IEF Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, IEF traded between $105.95 and $107.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.1%, placing in the 30.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 4.6%). Max pain ranged from $106.00 to $109.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 8.08.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-25: Highest Volume — 1,063 contracts
  • 2013-01-18: Largest IV drop — 11.2% change
  • 2013-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 46.2%
  • 2013-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 1.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.70$105.95$107.27$106.99$106.10
Max Pain$106.95$106.00$109.00$109.00$107.00
ATM IV5.1%4.4%5.8%4.9%5.6%
Expected Move1.5%1.3%1.7%1.4%1.6%
HV 20d4.6%4.3%5.0%4.4%4.3%
HV 60d4.7%4.4%5.0%4.9%4.4%
IV Rank30.1%15.4%46.2%26.3%42.9%
IV Percentile17.3%2.8%43.7%9.5%37.7%
Term Structure0.2%-0.3%0.7%-0.0%-0.0%
VWIV5.2%4.3%6.0%4.9%5.5%
Skew 25d0.9%0.3%2.3%0.7%0.5%
Skew 10d2.0%0.1%3.1%0.5%0.1%
Call IV 25d4.8%4.3%5.6%4.9%5.6%
Put IV 25d5.7%4.9%6.5%5.6%6.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.806.2324.966.9721.68
Gamma HHI0.580.180.750.180.73
Net GEX-15.7M-36.8M-38.7K-1.8M-36.8M
Net DEX104.0M5.9M148.2M12.9M102.4M
Net VEX-965.8K-1.2M-61.2K-64.5K-887.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio8.080.00105.300.813.15
Total Volume192.095321,06338166
Total OI40,285.57132,86144,80443,86334,858

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$106.99$109.004.9%1.4%4.4%26.3%4.9%0.7%-0.0%-1.8M12.9M-64.5K0.816.9721172,01941,844
2013-01-03$106.45$109.005.3%1.5%4.5%36.3%5.2%0.9%0.1%-19.4M146.1M-1.2M0.436.23214912,04041,849
2013-01-04$106.49$107.004.9%1.6%4.5%27.7%5.5%0.8%0.1%-21.3M148.2M-1.2M0.5224.3866342,08141,927
2013-01-07$106.56$107.005.0%1.5%4.5%28.8%5.4%0.3%0.0%-21.0M146.2M-1.2M0.8319.7342352,14241,961
2013-01-08$106.82$106.004.5%1.5%4.6%19.0%5.1%0.8%0.4%-17.8M126.3M-1.2M0.0021.763202,17941,996
2013-01-09$106.88$106.004.9%1.4%4.6%25.9%0.0%1.0%0.6%-18.8M121.7M-1.2M0.7921.4119152,21141,996
2013-01-10$106.57$106.005.1%1.5%4.7%31.2%5.5%0.9%0.7%-19.7M144.4M-1.2M0.2923.1638112,22442,011
2013-01-11$106.91$106.004.8%1.4%4.7%24.4%4.7%1.1%0.2%-16.3M124.9M-1.2M0.2020.83128252,26242,016
2013-01-14$106.87$106.005.0%1.4%4.7%28.3%4.9%0.5%0.2%-19.3M134.6M-1.2M2.2519.6344992,39042,031
2013-01-15$107.13$107.004.8%1.4%4.7%25.1%0.0%0.5%0.6%-17.1M116.3M-1.2M10.0018.09151502,43242,110
2013-01-16$107.27$107.004.9%1.4%4.4%26.4%4.9%0.7%0.5%-17.0M116.6M-1.2M30.0019.843902,44342,205
2013-01-17$106.78$107.005.2%1.5%4.5%32.6%5.5%0.7%0.3%-18.8M125.8M-1.2M1.0818.8948522,43542,272
2013-01-18$107.08$107.004.6%1.3%4.5%19.7%4.5%0.9%0.6%-18.1M119.8M-1.2M0.3122.69282872,48342,321
2013-01-22$107.17$107.004.4%1.3%4.6%15.4%4.3%0.6%0.6%-15.2M106.1M-1.1M0.2721.00110301,64331,218
2013-01-23$107.22$107.004.9%1.4%4.4%26.4%5.5%1.4%0.1%-14.6M108.3M-1.2M0.7522.2053401,75331,236
2013-01-24$107.04$107.005.1%1.4%4.5%30.3%5.1%0.9%-0.2%-15.1M111.4M-1.2M0.0022.033501,80631,276
2013-01-25$106.33$107.005.5%1.6%5.0%39.8%5.7%0.9%0.1%-38.7K5.9M-67.6K105.3016.47101,0531,83631,276
2013-01-28$106.11$107.005.5%1.6%4.9%39.4%0.0%1.1%-0.3%-712.6K7.7M-61.2K0.7122.3393661,82832,310
2013-01-29$105.95$107.005.8%1.7%4.8%46.2%6.0%1.0%-0.3%-19.7M146.7M-1.2M10.8421.44555961,89632,362
2013-01-30$106.01$107.005.5%1.6%4.5%40.5%5.5%2.3%0.3%-1.4M10.9M-71.2K1.0924.9633361,95132,868
2013-01-31$106.10$107.005.6%1.6%4.3%42.9%0.0%0.5%-0.0%-36.8M102.4M-887.3K3.1521.68401261,98032,878