IEF Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, IEF traded between $101.42 and $102.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.5%, placing in the 40.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 5.2%). Max pain ranged from $101.00 to $102.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.72.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-03: Highest Volume — 936 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 18.1% change
  • 2014-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 55.5%
  • 2014-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 1.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$102.04$101.42$102.66$102.66$102.47
Max Pain$101.79$101.00$102.00$101.00$102.00
ATM IV5.5%4.8%6.6%6.0%5.2%
Expected Move1.6%1.5%1.9%1.7%1.5%
HV 20d5.2%4.4%6.0%5.6%4.4%
HV 60d5.3%5.1%5.8%5.8%5.1%
IV Rank40.9%30.5%55.5%47.4%36.5%
IV Percentile35.3%4.0%69.8%57.9%21.8%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.6%0.3%0.3%
VWIV5.8%4.9%7.0%6.0%4.9%
Skew 25d0.4%-0.4%1.4%0.5%0.5%
Skew 10d1.3%-1.1%4.0%4.0%2.4%
Call IV 25d5.5%4.4%6.6%6.1%4.9%
Put IV 25d5.9%5.4%7.0%6.6%5.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.588.1718.4211.0910.58
Gamma HHI0.260.200.340.220.27
Net GEX-2.6M-5.6M-470.7K-1.3M-1.6M
Net DEX8.6M-4.3M22.5M-3.3M-4.3M
Net VEX-297.7K-341.9K-257.3K-319.1K-257.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.720.1823.000.490.57
Total Volume188.684193693683
Total OI37,535.63236,50238,42936,50237,172

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$102.66$101.006.0%1.7%5.6%47.4%6.0%0.5%0.3%-1.3M-3.3M-319.1K0.4911.0962830810,44726,055
2014-02-04$102.35$101.006.6%1.9%5.8%55.5%6.5%0.5%-0.0%-1.7M3.6M-341.9K0.9414.7110610011,04826,315
2014-02-05$101.98$101.006.4%1.8%6.0%52.7%6.6%0.5%0.1%-3.6M10.9M-341.0K9.099.891110010,80926,367
2014-02-06$101.79$101.006.5%1.8%5.7%53.4%6.4%-0.4%-0.2%-4.3M14.9M-331.8K0.6511.2720113010,81526,385
2014-02-07$102.06$102.005.3%1.7%5.7%37.6%7.0%0.7%0.2%-2.3M8.3M-324.8K23.0016.76511511,00626,515
2014-02-10$102.11$102.005.0%1.7%5.1%34.2%0.0%0.4%0.1%-1.6M7.2M-310.6K0.0015.1102011,00526,629
2014-02-11$101.66$102.004.8%1.6%5.3%30.5%5.7%0.6%0.4%-3.9M16.9M-314.3K6.6213.265033111,00526,629
2014-02-12$101.42$102.005.3%1.6%5.2%37.5%5.9%0.2%0.4%-5.6M22.5M-306.7K7.1011.69107111,00526,898
2014-02-13$101.90$102.005.3%1.5%5.4%38.4%5.4%0.4%0.4%-2.2M11.5M-298.0K10.0014.9822011,00926,956
2014-02-14$101.83$102.005.3%1.5%5.3%37.4%5.5%0.5%0.5%-2.9M14.2M-304.3K14.1714.8768511,00726,966
2014-02-18$102.08$102.005.5%1.6%5.3%41.1%5.4%0.4%0.3%-470.7K6.3M-285.1K3.0918.424313311,01327,038
2014-02-19$101.88$102.005.5%1.6%5.4%40.2%5.7%0.6%0.3%-1.9M11.3M-288.6K0.189.863215711,03427,137
2014-02-20$101.77$102.005.4%1.5%5.3%39.2%0.0%0.2%0.5%-3.4M13.9M-280.9K0.0016.890111,26627,162
2014-02-21$101.90$102.005.3%1.5%4.8%38.0%5.4%0.3%0.6%-1.2M12.3M-286.3K0.6812.321459911,26627,163
2014-02-24$101.80$102.005.5%1.6%4.6%40.2%5.4%0.1%-0.1%-4.9M13.7M-270.0K1.179.88121410,32626,574
2014-02-25$102.15$102.005.2%1.5%4.6%36.9%5.2%-0.1%0.2%-2.9M6.5M-267.8K0.529.821457610,33826,574
2014-02-26$102.45$102.005.5%1.6%4.6%40.9%5.3%0.7%-0.1%-1.7M-532.2K-260.6K0.718.17624410,47226,618
2014-02-27$102.57$102.005.5%1.6%4.4%39.9%5.5%1.4%-0.0%-1.3M-3.0M-267.0K1.329.36222910,51126,642
2014-02-28$102.47$102.005.2%1.5%4.4%36.5%4.9%0.5%0.3%-1.6M-4.3M-257.3K0.5710.58533010,51726,655