Stocks / ETF
IWMETF
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
$285.431d +0.5%5d -0.8%settled close · 2026-09-17
β 1.1752w $229–305Shares 288.5MNYSE Arca since 2000
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Who’s talking about IWM
10 long2 shortlatest 2026-09-10
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Tom Lee (Fundstrat)Co-founder & head of research, Fundstrat | Bullish | Wealthion | Banks are a large Russell 2000 weight, so AI-driven de-cyclicalization of financial services will compress… |
| 2026-09-10 | Tom Lee (Fundstrat)Co-founder & head of research, Fundstrat | Bullish | Tom Lee | Small caps remain attractive given easing financial conditions and a likely Fed hold, with the SMID-cap… |
| 2026-06-26 | Ryan DetrickChief market strategist, Carson Group | Bullish | The Compound | IWM/SPY is breaking out on a relative basis and the S&P 600 advance-decline line hit an all-time high… |
| 2025-09-19 | Felix JauvinCo-host, Forward Guidance (Blockworks) | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Fed rate cuts reduce the cost of capital that had concentrated flows into mega-cap tech; enormous short… |
| 2025-08-15 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Non-commercial futures traders are at an all-time record short position in Russell futures, historically a… |
| 2025-05-28 | David CervantesFounder, Pinebrook Capital Management | Bearish | Forward Guidance | 42% of R2K companies are unprofitable, selection bias from regulatory costs keeps quality firms private, and… |
| 2024-12-21 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Post-FOMC VIX spike drove 100th-percentile short selling and pushed the VIX term structure into extreme… |
| 2024-12-14 | Quinn ThompsonFounder & CIO, Lekker Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | After 8% underperformance vs NASDAQ in two weeks driven by rising dollar and yields, a dovish Fed cut should… |
| 2024-11-23 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | Trump policy mix (pro-labor, pro-Main Street) structurally favors small caps over Mag 7; hedge funds have… |
| 2024-10-19 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | IWM has the strongest November seasonality of any month over the past 10 years and small caps have… |
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| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-21 | Tyler NevilleTrader, Muddy Waters Capital | Bullish | Forward Guidance | A fiscal super cycle favoring domestic reinvestment and lower short-term rates relieving pressure on… |
| 2024-08-02 | Bryn Talkington (Requisite)Managing Partner, Requisite Capital | Bearish | The Compound | Russell 2000 is structurally impaired — 42% of members carry negative net income, operating margins are 4.7%… |
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Notable options days
Sessions in the last 120 where IWM’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 3 of 120 sessions qualified.
The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
| Date | Close | RVOL | Δ$ flow ($M) | Call % | LEAPS % | +20 sess. |
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| 2026-07-29 |
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