IEF Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, IEF traded between $88.82 and $90.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 7.2%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 6.4%). Max pain ranged from $89.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.95.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-27: Highest Volume — 1,957 contracts
  • 2010-01-08: Largest IV drop — 11.1% change
  • 2010-01-06: Highest IV Rank — 26.5%
  • 2010-01-06: Largest Expected Move — 2.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$89.79$88.82$90.70$88.82$90.70
Max Pain$89.11$89.00$90.00$89.00$90.00
ATM IV7.2%5.8%8.5%8.1%5.8%
Expected Move2.1%1.7%2.4%2.3%1.7%
HV 20d6.4%5.3%7.6%6.9%5.5%
HV 60d7.0%6.6%7.3%7.3%6.6%
IV Rank13.4%0.0%26.5%22.2%0.0%
IV Percentile11.3%0.0%29.4%21.8%0.0%
Term Structure0.9%0.4%1.5%0.5%1.2%
VWIV7.1%5.9%8.4%7.2%5.9%
Skew 25d0.9%0.5%1.3%1.1%1.1%
Skew 10d2.6%0.3%4.8%4.8%2.6%
Call IV 25d6.8%4.9%7.9%7.9%4.9%
Put IV 25d7.7%5.9%9.0%9.0%5.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.698.3524.4321.2015.09
Gamma HHI0.530.420.610.560.57
Net GEX-5.9M-9.0M-4.3M-5.4M-8.8M
Net DEX38.6M22.3M52.8M52.8M28.8M
Net VEX-177.3K-195.2K-158.2K-161.8K-193.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.950.0116.170.600.12
Total Volume425.368781,95788551
Total OI13,614.57912,30116,33712,30116,337

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$88.82$89.008.1%2.3%6.9%22.2%7.2%1.1%0.5%-5.4M52.8M-161.8K0.6021.2055332,8149,487
2010-01-05$89.21$89.008.2%2.3%6.8%23.3%8.0%1.1%0.6%-5.3M48.5M-169.2K0.0723.33447302,8599,489
2010-01-06$88.85$89.008.5%2.4%6.7%26.5%7.7%1.0%0.4%-4.9M49.7M-167.6K0.0816.28138113,2949,502
2010-01-07$88.85$89.008.0%2.4%6.5%21.6%8.4%1.2%0.4%-5.1M50.8M-165.1K11.4516.69222523,3379,511
2010-01-08$88.96$89.007.1%2.3%6.6%12.0%7.9%0.6%0.8%-5.5M51.0M-168.9K0.2419.73165403,3549,747
2010-01-11$89.02$89.007.5%2.2%6.6%16.2%7.4%0.9%0.5%-5.7M50.9M-158.2K2.5518.0822563,4589,776
2010-01-12$89.66$89.007.7%2.1%7.1%18.8%7.5%0.9%1.0%-5.7M43.2M-176.7K0.1023.44278293,4689,825
2010-01-13$89.23$89.007.9%2.2%7.2%20.3%7.1%1.3%0.5%-5.6M46.9M-173.7K0.5824.432081203,7109,847
2010-01-14$89.65$89.007.4%2.1%7.4%15.7%7.4%0.7%0.8%-6.1M43.6M-176.3K0.0318.67435143,5889,942
2010-01-15$90.05$89.007.1%2.0%7.6%11.8%7.4%0.8%1.1%-6.2M35.3M-183.5K0.6821.803342273,9819,936
2010-01-19$89.89$89.007.2%2.1%6.8%13.1%7.0%0.7%0.8%-6.6M37.3M-177.8K1.2317.5174913,0049,520
2010-01-20$90.20$89.007.0%2.0%6.8%10.9%6.9%0.9%1.1%-6.6M33.8M-179.2K0.2519.72289713,0349,597
2010-01-21$90.53$89.006.6%1.9%5.8%6.9%6.4%0.9%1.3%-6.4M28.9M-183.3K0.0221.301,348333,1979,640
2010-01-22$90.61$89.006.7%1.9%5.5%8.0%7.1%0.7%1.0%-4.3M22.8M-194.7K0.2618.90317824,5009,621
2010-01-25$90.41$89.007.1%2.0%5.6%11.8%6.5%0.6%0.7%-4.8M24.2M-178.7K0.0120.7811214,6019,689
2010-01-26$90.59$89.006.8%2.0%5.4%8.7%6.7%0.5%1.0%-4.7M22.3M-184.0K1.0218.9253544,6429,690
2010-01-27$90.38$89.006.4%1.8%5.3%4.7%6.5%1.2%1.3%-4.9M26.0M-181.4K16.178.351141,8434,6439,744
2010-01-28$90.35$90.006.2%1.8%5.4%1.8%6.2%0.7%1.5%-9.0M35.8M-195.2K1.6610.8850834,72311,570
2010-01-29$90.70$90.005.8%1.7%5.5%0.0%5.9%1.1%1.2%-8.8M28.8M-193.9K0.1215.09491604,72811,609