GOVT Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, GOVT traded between $25.93 and $26.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 81.9%, placing in the 41.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 77.2% (HV 20d: 4.6%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-14: Highest Volume — 6 contracts
  • 2019-08-08: Largest IV spike — 889.4% change
  • 2019-08-08: Highest IV Rank — 85.5%
  • 2019-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 35.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.38$25.93$26.63$25.93$26.61
Max Pain$26.00$26.00$26.00$26.00$26.00
ATM IV81.9%16.5%163.5%120.2%98.3%
Expected Move20.5%2.2%35.6%34.5%28.2%
HV 20d4.6%3.4%5.6%4.0%5.4%
HV 60d4.1%3.7%4.5%3.7%4.3%
IV Rank41.0%5.3%85.5%61.9%49.9%
IV Percentile38.5%3.6%97.2%77.4%57.5%
Term Structure-27.4%-94.4%54.5%-54.9%-35.4%
VWIV61.1%5.2%124.5%124.5%5.2%
Skew 25d13.4%-30.0%63.1%10.3%26.3%
Skew 10d23.0%2.4%33.8%10.3%33.8%
Call IV 25d79.9%4.9%142.9%138.6%109.5%
Put IV 25d93.3%9.5%154.4%148.9%135.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %183.19149.34200.00194.71181.55
Gamma HHI0.660.401.001.000.41
Net GEX30007120278
Net DEX-7.0K-12.5K00-10.6K
Net VEX-30-4500-44
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.001.500.000.00
Total Volume1.1360611
Total OI7.864015012

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$25.93$0.00120.2%34.5%4.0%61.9%0.0%10.3%-54.9%0000.00194.711000
2019-08-02$25.97$0.00124.3%35.6%3.4%64.2%124.5%11.6%-58.2%41-1.5K-80.00200.001010
2019-08-05$26.15$0.00139.7%19.6%4.1%72.5%0.0%5.6%-65.0%141-2.9K-100.00176.781020
2019-08-06$26.21$0.00146.3%19.8%4.1%76.1%0.0%23.7%-28.9%86-3.0K-100.00192.820020
2019-08-07$26.22$0.0016.5%2.2%4.1%5.3%0.0%-1.3%-1.6%484-3.3K-90.00149.340020
2019-08-08$26.21$0.00163.5%20.2%3.8%85.5%0.0%24.2%-30.2%86-3.0K-100.00196.131020
2019-08-09$26.20$0.0018.8%11.0%3.8%6.6%69.6%6.6%-64.9%310-4.2K-180.00186.075030
2019-08-12$26.35$26.0073.9%21.2%4.1%36.6%0.0%27.3%-32.5%560-10.6K-290.00174.641070
2019-08-13$26.30$26.0076.2%21.9%4.2%37.9%0.0%26.9%-33.5%661-12.0K-350.00182.340080
2019-08-14$26.45$26.0029.8%8.6%4.4%12.6%53.5%-6.0%27.4%712-12.5K-340.00186.190680
2019-08-15$26.57$26.0075.1%21.5%4.5%37.3%56.2%-30.0%-36.9%486-2.1K-431.50191.362386
2019-08-16$26.54$26.0076.2%21.8%4.4%37.9%57.4%-22.2%-38.0%283-4.8K-440.00191.351096
2019-08-19$26.41$26.0046.6%13.4%5.0%21.7%0.0%-22.6%-21.1%229-9.3K-440.00183.880083
2019-08-20$26.51$26.0081.0%23.2%5.0%40.5%0.0%22.7%-23.5%214-9.5K-440.00176.760083
2019-08-21$26.45$26.0048.0%13.8%5.1%22.5%0.0%22.0%-22.6%214-9.4K-430.00187.710083
2019-08-22$26.38$26.0049.0%14.0%5.3%23.0%0.0%22.9%49.6%213-9.2K-430.00174.840083
2019-08-23$26.54$26.0044.8%12.9%5.5%20.8%0.0%63.1%54.5%462-11.1K-390.00190.340083
2019-08-26$26.52$26.0090.2%25.9%5.5%45.5%0.0%22.5%-29.7%210-7.6K-380.00177.430073
2019-08-27$26.62$26.0091.9%26.3%5.6%46.5%0.0%26.4%-30.7%174-7.8K-380.00173.730073
2019-08-28$26.63$26.0094.8%27.2%5.6%48.1%0.0%9.3%-94.4%484-8.5K-360.00175.332073
2019-08-29$26.60$26.0096.0%27.5%5.4%48.7%0.0%25.4%-31.7%274-10.6K-450.00186.960093
2019-08-30$26.61$26.0098.3%28.2%5.4%49.9%5.2%26.3%-35.4%278-10.6K-440.00181.551093