DIA Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, DIA traded between $157.24 and $166.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 45.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $162.00 to $165.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-11: Highest Volume — 105,537 contracts
  • 2016-02-02: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2016-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 71.7%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$162.99$157.24$166.65$164.47$165.38
Max Pain$162.78$162.00$165.00$165.00$162.00
ATM IV19.7%16.5%25.0%17.5%17.7%
Expected Move5.7%4.8%7.2%5.1%5.3%
HV 20d20.3%18.0%22.7%22.2%18.0%
HV 60d18.7%17.8%19.4%17.8%19.3%
IV Rank45.9%30.2%71.7%35.4%36.3%
IV Percentile83.4%71.0%98.4%79.8%75.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.7%0.5%0.0%-0.1%
VWIV20.7%18.3%25.2%18.7%19.0%
Skew 25d6.2%5.6%7.4%5.7%5.8%
Skew 10d11.5%9.3%14.2%9.3%10.8%
Call IV 25d17.0%14.1%21.7%15.2%14.9%
Put IV 25d23.2%19.7%29.1%20.9%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.313.016.634.063.71
Gamma HHI0.040.030.060.040.04
Net GEX32.8M-47.6M95.0M53.7M48.8M
Net DEX116.4M-615.5M1.08B-30.3M-256.9M
Net VEX-9.3M-9.6M-8.8M-9.3M-9.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.691.310.911.17
Total Volume72,995.5554,549105,53754,54962,798
Total OI599,909.2547,763654,270553,051574,345

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$164.47$165.0017.5%5.1%22.2%35.4%18.7%5.7%0.0%53.7M-30.3M-9.3M0.914.0628,50926,040321,223231,828
2016-02-02$161.40$165.0019.5%5.8%22.2%45.1%20.3%6.2%0.1%13.7M426.4M-8.9M0.913.8936,24733,077328,071235,717
2016-02-03$163.19$164.5019.1%5.7%22.7%43.2%20.5%6.2%0.2%44.8M113.1M-9.4M1.114.4531,63335,111336,453243,927
2016-02-04$163.96$163.0019.1%5.6%22.2%43.2%21.2%6.2%0.0%59.9M-15.3M-9.6M1.135.2633,83138,270339,297250,043
2016-02-05$161.55$163.0020.8%6.0%21.9%51.5%20.8%6.3%0.0%-2.1M437.1M-9.5M1.095.7135,11538,332342,963260,757
2016-02-08$160.20$163.0022.8%6.6%21.5%61.2%23.0%6.6%0.1%-9.5M626.6M-9.3M0.695.1943,66930,329335,025261,452
2016-02-09$160.29$164.0023.1%6.7%21.4%62.5%24.1%6.9%0.3%480.1K577.4M-9.4M1.045.1731,59732,790344,662264,284
2016-02-10$159.38$163.0022.9%6.7%21.2%61.7%22.8%6.7%0.5%-20.3M758.5M-9.3M0.914.4529,79326,999342,171272,442
2016-02-11$157.24$163.0025.0%7.2%20.3%71.7%25.2%7.4%0.0%-47.6M1.08B-8.8M1.316.6345,72959,808344,246272,961
2016-02-12$159.87$162.0022.3%6.5%20.6%58.7%22.7%6.7%0.4%14.2M643.1M-9.3M0.874.0237,64032,665351,690294,133
2016-02-16$162.06$162.0021.3%6.1%19.4%54.0%24.3%6.9%-0.6%1.5M297.8M-9.2M1.154.5533,64338,626341,776279,636
2016-02-17$164.90$162.0019.2%5.5%20.3%43.7%19.0%6.5%-0.2%71.6M-308.0M-9.4M0.744.6249,80136,688348,315283,909
2016-02-18$164.42$162.0018.8%5.4%19.3%41.4%19.9%6.0%-0.6%70.0M-214.2M-9.3M0.734.0647,92534,849361,362289,997
2016-02-19$163.62$162.0017.8%5.1%19.2%37.0%18.9%5.7%0.2%19.6M118.7M-9.2M0.983.0137,85037,261357,964296,306
2016-02-22$165.97$162.0016.5%4.8%19.5%30.2%18.3%5.6%-0.3%70.4M-416.3M-9.1M1.073.5138,53341,320308,125239,638
2016-02-23$164.28$162.0017.8%5.2%19.4%36.8%19.1%6.1%-0.1%36.9M-132.8M-9.4M0.993.6832,29131,950320,933251,181
2016-02-24$164.62$162.0018.4%5.4%18.6%39.8%19.0%6.0%-0.7%52.7M-211.0M-9.5M0.873.1141,49336,123327,568257,709
2016-02-25$166.65$162.0016.7%5.0%18.3%31.4%19.2%5.7%-0.5%95.0M-615.5M-9.6M0.893.2138,95334,786329,741260,215
2016-02-26$166.38$162.0017.0%5.0%18.2%32.8%18.8%5.6%0.1%82.2M-550.9M-9.5M1.073.8237,59140,246330,537265,582
2016-02-29$165.38$162.0017.7%5.3%18.0%36.3%19.0%5.8%-0.1%48.8M-256.9M-9.3M1.173.7128,98933,809318,192256,153