IEF Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, IEF traded between $109.95 and $111.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.4%, placing in the 12.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 3.7%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-18: Highest Volume — 33,929 contracts
  • 2016-10-10: Largest IV spike — 12.7% change
  • 2016-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 18.4%
  • 2016-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 1.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.50$109.95$111.47$111.47$110.07
Max Pain$111.71$110.00$112.00$112.00$110.00
ATM IV5.4%4.9%5.9%5.4%5.9%
Expected Move1.6%1.4%1.7%1.5%1.7%
HV 20d3.7%3.4%4.3%4.3%3.4%
HV 60d4.3%3.9%4.6%4.6%3.9%
IV Rank12.7%6.9%18.4%12.8%18.4%
IV Percentile14.5%0.8%42.9%10.7%42.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.6%0.5%0.5%-0.6%
VWIV5.5%4.9%5.9%5.5%5.8%
Skew 25d0.4%-0.0%0.8%0.4%0.7%
Skew 10d0.9%-1.9%3.2%0.1%2.8%
Call IV 25d5.4%4.9%5.8%5.2%5.8%
Put IV 25d5.8%5.3%6.4%5.6%6.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.8971.42116.76105.6199.61
Gamma HHI0.260.210.320.250.29
Net GEX-39.1M-66.8M-736.9K-736.9K-28.3M
Net DEX50.4M-54.1M116.8M-54.1M-10.1M
Net VEX-2.6M-3.3M-1.9M-2.1M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.581.230.690.66
Total Volume15,556.6196,76333,9298,44112,396
Total OI117,318.048106,747137,768112,085116,122

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$111.47$112.005.4%1.5%4.3%12.8%5.5%0.4%0.5%-736.9K-54.1M-2.1M0.69105.614,9883,45344,08468,001
2016-10-04$110.97$112.005.3%1.5%4.2%12.1%5.3%0.5%0.2%-26.1M27.9M-2.4M0.8094.934,2643,39744,08868,347
2016-10-05$110.69$112.005.2%1.5%4.2%10.9%5.2%-0.0%0.4%-40.9M61.1M-2.4M0.92100.034,2833,95144,08968,341
2016-10-06$110.49$112.005.4%1.7%3.8%13.0%5.7%0.5%0.0%-39.5M65.1M-2.4M0.6081.764,2852,57044,13369,075
2016-10-07$110.64$112.004.9%1.6%3.6%6.9%5.6%0.3%0.1%-43.5M62.8M-2.3M0.6071.424,2892,56744,14769,257
2016-10-10$110.30$112.005.5%1.7%3.7%14.3%5.8%0.4%0.1%-62.8M91.1M-2.3M0.5988.664,2912,51144,15369,374
2016-10-11$110.36$112.005.4%1.6%3.5%13.4%5.5%0.5%0.3%-59.0M95.6M-2.3M0.58100.064,2762,48744,15569,403
2016-10-12$110.27$112.005.6%1.6%3.4%15.5%5.7%0.3%0.2%-66.8M113.3M-2.3M0.62114.864,3662,69744,16069,383
2016-10-13$110.58$112.005.5%1.6%3.6%14.4%5.9%0.4%-0.1%-44.9M67.6M-2.2M0.61114.314,3622,65344,18069,235
2016-10-14$110.21$112.005.6%1.6%3.7%14.9%5.5%0.5%0.1%-62.7M100.2M-2.2M0.7594.976,8255,13944,13469,230
2016-10-17$110.48$112.005.9%1.7%3.8%18.3%5.8%0.4%-0.1%-62.8M71.1M-1.9M0.96102.0117,27516,62542,67868,784
2016-10-18$110.63$112.005.4%1.6%3.8%13.1%5.5%0.8%0.1%-40.9M68.9M-3.3M0.96100.2317,34116,58855,65481,831
2016-10-19$110.62$112.005.5%1.6%3.8%13.8%5.6%0.4%0.1%-42.0M10.7M-3.0M0.93101.9417,39716,25555,69781,831
2016-10-20$110.60$112.005.2%1.5%3.6%11.0%5.4%0.6%0.3%-38.0M54.7M-3.3M0.93116.7617,42416,21255,81581,946
2016-10-21$110.75$112.005.1%1.5%3.6%9.0%4.9%0.5%-0.0%-38.3M-23.6M-2.9M0.84115.027,3396,15055,82281,946
2016-10-24$110.54$112.004.9%1.4%3.5%7.1%4.9%0.5%0.4%-22.1M21.2M-3.0M1.16113.407,5328,72146,11160,636
2016-10-25$110.61$112.005.0%1.4%3.4%8.1%5.2%0.5%0.2%-19.7M21.6M-3.0M1.14116.727,2918,33046,35161,383
2016-10-26$110.39$112.005.4%1.5%3.4%12.6%5.4%0.5%0.0%-21.6M2.7M-3.0M1.0999.3111,27212,24646,37561,622
2016-10-27$109.97$110.005.4%1.6%3.5%13.1%5.2%0.4%-0.2%-30.7M116.8M-3.3M1.23109.157,3599,05850,40165,623
2016-10-28$109.95$110.005.5%1.6%3.4%14.2%5.5%0.3%-0.0%-29.5M94.5M-3.1M1.2299.017,3148,91050,45265,630
2016-10-31$110.07$110.005.9%1.7%3.4%18.4%5.8%0.7%-0.6%-28.3M-10.1M-2.9M0.6699.617,4834,91350,45865,664