-04$120.01$120.0027.7%7.9%41.9%75.4%28.0%6.8%-4.2%2.1M-46.9M-730.0K0.2927.24N/AN/A1,26736922,20816,849
2020-03-05$117.42$115.0041.6%9.4%42.5%100.0%32.4%10.3%-4.1%1.4M-25.1M-776.7K0.6026.19N/AN/A1,9411,16722,27417,046
2020-03-06$116.86$115.0046.6%10.4%42.4%100.0%37.7%14.0%-4.9%1.3M-16.9M-809.4K1.6633.04N/AN/A1,0261,70022,64117,549
2020-03-09$113.10$115.0055.2%13.6%43.6%100.0%46.8%20.5%-7.5%714.6K3.1M-810.7K0.6823.04N/AN/A1,44997922,82617,544
2020-03-10$112.60$115.0050.5%11.7%43.5%90.0%46.0%19.0%-5.1%42.3K16.0M-771.0K0.5822.19N/AN/A1,03259422,79917,490
2020-03-11$110.39$115.0046.6%13.4%43.7%81.5%44.5%18.0%-7.1%-331.5K29.0M-746.3K0.4927.76N/AN/A82040523,01317,818
2020-03-12$99.66$115.0064.8%18.6%55.2%100.0%61.0%25.2%-12.7%-489.2K69.4M-647.8K1.1027.73N/AN/A1,4691,61523,30418,060
2020-03-13$103.95$115.0058.2%16.7%58.4%88.2%62.1%31.2%-11.2%-410.1K56.8M-675.9K0.7040.47N/AN/A1,28589524,45718,281
2020-03-16$100.77$115.0075.2%21.5%58.3%100.0%69.2%39.8%-18.7%-135.0K56.4M-679.0K0.5732.31N/AN/A1,21569724,80318,258
2020-03-17$108.10$115.0061.6%17.7%64.9%79.6%57.4%28.4%-11.0%56.7K16.3M-766.3K0.2334.95N/AN/A2,52558824,70218,396
2020-03-18$99.94$115.0076.9%22.0%69.6%100.0%76.0%33.0%-17.1%176.6K48.3M-688.0K1.4139.53N/AN/A69798125,38418,376
2020-03-19$99.89$115.0076.2%21.9%69.7%99.0%72.7%31.7%-12.2%89.8K55.5M-672.8K0.6747.17N/AN/A92062025,40118,376
2020-03-20$99.35$115.0066.7%19.1%69.5%85.0%65.6%23.6%-12.7%516.5K68.7M-633.2K0.6154.59N/AN/A1,7991,09925,39318,641
2020-03-23$87.89$115.0068.8%19.7%79.7%88.2%72.3%25.6%-3.9%-188.9K60.2M-483.6K0.8324.64N/AN/A3,1572,62318,70914,337
2020-03-24$91.35$110.0057.4%16.4%82.2%71.3%53.4%18.7%-6.4%-93.8K56.0M-528.3K0.4943.04N/AN/A2,1791,06320,95115,496
2020-03-25$92.29$110.0059.3%17.0%82.6%74.2%54.2%18.5%-6.7%-78.1K56.2M-559.9K0.1540.87N/AN/A3,29447821,47316,288
2020-03-26$95.85$110.0053.9%15.4%83.0%66.2%53.0%15.3%-6.0%319.0K43.3M-597.4K0.5845.70N/AN/A90752822,70816,528
2020-03-27$96.14$110.0056.5%16.2%81.9%70.1%54.4%14.7%-4.9%459.3K37.6M-622.8K0.4634.19N/AN/A1,33761722,70016,631
2020-03-30$94.77$110.0045.5%13.0%78.1%53.9%45.6%11.7%-1.3%227.2K51.5M-578.8K0.1130.54N/AN/A3,32735622,89217,703
2020-03-31$93.17$105.0042.4%12.2%78.0%49.4%47.0%14.0%-1.5%344.3K56.8M-559.2K0.4733.98N/AN/A94144224,15817,836