IEF Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, IEF traded between $90.52 and $93.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 7.3%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 8.0%). Max pain ranged from $91.00 to $92.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.75.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-24: Highest Volume — 1,530 contracts
  • 2009-11-23: Largest IV drop — 11.4% change
  • 2009-11-03: Highest IV Rank — 16.4%
  • 2009-11-03: Largest Expected Move — 2.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$91.56$90.52$93.06$90.77$93.06
Max Pain$91.17$91.00$92.00$91.00$91.00
ATM IV7.3%6.0%8.5%8.5%6.7%
Expected Move2.1%1.7%2.4%2.4%1.9%
HV 20d8.0%6.8%9.2%9.2%6.8%
HV 60d7.1%6.7%7.7%7.7%6.8%
IV Rank7.4%0.0%16.4%16.4%6.1%
IV Percentile2.9%0.0%13.1%13.1%2.0%
Term Structure1.2%-0.6%2.0%-0.1%0.5%
VWIV7.5%6.1%8.8%8.5%6.6%
Skew 25d1.0%0.1%1.6%1.3%0.1%
Skew 10d2.1%-0.4%5.5%5.5%1.9%
Call IV 25d7.0%5.2%8.4%8.2%6.6%
Put IV 25d8.1%6.6%9.4%9.4%6.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.0311.9459.6628.3017.20
Gamma HHI0.350.190.670.270.46
Net GEX368.2K-448.4K3.6M02.6M
Net DEX-836.6K-14.6M2.6M0-8.3M
Net VEX-19.4K-50.4K00-43.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.750.005.101.434.45
Total Volume286.263221,530292599
Total OI1,609.26304,46203,637

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-03$90.77$0.008.5%2.4%9.2%16.4%8.5%1.3%-0.1%0001.4328.3012017200
2009-11-04$90.52$91.008.4%2.4%9.2%15.2%8.8%0.9%-0.6%-21.8K649.4K-4.3K0.6959.663524120152
2009-11-05$90.54$91.008.0%2.3%8.8%12.4%8.0%1.4%-0.1%1.4K673.6K-5.3K0.5020.754422155176
2009-11-06$90.81$91.007.6%2.4%8.9%9.5%8.1%1.4%1.5%-14.2K647.6K-6.4K2.7819.1491253196198
2009-11-09$90.85$91.007.5%2.3%8.3%8.7%8.6%1.6%2.0%-448.4K1.6M-8.9K0.0120.772153281449
2009-11-10$90.92$91.007.5%2.3%8.2%8.3%8.1%1.2%1.5%-405.4K1.3M-10.2K0.1623.5625841446449
2009-11-11$91.18$91.007.4%2.3%8.3%7.4%8.3%1.1%1.5%-273.9K636.3K-13.5K5.1027.621051704500
2009-11-12$91.21$91.007.8%2.2%7.9%11.1%7.9%0.9%1.7%-319.2K805.4K-14.2K0.3918.9215962712551
2009-11-13$91.28$91.007.6%2.2%7.8%9.3%7.1%1.3%1.7%-261.7K515.0K-16.1K4.1519.421354820603
2009-11-16$91.77$91.007.5%2.1%7.9%8.3%0.0%1.1%1.8%-117.0K-336.2K-16.4K0.0015.76220818657
2009-11-17$91.97$91.007.6%2.2%7.9%8.8%7.7%1.2%1.3%10.5K-1.1M-15.6K1.6617.33125208833657
2009-11-18$91.74$91.007.2%2.1%7.9%6.1%6.5%0.9%1.6%15.5K229.2K-20.4K3.1713.10619939854
2009-11-19$91.85$91.006.9%2.0%7.9%3.8%7.1%0.5%1.8%146.5K36.3K-19.7K3.5318.7032113945873
2009-11-20$91.84$91.007.0%2.0%7.8%4.2%7.0%0.9%1.7%281.9K547.0K-21.3K3.7517.3155206977986
2009-11-23$91.71$92.006.2%1.8%7.6%0.0%6.4%1.2%1.4%-59.3K2.6M-26.7K1.0416.88192200903958
2009-11-24$92.18$92.006.1%1.7%7.5%0.0%6.1%1.0%1.0%-59.7K2.1M-32.0K0.0117.121,520101,0651,158
2009-11-25$92.49$92.006.0%1.7%7.0%0.0%7.1%1.5%1.1%2.3M-4.0M-44.6K0.0411.94255102,1761,166
2009-11-27$92.91$91.006.5%1.9%7.1%4.5%7.0%0.5%1.0%3.6M-14.6M-50.4K0.3416.16179613,2861,176
2009-11-30$93.06$91.006.7%1.9%6.8%6.1%6.6%0.1%0.5%2.6M-8.3M-43.4K4.4517.201104892,4331,204