IEF Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, IEF traded between $111.49 and $112.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.7%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 5.0%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $113.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.95.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-03: Highest Volume — 77,550 contracts
  • 2016-08-12: Largest IV spike — 9.0% change
  • 2016-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 22.2%
  • 2016-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 1.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$112.08$111.49$112.59$112.53$111.81
Max Pain$112.96$112.00$113.00$113.00$113.00
ATM IV5.7%5.2%6.2%5.9%5.3%
Expected Move1.6%1.5%1.8%1.7%1.5%
HV 20d5.0%4.7%5.4%5.3%4.7%
HV 60d6.0%5.7%6.2%6.0%5.7%
IV Rank16.9%10.6%22.2%18.6%11.7%
IV Percentile21.1%3.6%43.7%27.0%4.8%
Term Structure0.2%-0.1%0.8%-0.1%0.5%
VWIV5.7%4.1%7.1%6.1%6.0%
Skew 25d0.3%-0.3%0.7%0.2%0.4%
Skew 10d0.6%-2.2%2.5%0.6%0.6%
Call IV 25d5.8%5.6%6.3%5.9%5.7%
Put IV 25d6.1%5.4%6.7%6.2%6.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.4227.78109.1527.7895.04
Gamma HHI0.230.150.300.190.26
Net GEX-54.9M-102.2M-24.0M-25.7M-31.1M
Net DEX6.5M-84.8M78.4M-84.8M30.8M
Net VEX-2.4M-2.6M-2.2M-2.2M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.950.0416.164.244.37
Total Volume35,900.73911977,55022,82523,690
Total OI151,840.391131,082169,188131,082139,806

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$112.53$113.005.9%1.7%5.3%18.6%6.1%0.2%-0.1%-25.7M-84.8M-2.2M4.2427.784,35518,47046,31084,772
2016-08-02$112.26$113.006.2%1.8%4.9%22.2%5.4%0.4%0.3%-46.9M-7.9M-2.5M3.6794.884,52816,62546,28890,608
2016-08-03$112.32$112.005.9%1.7%4.9%18.4%4.1%0.1%0.0%-51.1M-22.1M-2.4M16.16100.424,51873,03246,24490,686
2016-08-04$112.59$113.005.9%1.7%5.0%19.2%5.9%0.3%0.2%-41.7M-40.3M-2.5M10.2189.284,30844,00046,265113,303
2016-08-05$111.90$113.006.0%1.6%5.4%19.7%5.5%0.1%0.2%-78.1M36.3M-2.6M8.1585.145,54345,18546,275113,361
2016-08-08$111.83$113.006.1%1.7%5.1%20.8%5.7%0.1%0.4%-89.6M62.9M-2.5M7.9586.585,70445,36547,456114,541
2016-08-09$112.22$113.005.8%1.6%4.9%17.6%5.9%0.5%0.6%-66.1M11.0M-2.4M11.4390.344,40550,34047,527114,629
2016-08-10$112.52$113.005.3%1.5%4.9%12.1%5.9%0.4%0.8%-45.6M-37.7M-2.4M11.2289.414,49050,37247,539117,709
2016-08-11$111.94$113.005.2%1.5%5.0%10.6%4.4%-0.3%0.6%-78.0M23.0M-2.4M10.30109.154,89350,38447,543117,727
2016-08-12$112.38$113.005.7%1.6%5.0%16.3%4.6%0.1%0.4%-53.5M-35.5M-2.4M8.4186.385,98950,38747,432117,757
2016-08-15$112.05$113.005.7%1.6%5.1%16.8%6.6%0.3%0.1%-83.9M-2.0M-2.3M7.9389.605,97947,39649,050117,762
2016-08-16$111.88$113.005.9%1.7%5.0%18.8%6.5%0.6%-0.0%-102.2M37.9M-2.4M4.4789.649,73643,47249,054117,766
2016-08-17$112.04$113.005.8%1.7%5.0%18.1%5.8%0.5%0.1%-100.8M20.9M-2.4M8.9295.831210745,117123,764
2016-08-18$112.24$113.005.6%1.6%5.0%15.8%5.7%0.6%0.4%-91.1M-10.5M-2.3M0.0489.845542345,114123,782
2016-08-19$111.85$113.005.7%1.6%5.1%15.9%6.8%0.7%0.2%-45.1M78.4M-2.4M6.5290.904,68330,55345,398123,790
2016-08-22$112.11$113.005.8%1.7%5.2%17.2%7.1%0.6%0.2%-34.5M13.9M-2.6M6.7191.974,33029,03841,44595,274
2016-08-23$112.12$113.005.5%1.6%5.2%14.5%5.7%0.4%0.3%-24.0M-28.7M-2.2M7.2696.214,31731,33941,55695,427
2016-08-24$112.06$113.005.9%1.7%5.0%18.7%6.0%0.4%-0.1%-31.0M2.2M-2.5M5.8792.247141741,31096,801
2016-08-25$111.91$113.005.7%1.6%5.0%17.0%5.3%0.7%-0.0%-34.9M23.2M-2.5M4.4692.884,36419,45741,53797,216
2016-08-26$111.49$113.006.0%1.7%4.8%19.6%4.9%0.1%-0.1%-52.6M69.6M-2.5M4.55107.704,28619,50741,55597,220
2016-08-29$111.92$113.005.5%1.6%4.8%14.7%5.8%0.3%0.3%-26.8M-16.1M-2.2M3.6093.965,38619,36441,57797,297
2016-08-30$111.89$113.005.5%1.6%4.7%13.6%5.9%0.5%0.3%-29.1M25.6M-2.4M3.5094.535,50319,24042,32497,415
2016-08-31$111.81$113.005.3%1.5%4.7%11.7%6.0%0.4%0.5%-31.1M30.8M-2.4M4.3795.044,40919,28142,38397,423