IEF Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, IEF traded between $88.26 and $90.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.5%, placing in the 33.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 9.5%). Max pain ranged from $88.00 to $89.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.11.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-29: Highest Volume — 5,128 contracts
  • 2008-02-05: Largest IV spike — 13.2% change
  • 2008-02-11: Highest IV Rank — 36.7%
  • 2008-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 3.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$89.27$88.26$90.76$89.94$90.76
Max Pain$88.70$88.00$89.00$89.00$88.00
ATM IV10.5%9.4%11.2%9.4%10.9%
Expected Move3.0%2.7%3.2%2.7%3.1%
HV 20d9.5%8.3%10.4%8.3%10.4%
HV 60d9.2%8.8%9.5%8.8%9.5%
IV Rank33.6%28.8%36.7%28.8%35.2%
IV Percentile93.8%88.5%98.0%90.9%94.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.8%0.4%0.4%0.3%
VWIV10.6%9.5%11.3%9.5%10.9%
Skew 25d0.2%-0.6%0.7%0.2%-0.6%
Skew 10d-0.1%-2.9%3.2%3.2%-2.2%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.1%11.1%9.1%10.9%
Put IV 25d10.8%9.4%11.6%9.4%10.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.1416.6885.5541.7725.29
Gamma HHI0.240.210.300.230.25
Net GEX-16.0M-24.8M-7.5M-13.3M-7.5M
Net DEX29.2M-14.4M55.5M19.1M-14.4M
Net VEX-306.5K-363.0K-202.8K-303.2K-202.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.110.0021.035.5817.58
Total Volume814.45525,1288695,128
Total OI55,782.5552,42759,48154,04459,481

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$89.94$89.009.4%2.7%8.3%28.8%9.5%0.2%0.4%-13.3M19.1M-303.2K5.5841.771327374,81149,233
2008-02-04$89.44$89.009.9%2.9%8.6%31.0%10.4%0.4%-0.6%-17.1M37.3M-363.0K0.4730.7264304,91249,934
2008-02-05$90.07$89.0011.2%3.0%8.9%36.7%10.5%0.0%-0.6%-13.2M21.6M-315.0K1.3330.041091454,95949,954
2008-02-06$89.91$89.0010.3%3.0%8.9%32.7%10.6%0.2%-0.5%-13.8M25.0M-323.6K0.1617.89186305,05649,998
2008-02-07$88.90$89.009.8%3.0%9.9%30.7%10.2%0.1%-0.6%-19.6M45.1M-350.5K0.7525.232241675,24249,998
2008-02-08$89.65$89.0010.3%3.1%10.2%32.6%10.8%-0.2%-0.7%-14.8M28.2M-324.9K0.4520.35108495,27850,090
2008-02-11$89.85$89.0011.2%3.1%10.0%36.7%10.9%0.2%-0.7%-12.7M21.6M-304.8K0.3216.68207665,37850,103
2008-02-12$89.66$89.0010.6%3.1%10.1%34.1%11.0%0.3%-0.7%-13.7M25.6M-303.5K0.7430.2065485,50450,159
2008-02-13$89.28$89.009.8%3.0%10.0%30.6%10.6%0.3%-0.6%-16.1M34.2M-317.6K0.8222.1261505,54650,164
2008-02-14$88.79$89.0010.9%3.1%10.1%35.6%10.8%0.4%-0.7%-24.8M51.0M-354.2K0.1422.65421595,60750,164
2008-02-15$88.98$89.0010.9%3.1%9.7%35.6%10.9%0.4%-0.8%-19.2M41.2M-341.8K2.8526.16742115,86550,150
2008-02-19$88.33$89.0010.4%3.0%10.0%33.2%10.4%0.5%0.1%-19.9M51.0M-333.5K21.0385.551352,8394,77347,654
2008-02-20$88.26$89.0011.1%3.2%9.0%36.3%10.8%0.4%-0.1%-20.3M55.5M-349.0K0.1331.01335424,86250,372
2008-02-21$89.17$89.0010.9%3.1%9.8%35.4%11.3%0.3%0.2%-15.3M28.8M-291.8K0.0531.741,227565,10750,384
2008-02-22$88.92$88.0011.0%3.2%9.3%36.0%10.9%0.7%0.3%-16.7M27.6M-304.9K0.2825.26299856,22850,439
2008-02-25$88.33$88.0010.9%3.1%8.8%35.3%10.7%0.4%-0.1%-19.7M40.1M-312.0K0.3924.78169666,39250,491
2008-02-26$88.55$88.0010.1%2.9%8.9%31.9%10.2%-0.1%0.4%-17.6M28.2M-278.2K0.0017.655206,53650,521
2008-02-27$88.76$88.0010.2%2.9%8.9%32.4%10.3%0.3%-0.1%-15.8M21.1M-250.1K0.5832.3586506,58350,521
2008-02-28$89.80$88.0010.1%2.9%9.8%31.8%10.1%0.1%0.4%-9.9M-4.7M-205.1K8.6425.342572,2206,65350,549
2008-02-29$90.76$88.0010.9%3.1%10.4%35.2%10.9%-0.6%0.3%-7.5M-14.4M-202.8K17.5825.292764,8526,77052,711