IEF Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, IEF traded between $101.05 and $102.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.5%, placing in the 30.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 6.3%). Max pain ranged from $103.00 to $109.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 42.60.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-13: Highest Volume — 11,363 contracts
  • 2013-11-14: Largest IV spike — 61.3% change
  • 2013-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 42.5%
  • 2013-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 1.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$101.74$101.05$102.34$102.02$101.69
Max Pain$105.70$103.00$109.00$103.00$104.00
ATM IV5.5%3.5%6.3%5.4%6.0%
Expected Move1.7%1.5%1.8%1.6%1.7%
HV 20d6.3%5.1%6.9%5.1%6.6%
HV 60d6.3%5.8%6.6%6.4%5.8%
IV Rank30.7%0.0%42.5%28.1%38.8%
IV Percentile48.9%0.0%65.5%45.2%61.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.4%0.7%0.7%-0.4%
VWIV6.0%5.2%6.6%5.5%6.6%
Skew 25d0.9%0.4%1.7%0.4%1.1%
Skew 10d3.5%0.7%9.3%0.7%3.2%
Call IV 25d5.5%4.5%6.0%5.5%6.0%
Put IV 25d6.4%5.5%7.0%5.9%7.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.947.8317.2510.039.97
Gamma HHI0.250.170.320.320.18
Net GEX-18.4M-23.1M-14.8M-16.3M-22.5M
Net DEX116.4M94.1M145.7M106.2M129.6M
Net VEX-432.8K-675.0K-259.2K-319.2K-633.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio42.600.07447.0011.170.78
Total Volume1,621.93211,3637380
Total OI48,150.4537,28658,76937,28658,761

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$102.02$103.005.4%1.6%5.1%28.1%5.5%0.4%0.7%-16.3M106.2M-319.2K11.1710.036676,95330,333
2013-11-04$102.22$109.005.6%1.7%5.2%31.2%6.6%1.1%-0.1%-17.3M102.5M-313.2K0.0711.65873626,94930,379
2013-11-05$101.76$109.005.7%1.7%5.4%32.2%6.1%0.8%0.0%-17.1M113.4M-303.0K17.1317.25152577,05230,402
2013-11-06$102.07$109.005.5%1.7%5.5%29.4%0.0%0.8%0.1%-18.0M107.1M-302.8K447.0016.5114477,06130,293
2013-11-07$102.34$109.005.2%1.7%5.5%24.9%5.7%1.2%-0.1%-18.3M99.8M-316.4K0.2312.681,3023007,06030,706
2013-11-08$101.19$109.005.7%1.7%6.9%32.2%5.7%0.9%0.1%-16.1M130.4M-269.6K2.1810.297301,5948,36130,680
2013-11-11$101.14$107.005.7%1.7%6.8%31.8%6.3%0.7%0.3%-15.9M130.7M-275.9K1.2910.5714189,00731,121
2013-11-12$101.05$107.005.3%1.7%6.8%25.9%6.6%1.7%0.4%-14.8M134.9M-259.2K40.1614.26622,4909,01431,131
2013-11-13$101.47$107.003.5%1.7%6.7%0.0%5.6%0.9%0.1%-20.5M129.5M-309.5K0.528.737,4983,8659,05833,163
2013-11-14$101.96$105.005.7%1.6%6.6%34.1%5.7%0.6%0.4%-23.0M98.0M-441.4K1.1510.769131,05416,37736,163
2013-11-15$101.88$104.005.4%1.5%6.6%29.1%5.4%0.5%0.1%-23.1M102.2M-462.1K1.8610.3027350817,08637,065
2013-11-18$102.24$104.005.2%1.5%6.7%25.9%5.2%1.0%0.3%-16.6M94.1M-535.0K2.278.6321849514,84236,545
2013-11-19$101.86$104.005.5%1.6%6.3%30.7%5.7%0.9%0.1%-15.7M99.8M-459.8K0.0010.75032114,94636,973
2013-11-20$101.30$104.006.3%1.8%6.5%42.5%6.5%1.2%-0.0%-16.9M128.2M-518.7K133.208.83557,32614,94637,264
2013-11-21$101.39$104.006.2%1.8%6.5%42.0%6.4%0.9%-0.1%-20.4M145.7M-675.0K7.067.837250814,94143,712
2013-11-22$101.68$104.005.6%1.6%6.6%31.8%0.0%1.1%0.3%-20.3M131.9M-667.1K0.009.68014014,99843,549
2013-11-25$101.76$104.005.8%1.6%6.6%34.6%5.7%0.9%0.1%-20.5M130.5M-657.7K71.0011.1817114,99843,672
2013-11-26$101.98$104.005.7%1.6%6.7%33.7%5.8%1.1%-0.2%-18.3M106.4M-510.0K23.459.243172714,99843,681
2013-11-27$101.75$104.005.7%1.6%6.6%34.6%6.3%0.9%-0.1%-16.7M106.2M-427.6K6.339.6963815,02343,746
2013-11-29$101.69$104.006.0%1.7%6.6%38.8%6.6%1.1%-0.4%-22.5M129.6M-633.8K0.789.97453515,02043,741