IEF Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, IEF traded between $104.48 and $106.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 6.2%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 5.5%). Max pain ranged from $105.00 to $106.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-22: Highest Volume — 16,081 contracts
  • 2017-02-28: Largest IV spike — 7.5% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 27.1%
  • 2017-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 1.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$105.22$104.48$106.11$104.68$105.65
Max Pain$105.05$105.00$106.00$106.00$105.00
ATM IV6.2%5.8%6.6%6.6%6.6%
Expected Move1.8%1.7%1.9%1.9%1.9%
HV 20d5.5%4.4%6.1%6.1%5.0%
HV 60d5.7%5.5%6.4%6.4%5.5%
IV Rank22.0%18.0%27.1%26.6%27.1%
IV Percentile53.2%32.1%76.6%67.1%76.6%
Term Structure0.0%-0.6%0.5%0.0%-0.6%
VWIV5.9%4.6%7.7%6.9%5.5%
Skew 25d0.2%-0.3%0.6%0.6%0.3%
Skew 10d0.5%-1.2%2.4%-0.9%0.7%
Call IV 25d6.2%5.7%6.7%6.4%6.7%
Put IV 25d6.4%6.0%7.0%7.0%6.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.2037.76109.96109.9694.98
Gamma HHI0.260.210.320.220.27
Net GEX27.1M-22.8M59.9M-2.4M55.7M
Net DEX20.0M-133.6M146.9M137.6M-89.4M
Net VEX-3.6M-3.7M-3.3M-3.6M-3.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.143.180.570.62
Total Volume8,533.8423,25516,0819,39410,513
Total OI152,126.158140,318162,536140,318159,805

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$104.68$106.006.6%1.9%6.1%26.6%6.9%0.6%0.0%-2.4M137.6M-3.6M0.57109.965,9833,41170,81969,499
2017-02-02$104.74$105.006.2%1.8%6.1%22.8%5.5%0.3%-0.1%5.0M81.1M-3.7M3.1889.928112,58176,03072,268
2017-02-03$104.76$105.005.8%1.8%5.7%18.0%6.5%-0.0%0.2%701.3K102.8M-3.6M0.8185.831,8021,45376,05273,244
2017-02-06$105.32$105.006.2%1.8%5.8%22.7%7.0%0.4%0.2%25.8M39.3M-3.6M1.2189.521,9512,35775,66773,280
2017-02-07$105.49$105.006.6%1.8%5.6%27.0%7.7%0.3%-0.0%33.2M5.0M-3.6M1.2988.271,8132,33775,80774,270
2017-02-08$105.86$105.006.3%1.8%5.8%24.2%6.6%0.1%0.0%44.4M-39.3M-3.7M1.3283.251,8402,43175,81674,292
2017-02-09$105.31$105.006.0%1.7%6.1%19.5%7.0%0.2%0.5%35.3M22.3M-3.6M0.4590.355,0272,27775,91374,362
2017-02-10$105.23$105.006.1%1.8%6.1%21.4%6.2%0.4%0.3%24.8M56.7M-3.5M0.2275.449,9042,22074,06574,367
2017-02-13$105.03$105.006.0%1.7%6.0%20.3%7.0%0.5%0.3%24.8M61.0M-3.5M0.4686.555,0282,31579,07474,385
2017-02-14$104.69$105.005.9%1.7%5.8%19.1%5.0%-0.1%0.3%-7.4M122.2M-3.4M0.4878.545,1202,44579,08874,483
2017-02-15$104.48$105.005.9%1.7%5.3%18.4%5.8%0.4%0.4%-22.8M146.9M-3.3M0.2181.6811,2702,39079,04474,651
2017-02-16$104.91$105.005.9%1.7%5.4%18.5%5.3%0.1%0.4%28.9M36.3M-3.5M0.4664.265,7482,63286,15974,677
2017-02-17$105.19$105.006.1%1.8%5.4%21.3%5.7%0.5%-0.1%39.6M-9.8M-3.6M1.6037.764,1936,71787,75374,783
2017-02-21$105.15$105.006.1%1.8%5.0%21.6%5.5%-0.0%-0.3%30.1M7.4M-3.5M0.7438.474,0753,01977,21266,912
2017-02-22$105.27$105.006.3%1.8%4.7%23.3%4.6%0.1%-0.3%30.7M6.3M-3.6M0.1467.9014,0602,02177,23166,912
2017-02-23$105.55$105.006.0%1.7%4.4%20.4%4.9%0.4%0.1%52.3M-71.7M-3.7M0.7688.256,0784,62187,23867,073
2017-02-24$106.11$105.006.3%1.8%4.7%23.3%5.0%0.3%-0.2%56.1M-133.6M-3.7M0.77102.446,2404,79289,28269,701
2017-02-27$105.70$105.006.1%1.8%5.0%21.6%4.6%-0.3%-0.0%59.9M-101.5M-3.7M0.6189.486,6154,05389,37469,809
2017-02-28$105.65$105.006.6%1.9%5.0%27.1%5.5%0.3%-0.6%55.7M-89.4M-3.7M0.6294.986,4974,01689,94769,858