IEF Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, IEF traded between $93.36 and $96.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 21.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $98.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.41.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-06: Highest Volume — 2,136 contracts
  • 2009-02-11: Largest IV drop — 12.3% change
  • 2009-02-20: Highest IV Rank — 25.2%
  • 2009-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$94.62$93.36$96.15$95.20$93.74
Max Pain$96.11$95.00$98.00$98.00$95.00
ATM IV14.0%12.2%15.2%14.2%14.3%
Expected Move4.1%3.9%4.3%4.1%4.1%
HV 20d10.8%8.8%12.4%8.8%11.2%
HV 60d11.4%10.5%12.1%11.3%10.5%
IV Rank21.5%14.9%25.2%22.1%22.4%
IV Percentile86.8%70.6%93.3%90.5%88.5%
Term Structure0.0%-1.2%0.6%-1.2%0.1%
VWIV14.2%13.2%14.9%14.8%14.1%
Skew 25d1.1%0.1%2.0%1.1%1.1%
Skew 10d2.0%0.8%4.6%1.5%1.1%
Call IV 25d14.0%13.3%14.6%14.5%14.0%
Put IV 25d15.1%14.2%16.1%15.6%15.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.9223.5934.3434.3427.73
Gamma HHI0.210.170.280.280.23
Net GEX-1.2M-2.2M89.6K-1.2M-170.3K
Net DEX13.1M3.3M24.2M11.5M11.1M
Net VEX-163.7K-190.6K-133.4K-133.5K-181.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.410.0840.881.810.18
Total Volume465.579422,13628158
Total OI11,813.6328,74114,2358,74114,235

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$95.20$98.0014.2%4.1%8.8%22.1%14.8%1.1%-1.2%-1.2M11.5M-133.5K1.8134.341001812,5096,232
2009-02-03$94.38$98.0014.3%4.1%9.2%22.2%14.3%0.4%0.3%-1.3M14.9M-133.4K2.8224.82822312,5496,365
2009-02-04$93.90$97.0014.0%4.0%9.3%21.3%14.4%0.4%0.3%-1.5M17.2M-134.0K1.1426.011511722,5846,497
2009-02-05$94.12$97.0013.8%4.0%9.4%20.7%14.1%0.1%0.3%-1.5M17.0M-134.1K0.0824.17289222,6846,618
2009-02-06$93.55$96.0013.9%4.2%9.4%21.0%14.9%2.0%-0.1%-1.4M18.2M-138.3K40.8826.05512,0852,9336,611
2009-02-09$93.36$96.0013.6%4.3%9.1%19.8%14.8%1.7%-0.5%-2.2M24.2M-170.3K0.9823.591401372,9568,630
2009-02-10$94.61$96.0013.9%4.1%10.2%20.8%14.1%1.5%-0.3%-1.8M16.9M-169.1K1.7031.45821393,0878,700
2009-02-11$95.34$96.0012.2%3.9%10.7%14.9%13.6%0.7%0.1%-1.6M13.1M-164.1K0.1528.26195303,1508,760
2009-02-12$95.31$96.0013.5%3.9%10.4%19.6%13.4%0.9%0.4%-1.5M11.8M-166.2K1.3531.50961303,2878,785
2009-02-13$94.56$96.0013.5%3.9%10.6%19.5%13.2%1.1%0.1%-1.7M15.6M-164.2K2.8234.1311313,3368,880
2009-02-17$96.15$96.0014.4%4.1%12.2%22.8%14.5%1.5%-0.1%-1.2M8.8M-161.2K0.3332.284831613,3428,910
2009-02-18$95.45$96.0014.7%4.2%12.4%23.8%14.5%0.7%-0.0%-1.2M10.0M-169.0K0.1532.04267393,6278,911
2009-02-19$94.92$96.0014.8%4.2%12.2%24.0%14.8%0.6%-0.2%-1.5M13.7M-172.6K0.3431.703161073,8348,944
2009-02-20$95.19$96.0015.2%4.3%12.1%25.2%14.9%1.3%-0.6%-870.3K11.2M-175.9K8.9525.01605374,1128,982
2009-02-23$95.28$96.0014.5%4.2%12.1%23.2%14.3%1.6%0.4%-1.4M8.7M-174.8K0.1531.621,5512263,6578,657
2009-02-24$94.92$95.0014.2%4.1%12.1%22.0%14.2%1.1%0.6%89.6K3.3M-187.2K0.2529.77173435,1608,724
2009-02-25$94.06$95.0014.1%4.0%12.2%21.5%13.8%1.3%0.1%-194.2K9.5M-190.6K0.5028.71165825,3018,753
2009-02-26$93.82$95.0013.9%4.0%12.0%20.8%13.6%1.0%0.5%-270.3K11.4M-189.7K0.2126.32185385,3318,826
2009-02-27$93.74$95.0014.3%4.1%11.2%22.4%14.1%1.1%0.1%-170.3K11.1M-181.6K0.1827.734995,4028,833