GOVT Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, GOVT traded between $27.89 and $28.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.1%, placing in the 7.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-16: Highest Volume — 224 contracts
  • 2020-04-17: Largest IV spike — 137.0% change
  • 2020-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 25.3%
  • 2020-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.09$27.89$28.21$28.13$28.10
Max Pain$27.86$26.00$28.00$27.00$28.00
ATM IV17.1%4.7%48.6%41.0%9.3%
Expected Move3.7%1.4%11.8%11.8%2.7%
HV 20d10.5%4.8%17.7%17.7%4.9%
HV 60d10.9%10.8%11.0%10.8%11.0%
IV Rank7.7%0.8%25.3%21.1%3.4%
IV Percentile6.1%1.2%16.7%11.1%5.6%
Term Structure-2.8%-15.5%4.8%-5.4%-2.6%
VWIV16.5%6.4%50.4%13.8%25.6%
Skew 25d5.8%-39.2%102.6%102.6%11.5%
Skew 10d10.4%-48.8%132.4%132.4%-45.6%
Call IV 25d27.9%6.7%59.3%17.6%15.1%
Put IV 25d33.8%7.6%120.2%120.2%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %159.33141.29174.06154.93150.54
Gamma HHI0.610.440.920.760.83
Net GEX122.0K45.1K317.0K216.6K47.3K
Net DEX-739.5K-1.0M-474.7K-1.0M-506.6K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.6K-1.1K-2.5K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.002.670.000.20
Total Volume27.81022440
Total OI614.143411785760431

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$28.13$27.0041.0%11.8%17.7%21.1%13.8%102.6%-5.4%216.6K-1.0M-2.5K0.00154.934067090
2020-04-02$28.12$26.0028.3%6.6%17.5%14.0%20.5%-5.3%-15.5%161.4K-986.6K-2.4K2.60159.74102667090
2020-04-03$28.16$28.0029.5%2.5%17.1%14.7%0.0%11.5%2.6%160.8K-1.0M-2.6K0.00155.63140663116
2020-04-06$28.09$28.0032.2%2.9%16.4%16.2%9.9%-19.9%-1.1%126.7K-910.5K-2.5K0.00156.19340652116
2020-04-07$27.97$28.0048.6%2.7%15.4%25.3%0.0%10.3%-0.9%317.0K-856.7K-2.2K0.09170.87232656116
2020-04-08$27.93$28.0016.2%4.6%14.9%7.2%18.5%-6.7%-8.4%289.7K-769.8K-2.2K2.67171.9738648117
2020-04-09$27.91$28.0016.5%4.7%14.9%7.4%15.2%-12.1%-7.1%113.5K-847.9K-2.3K0.18174.06112646122
2020-04-13$27.90$28.0021.4%6.1%14.7%10.1%19.4%-26.7%-12.6%110.4K-846.7K-2.2K0.21169.53286648123
2020-04-14$27.89$28.0011.8%3.4%12.9%4.8%0.0%0.5%-2.2%112.9K-856.6K-2.1K1.00171.7511656129
2020-04-15$28.14$28.0010.7%3.1%11.2%4.1%0.0%-35.0%-1.4%81.0K-1.0M-1.5K0.25172.7682655130
2020-04-16$28.19$28.007.6%2.2%9.1%2.4%6.4%32.3%2.9%128.3K-1.0M-1.6K0.00155.492240649132
2020-04-17$28.10$28.0017.9%5.1%9.2%8.2%19.5%-30.9%-8.0%261.8K-737.5K-1.6K0.00156.641060459132
2020-04-20$28.15$28.004.7%1.4%7.7%0.8%0.0%23.5%4.8%48.4K-488.6K-1.4K0.00148.9520295116
2020-04-21$28.21$28.009.6%2.8%5.6%3.6%6.9%7.4%-2.6%52.2K-513.3K-1.4K0.00144.37160295116
2020-04-22$28.15$28.0010.6%3.0%5.4%4.1%0.0%18.1%-1.1%54.0K-494.5K-1.5K0.00164.5800306116
2020-04-23$28.18$28.007.4%2.1%5.3%2.3%7.2%17.6%1.5%45.1K-546.5K-1.1K0.00164.92160306116
2020-04-24$28.20$28.008.9%2.6%5.2%3.2%9.6%-39.2%1.2%63.0K-531.0K-1.3K0.00171.6690311116
2020-04-27$28.05$28.008.2%2.3%4.8%2.8%8.0%35.8%-1.2%48.4K-483.7K-1.1K0.06147.99161307116
2020-04-28$28.15$28.009.2%2.6%5.0%3.3%50.4%17.6%-1.3%58.5K-524.5K-1.1K0.25142.0041315117
2020-04-29$28.12$28.009.6%2.7%5.0%3.5%25.6%9.3%-1.0%64.4K-474.7K-1.4K0.20141.2951315118
2020-04-30$28.10$28.009.3%2.7%4.9%3.4%0.0%11.5%-2.6%47.3K-506.6K-1.1K0.00150.5400313118