IEF Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, IEF traded between $94.70 and $98.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.5%, placing in the 12.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 9.8%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $101.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 7.26.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-07: Highest Volume — 2,847 contracts
  • 2009-01-21: Largest IV spike — 21.9% change
  • 2009-01-23: Highest IV Rank — 19.7%
  • 2009-01-23: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$96.98$94.70$98.85$97.12$94.70
Max Pain$98.65$95.00$101.00$95.00$98.00
ATM IV11.5%8.9%13.5%12.9%13.0%
Expected Move3.4%2.8%3.9%3.7%3.7%
HV 20d9.8%8.5%11.5%11.5%9.7%
HV 60d11.3%11.0%12.2%12.2%11.5%
IV Rank12.8%3.8%19.7%17.5%17.9%
IV Percentile60.9%19.8%85.3%80.6%79.4%
Term Structure0.3%-0.8%1.3%1.2%-0.3%
VWIV11.8%7.7%13.5%12.8%13.0%
Skew 25d1.1%-0.9%3.5%-0.9%1.2%
Skew 10d2.4%-1.7%5.0%-1.7%0.9%
Call IV 25d11.6%8.7%14.2%13.4%12.8%
Put IV 25d12.7%10.5%14.3%12.5%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.4927.2969.4056.4029.66
Gamma HHI0.250.120.390.190.32
Net GEX-955.4K-1.3M-281.0K-768.4K-1.1M
Net DEX2.0M-8.9M13.8M-4.2M13.6M
Net VEX-88.1K-127.8K-36.5K-50.4K-127.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio7.260.18108.503.241.26
Total Volume418.551312,847174131
Total OI10,897.557,76614,69110,7658,689

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$97.12$95.0012.9%3.7%11.5%17.5%12.8%-0.9%1.2%-768.4K-4.2M-50.4K3.2456.40411331,9138,852
2009-01-05$96.95$101.0013.4%3.7%11.4%19.2%13.2%1.0%0.5%-863.0K-3.7M-48.0K0.9053.871211091,9538,926
2009-01-06$96.89$101.0010.9%3.4%10.6%10.6%12.0%1.0%-0.2%-770.5K-3.5M-47.0K2.0960.36931941,9988,982
2009-01-07$96.91$98.0010.9%3.3%10.5%10.8%10.5%0.8%0.2%-703.0K-4.6M-40.4K108.5043.70262,8212,0539,004
2009-01-08$97.17$100.0010.4%3.3%10.1%8.9%11.4%0.8%0.5%-1.0M-3.8M-52.4K0.7043.27122862,07411,788
2009-01-09$97.62$99.009.4%3.0%10.2%5.5%10.6%1.0%0.7%-820.2K-6.1M-42.9K2.7245.72782122,11611,874
2009-01-12$98.23$99.0010.2%3.1%10.2%8.1%11.3%1.9%0.1%-1.1M-643.4K-101.2K2.2453.06621392,18211,971
2009-01-13$98.30$98.0010.3%3.0%10.2%8.6%10.5%1.7%0.1%-350.0K-8.7M-36.5K1.0339.6595982,19712,012
2009-01-14$98.85$98.008.9%3.0%10.3%3.8%10.9%0.3%0.5%-281.0K-8.9M-50.5K1.9243.731122152,28712,058
2009-01-15$98.77$99.0010.4%3.0%8.7%9.0%10.6%0.1%1.0%-978.4K-3.5M-96.6K1.6448.161081772,33312,141
2009-01-16$97.86$99.009.6%2.8%9.0%6.3%7.7%1.3%1.3%-1.3M1.2M-107.3K2.5166.441423572,41912,272
2009-01-20$97.71$100.0010.4%3.0%8.5%9.1%10.9%3.5%1.0%-1.1M5.8M-107.1K1.0769.402042191,7965,970
2009-01-21$96.84$100.0012.7%3.6%9.0%16.9%12.7%1.0%0.3%-1.2M7.6M-118.2K0.9731.453753651,9245,943
2009-01-22$96.20$98.0013.0%3.7%9.1%18.0%13.3%1.5%0.1%-1.2M9.3M-127.1K1.6027.29651042,1186,082
2009-01-23$96.22$98.0013.5%3.9%9.2%19.7%13.4%0.1%0.0%-1.1M9.2M-121.2K1.0351.6874762,1536,151
2009-01-26$95.98$98.0013.2%3.8%9.2%18.5%13.2%1.3%-0.3%-1.2M10.7M-125.6K0.3130.64166512,1936,151
2009-01-27$96.61$98.0012.5%3.6%9.3%16.0%12.5%1.1%0.3%-1.0M7.3M-119.0K9.1939.78524782,2976,158
2009-01-28$95.99$98.0012.0%3.4%9.5%14.5%12.2%1.6%-0.8%-958.1K9.0M-117.0K0.1845.20185332,3316,031
2009-01-29$94.74$98.0013.0%3.7%10.2%17.9%13.5%1.5%-0.1%-1.1M13.8M-125.0K2.0730.39821702,4526,107
2009-01-30$94.70$98.0013.0%3.7%9.7%17.9%13.0%1.2%-0.3%-1.1M13.6M-127.8K1.2629.6658732,4876,202