IEF Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, IEF traded between $95.39 and $98.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.7%, placing in the 42.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 8.3%). Max pain ranged from $96.00 to $98.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 31.72.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-12: Highest Volume — 20,142 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2011-07-12: Highest IV Rank — 53.7%
  • 2011-07-26: Largest Expected Move — 2.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$97.18$95.39$98.66$95.39$98.66
Max Pain$97.10$96.00$98.00$96.00$97.00
ATM IV8.7%7.7%9.5%8.0%8.5%
Expected Move2.5%2.3%2.7%2.3%2.4%
HV 20d8.3%7.5%9.2%7.6%8.4%
HV 60d6.7%6.2%7.2%6.2%7.2%
IV Rank42.2%27.7%53.7%32.0%38.5%
IV Percentile83.2%54.4%94.8%66.7%76.6%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.6%0.6%0.6%
VWIV9.0%8.0%10.5%8.0%8.9%
Skew 25d1.1%0.7%1.6%1.0%1.1%
Skew 10d2.2%0.9%4.5%3.4%1.8%
Call IV 25d8.4%7.7%9.0%7.7%8.3%
Put IV 25d9.5%8.7%10.3%8.7%9.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.4317.1378.3817.1341.58
Gamma HHI0.220.160.310.260.16
Net GEX-4.9M-8.0M-1.3M-8.0M-4.7M
Net DEX48.4M-4.2M84.6M84.6M-4.2M
Net VEX-966.5K-1.1M-768.5K-926.9K-768.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio31.720.26502.554.223.08
Total Volume1,511.13620,1425791,402
Total OI66,874.7562,62170,27462,74569,989

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$95.39$96.008.0%2.3%7.6%32.0%8.0%1.0%0.6%-8.0M84.6M-926.9K4.2217.1311146817,92144,824
2011-07-05$95.99$98.008.6%2.5%8.0%40.5%8.8%1.1%0.2%-5.8M64.6M-877.1K2.0631.726814017,94644,675
2011-07-06$96.16$98.008.4%2.5%8.0%37.3%9.1%1.1%0.2%-5.6M60.1M-920.4K4.2033.069238617,95044,689
2011-07-07$95.79$98.008.0%2.4%8.0%30.9%8.8%1.4%0.4%-6.5M70.6M-879.3K0.9926.9919519318,02745,019
2011-07-08$96.81$97.007.7%2.4%8.9%27.7%8.2%1.0%0.1%-3.8M42.5M-911.1K1.9723.5925650518,10045,063
2011-07-11$97.55$97.008.6%2.4%9.2%40.2%9.0%0.7%0.1%-1.3M16.9M-874.7K17.8227.113969518,34045,432
2011-07-12$97.69$97.009.5%2.5%9.2%53.7%10.5%0.7%-0.0%-1.9M17.5M-919.1K502.5526.204020,10218,34546,002
2011-07-13$97.85$97.008.6%2.5%8.6%39.8%9.2%1.3%0.1%-1.7M34.4M-1.0M0.5827.1335520518,32351,543
2011-07-14$97.29$97.008.8%2.5%8.1%43.4%8.7%0.7%0.3%-2.4M48.7M-1.1M0.3926.8029211518,44151,690
2011-07-15$97.69$97.008.8%2.5%8.2%44.0%8.7%0.8%0.1%-1.6M36.5M-1.0M0.2627.6540010318,50651,768
2011-07-18$97.63$97.008.9%2.5%8.2%44.2%9.0%0.8%0.1%-6.0M49.5M-1.1M0.8221.3434728316,36851,045
2011-07-19$98.00$97.008.5%2.4%8.3%39.2%8.4%1.0%0.3%-4.5M35.8M-995.4K5.0720.914321816,70951,181
2011-07-20$97.52$97.008.6%2.5%8.4%40.0%8.7%0.9%0.4%-5.6M51.0M-1.0M1.0769.16283016,73451,327
2011-07-21$96.98$97.008.9%2.6%8.7%45.3%8.6%1.4%-0.2%-6.9M68.1M-1.0M21.7821.313269716,74851,317
2011-07-22$97.35$97.008.9%2.5%8.6%44.3%0.0%1.1%-0.1%-6.2M55.0M-999.1K0.0026.6703616,74951,926
2011-07-25$97.04$97.009.3%2.7%8.5%50.3%9.5%1.1%-0.1%-6.4M64.2M-1.0M1.5967.7310616916,74951,459
2011-07-26$97.45$97.009.3%2.7%8.6%51.0%9.8%1.4%-0.2%-5.8M53.4M-997.6K3.4278.388930416,75751,556
2011-07-27$97.29$97.009.2%2.6%7.9%49.7%9.3%1.6%0.1%-5.9M59.2M-982.5K28.4564.08421,19516,77651,778
2011-07-28$97.48$97.009.3%2.7%7.5%51.0%9.1%0.8%0.4%-7.7M58.8M-1.0M2.3750.0213131016,81752,906
2011-07-29$98.66$97.008.5%2.4%8.4%38.5%8.9%1.1%0.6%-4.7M-4.2M-768.5K3.0841.583441,05816,90153,088