IEF Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, IEF traded between $105.60 and $107.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.6%, placing in the 41.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 4.8%). Max pain ranged from $106.00 to $107.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 7.14.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-21: Highest Volume — 825 contracts
  • 2013-02-04: Largest IV spike — 13.8% change
  • 2013-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 56.6%
  • 2013-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 1.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.29$105.60$107.26$105.60$107.16
Max Pain$106.26$106.00$107.00$107.00$106.00
ATM IV5.6%5.0%6.3%5.5%5.2%
Expected Move1.6%1.4%1.7%1.7%1.5%
HV 20d4.8%4.3%5.0%4.3%4.9%
HV 60d4.3%4.2%4.6%4.5%4.6%
IV Rank41.2%29.6%56.6%39.8%33.2%
IV Percentile36.9%17.5%68.3%31.3%23.4%
Term Structure0.4%-0.0%1.1%0.3%0.0%
VWIV5.4%4.6%6.0%6.0%5.3%
Skew 25d0.9%0.0%2.1%0.4%0.4%
Skew 10d2.2%-0.2%7.5%1.5%-0.1%
Call IV 25d5.2%4.4%5.8%5.8%5.3%
Put IV 25d6.1%5.7%6.5%6.2%5.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.357.8316.0112.7811.07
Gamma HHI0.610.390.700.670.53
Net GEX-21.3M-27.3M-13.6M-20.8M-15.9M
Net DEX130.1M10.3M156.6M151.9M88.6M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-79.2K-1.2M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio7.140.00102.130.790.06
Total Volume17120825147137
Total OI35,437.36834,54836,00234,97036,002

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$105.60$107.005.5%1.7%4.3%39.8%6.0%0.4%0.3%-20.8M151.9M-1.2M0.7912.7882651,96733,003
2013-02-04$106.21$107.006.3%1.6%4.8%56.6%5.8%2.1%0.4%-21.3M142.7M-1.2M1.9616.01721412,04333,048
2013-02-05$105.83$107.005.8%1.6%4.9%46.7%5.5%1.0%0.6%-21.6M150.9M-1.2M0.2412.352152,11433,188
2013-02-06$106.15$107.006.0%1.7%5.0%51.1%5.8%0.9%0.6%-23.2M141.6M-1.2M2.6312.70571502,13533,188
2013-02-07$106.20$106.005.7%1.6%5.0%45.3%0.0%1.1%0.5%-20.1M138.0M-1.2M1.7213.45761312,17133,307
2013-02-08$106.28$106.005.5%1.6%4.9%39.7%5.5%1.3%0.7%-13.6M10.3M-79.2K0.9613.2525242,24733,366
2013-02-11$106.17$106.005.9%1.7%4.7%48.5%5.4%1.5%0.2%-21.4M141.2M-1.2M0.009.896102,27133,388
2013-02-12$106.06$106.005.4%1.6%4.7%38.4%5.3%0.7%0.6%-26.5M145.1M-1.2M1.7510.12721262,28133,388
2013-02-13$105.69$106.005.1%1.5%4.7%30.6%5.0%1.0%1.1%-26.5M156.6M-1.2M13.1312.8181052,34233,428
2013-02-14$106.14$106.005.6%1.6%5.0%42.1%5.6%1.1%0.6%-26.6M142.3M-1.2M1.0010.5241412,31733,298
2013-02-15$106.04$106.005.0%1.4%4.8%29.6%5.3%0.8%1.1%-27.3M145.0M-1.2M1.2810.6446592,35833,327
2013-02-19$105.87$106.005.2%1.5%4.7%33.9%5.3%0.2%0.0%-20.7M142.5M-1.2M0.0011.132001,80832,740
2013-02-20$106.10$106.005.5%1.6%4.7%40.7%5.1%1.1%-0.0%-22.3M141.4M-1.2M1.7110.8751871,82832,740
2013-02-21$106.31$106.005.4%1.5%4.8%37.1%5.4%1.2%0.2%-20.6M135.6M-1.2M102.137.8388171,87732,826
2013-02-22$106.44$106.005.7%1.6%4.8%43.4%4.6%1.1%0.0%-21.7M137.1M-1.2M1.289.101802301,88433,631
2013-02-25$107.26$106.005.8%1.7%5.0%45.8%5.7%0.4%0.0%-16.5M113.4M-1.2M0.8211.7860492,05433,846
2013-02-26$107.06$106.005.6%1.6%5.0%43.1%5.5%0.0%0.2%-19.2M123.6M-1.2M0.159.1873112,05833,873
2013-02-27$107.01$107.005.3%1.5%4.9%36.3%5.3%0.3%0.4%-19.0M123.3M-1.2M4.1310.2123952,08433,884
2013-02-28$107.16$106.005.2%1.5%4.9%33.2%0.0%0.4%0.0%-15.9M88.6M-1.1M0.0611.0712982,09033,912