DIA Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, DIA traded between $157.67 and $171.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 50.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 19.7%). Max pain ranged from $165.00 to $175.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-04: Highest Volume — 116,031 contracts
  • 2016-01-07: Largest IV spike — 15.3% change
  • 2016-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 67.4%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$162.83$157.67$171.37$171.06$162.36
Max Pain$168.21$165.00$175.00$175.00$165.00
ATM IV20.5%16.9%24.1%17.6%18.2%
Expected Move5.9%4.9%6.9%5.0%5.4%
HV 20d19.7%17.3%21.5%19.1%21.5%
HV 60d16.4%14.7%17.7%14.8%17.7%
IV Rank50.2%32.4%67.4%35.7%38.9%
IV Percentile90.8%82.1%98.4%86.5%82.1%
Term Structure-0.3%-0.7%0.4%-0.1%0.1%
VWIV20.6%16.7%24.6%17.6%19.4%
Skew 25d6.8%5.9%8.3%6.7%5.9%
Skew 10d12.9%10.5%16.8%12.4%10.5%
Call IV 25d17.6%14.2%20.5%14.5%15.7%
Put IV 25d24.4%20.2%28.6%21.2%21.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.833.737.856.604.54
Gamma HHI0.050.030.140.060.04
Net GEX-26.7M-90.8M38.2M-14.5M38.2M
Net DEX805.3M22.5M1.72B128.2M290.7M
Net VEX-8.3M-8.9M-7.8M-8.3M-8.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.491.060.661.03
Total Volume82,777.73750,141116,031116,03150,141
Total OI590,913.316475,093704,010574,796559,106

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$171.06$175.0017.6%5.0%19.1%35.7%17.6%6.7%-0.1%-14.5M128.2M-8.3M0.666.6070,10845,923314,635260,161
2016-01-05$171.37$174.0016.9%4.9%17.3%32.4%16.7%6.1%0.0%-4.3M22.5M-8.6M0.654.4350,90633,264329,894278,322
2016-01-06$168.73$174.0018.5%5.2%18.0%40.0%19.0%5.9%-0.3%-66.3M542.0M-8.4M0.496.9560,61529,802341,447286,402
2016-01-07$165.57$174.0021.3%5.9%18.8%53.8%20.4%6.8%-0.4%-90.8M1.09B-8.3M0.827.7456,01745,826347,836291,199
2016-01-08$163.18$172.0021.8%6.4%19.2%56.1%21.1%7.1%-0.3%-56.0M1.38B-8.1M0.697.1153,35636,896360,306295,500
2016-01-11$163.99$170.0019.9%5.8%19.2%46.9%19.3%6.8%0.4%-50.5M1.07B-7.8M1.067.3539,52441,827360,058287,877
2016-01-12$165.09$170.0019.3%5.5%18.8%44.2%19.4%6.0%0.0%-36.3M869.0M-8.0M0.834.7150,97642,120369,756292,457
2016-01-13$161.43$168.0022.0%6.2%19.8%57.2%20.6%6.6%-0.3%-67.9M1.42B-8.0M0.685.9947,49932,167378,729303,138
2016-01-14$163.59$167.0020.5%5.8%20.1%50.1%19.4%6.9%-0.4%-40.5M1.06B-8.3M0.594.8357,64933,874383,893303,874
2016-01-15$159.77$167.0023.3%6.5%20.3%63.7%22.5%8.3%-0.7%-88.2M1.72B-8.0M0.947.8558,33555,012394,417309,593
2016-01-19$160.30$165.0022.1%6.3%20.3%58.0%24.6%7.6%-0.2%-14.4M751.9M-8.2M0.896.1440,98536,344275,601199,492
2016-01-20$157.67$165.0024.1%6.9%19.6%67.4%23.6%8.1%-0.7%-25.2M1.01B-7.8M0.687.1063,59743,166281,000209,966
2016-01-21$159.08$165.0022.9%6.6%20.0%61.7%23.0%8.2%-0.7%-7.9M817.4M-8.4M0.726.5342,44230,577298,561222,990
2016-01-22$160.72$165.0019.9%5.8%20.0%47.2%20.4%6.5%-0.4%17.8M617.9M-8.6M0.714.7054,09738,491304,622228,203
2016-01-25$158.75$165.0021.5%6.3%19.4%54.9%22.0%7.1%-0.1%-13.7M791.0M-8.4M0.674.7131,87921,359300,109223,868
2016-01-26$161.29$165.0020.0%5.8%20.8%47.2%20.9%6.3%-0.3%8.9M460.7M-8.9M0.693.7335,72424,637306,936227,068
2016-01-27$159.23$165.0020.9%6.2%21.0%51.8%21.7%6.3%-0.2%-6.7M716.1M-8.6M0.905.4033,22529,777316,039232,653
2016-01-28$160.60$165.0019.7%5.8%20.8%45.8%19.9%5.9%-0.0%10.5M544.2M-8.7M0.924.3728,51126,129318,424233,221
2016-01-29$162.36$165.0018.2%5.4%21.5%38.9%19.4%5.9%0.1%38.2M290.7M-8.8M1.034.5424,67525,466321,059238,047