DIA Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, DIA traded between $239.97 and $261.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.5%, placing in the 62.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 23.2%). Max pain ranged from $250.00 to $250.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.90.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-05: Highest Volume — 244,015 contracts
  • 2018-02-05: Largest IV spike — 64.2% change
  • 2018-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$250.02$239.97$261.47$261.47$250.75
Max Pain$250.00$250.00$250.00$250.00$250.00
ATM IV17.5%12.7%26.0%12.7%15.9%
Expected Move5.0%3.6%7.2%3.6%4.8%
HV 20d23.2%9.1%26.9%9.1%26.9%
HV 60d14.7%7.5%16.6%7.5%16.6%
IV Rank62.8%34.2%100.0%87.6%47.6%
IV Percentile97.5%93.7%100.0%98.0%96.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.2%0.5%0.1%-0.1%
VWIV18.1%12.9%25.7%12.9%16.9%
Skew 25d6.5%3.1%10.8%3.1%5.2%
Skew 10d12.4%6.8%21.5%6.8%10.0%
Call IV 25d15.2%11.4%21.9%11.4%14.3%
Put IV 25d21.6%14.5%32.7%14.5%19.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.967.3566.518.069.67
Gamma HHI0.050.040.080.070.06
Net GEX3.3M-112.8M256.1M256.1M32.6M
Net DEX170.0M-2.81B3.07B-2.81B-582.1M
Net VEX-19.8M-21.8M-18.5M-20.2M-19.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.900.501.460.800.87
Total Volume128,732.89592,672244,015111,83698,061
Total OI849,911.368781,002925,840812,761822,096

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$261.47$250.0012.7%3.6%9.1%87.6%12.9%3.1%0.1%256.1M-2.81B-20.2M0.808.0662,07449,762448,843363,918
2018-02-02$254.84$250.0015.0%4.2%13.4%100.0%15.2%4.9%-0.0%-112.8M110.6M-20.0M0.999.6694,70894,234450,530370,633
2018-02-05$244.96$250.0024.6%6.8%19.3%100.0%21.5%9.2%0.5%-111.0M2.26B-18.9M1.2366.51109,586134,429433,928347,074
2018-02-06$248.87$250.0021.8%5.8%20.3%83.8%21.5%7.2%-1.2%-48.5M1.02B-21.8M0.9341.6496,49289,477480,683371,144
2018-02-07$249.57$250.0017.4%4.8%20.2%59.3%18.0%7.0%-0.6%-83.3M860.4M-20.5M0.9230.9667,05961,592501,908384,179
2018-02-08$239.97$250.0026.0%7.2%24.4%100.0%24.6%10.8%-1.2%-85.2M3.07B-20.3M1.1528.4261,21470,556510,005392,994
2018-02-09$242.23$250.0023.7%6.7%24.5%88.2%25.7%10.3%-0.5%-99.1M2.77B-20.2M1.4636.7361,96190,501523,322402,518
2018-02-12$246.17$250.0019.1%5.5%25.1%64.4%18.9%8.8%0.1%-62.8M1.49B-19.7M1.0216.5752,78453,766480,940392,807
2018-02-13$246.66$250.0018.4%5.3%25.1%60.4%19.6%7.9%-0.6%-47.6M1.30B-19.7M0.6311.8061,70839,107487,436393,068
2018-02-14$249.24$250.0016.1%4.6%25.0%48.7%17.4%6.3%-0.4%68.3M360.4M-19.8M0.7816.4357,29644,833507,878395,971
2018-02-15$252.16$250.0015.7%4.5%25.5%46.3%17.0%5.3%-0.3%64.3M-903.4M-20.0M0.5013.2793,64647,122511,329398,588
2018-02-16$252.50$250.0015.2%4.4%25.5%43.6%15.9%5.2%-0.1%-37.8M-561.7M-20.1M0.7312.1779,21357,507493,347405,542
2018-02-20$249.63$250.0016.2%4.7%25.6%49.1%17.1%6.0%-0.2%3.2M-79.2M-19.1M0.8411.6851,56043,398452,431348,525
2018-02-21$248.06$250.0016.8%4.9%25.6%52.2%18.4%5.7%-0.4%-41.4M276.0M-19.1M0.8611.1350,34643,058464,600356,087
2018-02-22$249.46$250.0015.7%4.8%25.7%46.6%17.7%6.0%0.3%-34.5M-40.6M-19.0M1.1012.4249,19054,148460,487362,707
2018-02-23$252.74$250.0013.7%4.0%26.2%35.8%14.9%4.8%-0.2%101.6M-1.26B-18.5M0.977.3547,05445,618465,620371,258
2018-02-26$256.71$250.0013.3%3.9%26.7%34.2%14.9%3.9%0.0%189.4M-2.39B-19.3M0.647.4974,61747,773444,598344,356
2018-02-27$254.48$250.0015.6%4.7%26.8%46.0%16.7%5.0%-0.2%110.4M-1.67B-20.5M0.678.2366,32144,154454,245352,721
2018-02-28$250.75$250.0015.9%4.8%26.9%47.6%16.9%5.2%-0.1%32.6M-582.1M-19.5M0.879.6752,46845,593466,295355,801