DIA Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, DIA traded between $160.98 and $173.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.4%, placing in the 60.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 16.1%). Max pain ranged from $165.00 to $170.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-15: Highest Volume — 147,941 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 24.4% change
  • 2014-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$166.82$160.98$173.51$167.68$173.51
Max Pain$167.30$165.00$170.00$170.00$166.00
ATM IV14.4%10.7%19.8%13.9%10.7%
Expected Move4.2%3.7%5.1%4.1%3.7%
HV 20d16.1%10.0%19.1%10.0%18.8%
HV 60d11.3%8.6%12.9%8.6%12.9%
IV Rank60.3%25.6%100.0%63.8%25.6%
IV Percentile87.8%53.2%100.0%92.5%53.2%
Term Structure0.1%-0.8%5.7%0.0%0.3%
VWIV16.1%13.8%18.9%15.1%13.8%
Skew 25d5.5%3.8%11.6%5.4%3.8%
Skew 10d8.0%-4.0%17.2%6.3%6.8%
Call IV 25d11.9%9.4%16.4%11.3%9.4%
Put IV 25d17.4%13.2%24.6%16.7%13.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.027.4874.069.4910.65
Gamma HHI0.090.060.200.080.06
Net GEX-110.3M-348.0M141.3M-205.6M141.3M
Net DEX362.5M-2.23B2.67B751.8M-2.23B
Net VEX-9.9M-11.0M-8.9M-9.1M-9.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.842.151.541.19
Total Volume89,442.04327,293147,941146,58593,328
Total OI627,795.043575,077745,242575,077651,928

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$167.68$170.0013.9%4.1%10.0%63.8%15.1%5.4%0.0%-205.6M751.8M-9.1M1.549.4957,77888,807212,812362,265
2014-10-02$167.65$170.0013.2%4.0%10.0%56.7%16.8%5.0%0.1%-238.5M827.6M-9.5M1.869.5124,06344,818203,850382,152
2014-10-03$169.72$170.0011.9%3.8%10.9%43.8%15.1%4.4%-0.0%-147.0M41.4M-9.2M1.259.9421,50826,802211,574393,828
2014-10-06$169.57$170.0012.3%3.8%10.9%47.4%16.5%4.9%-0.1%-126.2M109.4M-8.9M1.688.6410,19317,100202,768382,661
2014-10-07$167.06$170.0014.2%4.1%12.0%66.3%17.2%5.1%-0.1%-237.2M951.0M-9.4M1.5211.5126,77340,784206,625385,435
2014-10-08$169.74$170.0012.5%3.8%13.4%49.6%14.8%4.8%-0.1%-110.8M-53.4M-9.0M2.158.1340,98788,200217,456400,981
2014-10-09$166.60$170.0015.4%4.2%14.9%78.6%15.5%5.8%-0.4%-277.5M1.11B-9.8M1.427.4854,34077,384221,052419,826
2014-10-10$166.52$169.0015.3%4.2%14.9%77.5%17.0%5.8%-0.2%-297.9M1.08B-10.0M1.257.9842,54553,164238,554429,502
2014-10-13$163.05$169.0019.0%4.8%16.5%100.0%18.2%5.2%-0.5%-311.1M2.18B-10.1M1.899.4335,05066,097229,932424,413
2014-10-14$164.21$168.0017.3%4.6%16.5%84.5%18.2%5.5%-0.4%-348.0M1.82B-10.1M1.907.6425,11847,679238,124437,503
2014-10-15$161.35$168.0019.8%5.1%17.3%100.0%18.9%4.5%-0.7%-276.6M2.63B-9.9M1.499.3259,50688,435251,495428,071
2014-10-16$160.98$167.0019.7%5.0%17.0%99.4%17.8%8.2%-0.8%-254.8M2.67B-10.0M1.2517.8342,25952,949269,058434,821
2014-10-17$163.45$165.0017.2%4.5%18.3%78.4%14.1%11.6%5.7%-262.1M1.46B-10.2M1.3674.0656,36276,686293,424451,818
2014-10-20$163.60$165.0015.6%4.5%18.3%65.6%18.1%6.5%-0.3%-31.6M473.2M-10.8M1.3512.5429,45239,850244,448333,455
2014-10-21$165.58$165.0013.6%4.2%18.8%49.2%17.3%5.7%-0.4%13.6M-110.5M-10.8M1.6612.7027,38945,396252,009339,726
2014-10-22$164.33$165.0015.1%4.5%18.5%61.2%17.5%6.2%-0.4%-14.3M196.2M-10.7M1.6611.9029,24248,597253,895346,335
2014-10-23$166.24$165.0014.1%4.3%18.6%53.0%14.8%5.7%-0.1%32.4M-349.1M-10.7M1.2410.4642,87052,952262,176355,688
2014-10-24$167.69$165.0013.4%4.2%18.7%47.6%14.6%5.2%-0.2%59.7M-714.2M-11.0M1.3712.5833,94246,387268,190367,362
2014-10-27$167.77$165.0013.1%4.1%18.6%44.8%14.3%5.1%0.1%43.7M-552.9M-10.7M1.359.6525,35334,161253,095342,490
2014-10-28$169.64$165.0011.5%3.9%19.1%32.1%15.1%4.4%0.3%96.1M-1.15B-9.8M1.009.2835,29235,131256,366349,532
2014-10-29$169.41$165.0011.4%3.9%18.4%31.4%14.8%4.3%0.5%90.6M-1.09B-10.0M1.379.9031,73343,341259,107352,979
2014-10-30$171.61$166.0011.3%3.8%18.9%30.2%14.4%4.1%0.1%124.0M-1.72B-9.5M0.848.8152,94644,418260,635359,870
2014-10-31$173.51$166.0010.7%3.7%18.8%25.6%13.8%3.8%0.3%141.3M-2.23B-9.4M1.1910.6542,52150,807279,603372,325