IEF Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, IEF traded between $107.39 and $109.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.1%, placing in the 5.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 5.8%). Max pain ranged from $107.00 to $109.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 7.59.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-07: Highest Volume — 3,214 contracts
  • 2012-11-05: Largest IV spike — 15.2% change
  • 2012-11-06: Highest IV Rank — 21.8%
  • 2012-11-06: Largest Expected Move — 1.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$108.47$107.39$109.03$107.53$108.80
Max Pain$108.81$107.00$109.00$107.00$109.00
ATM IV5.1%4.4%6.3%5.3%4.7%
Expected Move1.5%1.3%1.7%1.5%1.3%
HV 20d5.8%4.4%6.5%5.9%4.4%
HV 60d5.5%5.3%5.8%5.6%5.3%
IV Rank5.6%0.0%21.8%6.5%4.7%
IV Percentile7.2%0.0%46.4%5.6%0.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.1%0.9%0.4%-0.1%
VWIV5.2%4.3%5.9%5.3%4.3%
Skew 25d0.7%0.1%1.5%1.5%1.4%
Skew 10d3.0%0.7%21.6%2.2%21.6%
Call IV 25d4.8%3.7%5.8%4.7%3.8%
Put IV 25d5.5%4.9%6.3%6.2%5.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.487.36102.8293.45102.82
Gamma HHI0.370.140.590.340.59
Net GEX-7.5M-13.2M4.6M-11.7M-9.1M
Net DEX65.1M-1.8M102.2M89.2M12.2M
Net VEX-812.3K-1.2M-70.4K-942.1K-152.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio7.590.0077.390.050.03
Total Volume487.57103,214214388
Total OI37,166.90532,05639,48132,05639,040

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$107.53$107.005.3%1.5%5.9%6.5%5.3%1.5%0.4%-11.7M89.2M-942.1K0.0593.45203113,24228,814
2012-11-02$107.62$107.005.4%1.5%5.9%7.4%5.9%1.5%0.4%-11.1M88.1M-943.0K9.4892.09211993,44528,820
2012-11-05$107.88$109.006.2%1.7%5.8%20.8%5.2%0.7%0.1%-11.8M74.9M-884.1K0.3213.974271373,46528,899
2012-11-06$107.39$109.006.3%1.7%5.8%21.8%5.9%0.2%0.0%-13.2M98.2M-938.6K0.089.9110283,60028,923
2012-11-07$108.29$109.005.8%1.7%6.4%13.9%5.8%0.3%-0.0%-9.3M68.7M-879.1K77.3910.93413,1733,70228,928
2012-11-08$108.77$109.004.9%1.5%6.5%0.5%5.6%0.4%0.0%-7.8M72.0M-972.7K0.5911.473071823,71232,030
2012-11-09$108.78$109.004.8%1.4%6.5%0.0%5.2%0.7%0.9%-5.5M69.3M-963.8K31.948.93973,0983,96732,210
2012-11-12$108.85$109.005.1%1.4%6.5%5.5%5.4%0.4%0.7%4.6M-1.8M-107.5K0.0039.0301884,06435,250
2012-11-13$108.98$109.005.1%1.4%6.5%5.5%5.1%0.2%0.7%-7.1M74.9M-1.1M11.339.093344,05435,396
2012-11-14$109.01$109.004.7%1.4%6.5%0.0%4.9%0.9%0.2%-6.6M76.3M-1.1M0.119.874554,05135,430
2012-11-15$108.96$109.005.2%1.5%6.2%7.2%5.3%0.5%0.1%-6.9M72.2M-1.1M0.159.745484,01935,422
2012-11-16$109.03$109.005.1%1.5%5.7%6.1%5.0%0.5%0.6%-4.7M69.0M-1.1M0.4811.06144694,05535,420
2012-11-19$108.81$109.004.9%1.4%5.7%3.1%5.1%0.3%0.2%1.0M4.1M-86.5K0.0011.0301,0043,02434,836
2012-11-20$108.36$109.005.0%1.4%5.8%5.0%4.8%0.1%0.3%-12.1M97.2M-1.2M0.089.289683,02435,836
2012-11-21$108.20$109.004.9%1.4%5.7%3.3%5.3%0.9%-0.0%-12.9M100.6M-1.2M0.679.39323,11635,836
2012-11-23$108.14$109.004.8%1.4%5.5%1.2%0.0%0.7%0.2%-12.9M102.2M-1.2M0.0010.48003,11635,838
2012-11-26$108.32$109.004.9%1.4%5.4%1.8%4.9%0.6%0.1%-10.8M97.1M-1.1M0.237.433993,11635,838
2012-11-27$108.57$109.004.5%1.3%5.2%0.0%4.6%0.9%0.4%-10.4M94.5M-1.1M0.007.364003,13435,847
2012-11-28$108.71$109.004.7%1.3%4.8%3.7%0.0%1.2%0.0%1.8M3.6M-70.4K1.648.3325413,12435,847
2012-11-29$108.82$109.004.4%1.3%4.6%0.0%4.9%1.5%0.4%-276.7K4.1M-70.4K2.117.409193,12735,888
2012-11-30$108.80$109.004.7%1.3%4.4%4.7%4.3%1.4%-0.1%-9.1M12.2M-152.7K0.03102.82378103,13335,907