IEF Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, IEF traded between $105.53 and $107.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.2%, placing in the 6.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 4.4%). Max pain ranged from $104.00 to $107.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 14.99.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-15: Highest Volume — 62,399 contracts
  • 2017-05-17: Largest IV spike — 12.2% change
  • 2017-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 15.4%
  • 2017-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 1.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.46$105.53$107.29$106.21$107.29
Max Pain$105.41$104.00$107.00$107.00$106.00
ATM IV5.2%4.7%5.9%5.8%5.3%
Expected Move1.5%1.4%1.7%1.7%1.5%
HV 20d4.4%3.9%5.0%4.4%4.3%
HV 60d4.7%4.3%4.9%4.9%4.4%
IV Rank6.0%0.5%15.4%13.5%7.6%
IV Percentile12.9%0.4%43.3%32.1%21.0%
Term Structure0.0%-0.3%0.4%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV5.1%4.3%5.8%4.7%4.3%
Skew 25d-0.2%-0.8%0.4%-0.4%-0.7%
Skew 10d-0.0%-1.8%1.7%-1.8%-1.1%
Call IV 25d5.5%5.0%6.2%5.9%6.0%
Put IV 25d5.3%4.8%6.0%5.5%5.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.019.7772.1272.129.77
Gamma HHI0.450.310.670.400.36
Net GEX-88.4M-277.8M4.9M-90.6M3.3M
Net DEX233.2M-18.8M493.3M289.5M-18.8M
Net VEX-5.1M-5.5M-4.9M-5.5M-4.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio14.991.9231.7017.996.71
Total Volume41,267.534,94662,39941,30840,673
Total OI203,680.409189,525219,550209,291190,939

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$106.21$107.005.8%1.7%4.4%13.5%4.7%-0.4%-0.2%-90.6M289.5M-5.5M17.9972.122,17539,13370,271139,020
2017-05-02$106.44$107.005.9%1.7%4.3%15.4%5.1%-0.0%-0.3%-88.1M255.9M-5.5M21.1438.801,85239,14770,620139,333
2017-05-03$106.17$107.005.2%1.5%4.4%6.8%4.6%-0.7%0.3%-99.8M283.2M-5.4M21.0550.421,86139,16770,625139,354
2017-05-04$105.94$104.005.5%1.6%4.4%10.4%5.6%-0.0%0.1%-98.7M371.1M-5.4M20.7725.471,87338,90870,624139,392
2017-05-05$106.02$104.005.1%1.6%4.4%5.3%5.6%-0.1%0.1%-108.2M382.5M-5.4M18.5240.202,09638,80970,626139,470
2017-05-08$105.77$104.004.8%1.5%4.4%1.0%5.4%0.4%-0.0%-114.9M429.9M-5.2M14.8531.412,21232,85370,690139,469
2017-05-09$105.63$104.004.7%1.5%4.4%0.5%5.4%-0.1%0.4%-104.9M493.3M-5.2M18.1645.341,83533,31570,907139,586
2017-05-10$105.53$104.004.9%1.4%4.0%2.7%4.3%-0.1%0.4%-108.7M480.3M-5.1M17.9436.011,85833,34070,931139,752
2017-05-11$105.69$104.005.1%1.5%3.9%4.9%5.3%0.0%0.2%-114.3M467.7M-5.1M17.6240.461,89233,33570,976139,788
2017-05-12$106.24$104.005.2%1.5%4.2%6.1%5.3%-0.1%-0.0%-145.7M296.4M-5.1M17.1515.821,93933,26271,007139,788
2017-05-15$106.13$104.005.1%1.5%4.2%5.6%5.2%0.0%0.1%-162.6M340.1M-5.1M31.7032.801,90860,49171,020139,777
2017-05-16$106.24$106.005.0%1.4%4.0%3.6%5.1%0.0%0.2%-155.0M353.5M-5.2M5.6033.616,87938,53171,057148,493
2017-05-17$107.14$106.005.6%1.6%5.0%11.2%5.8%-0.4%-0.1%-100.9M124.9M-5.1M8.4626.164,54638,46166,349139,501
2017-05-18$107.08$106.005.4%1.5%4.9%8.4%5.4%-0.4%0.0%-145.4M126.4M-5.0M16.3742.682,32938,11765,475139,509
2017-05-19$107.04$106.005.2%1.5%4.9%5.7%5.2%-0.3%0.1%-277.8M153.1M-5.0M1.9315.8917,13933,10965,298139,586
2017-05-22$106.94$106.005.1%1.5%4.8%4.9%5.1%-0.2%-0.2%-7.3M49.7M-5.0M1.9212.3817,16832,96172,797116,728
2017-05-23$106.65$106.005.0%1.4%4.6%3.4%5.0%-0.4%0.1%-12.0M79.2M-5.0M1.9326.0617,13633,02973,185116,843
2017-05-24$106.87$106.004.9%1.4%4.5%2.7%5.1%0.1%0.1%-7.9M61.5M-5.1M15.8965.532,08533,14073,358117,101
2017-05-25$106.93$106.005.1%1.5%4.5%4.5%4.6%-0.3%-0.1%-6.0M48.6M-5.0M16.6431.731,98132,96573,349117,183
2017-05-26$106.99$106.004.8%1.4%4.5%1.8%4.8%-0.3%0.0%-3.5M55.2M-5.0M18.6717.021,89135,30973,353117,163
2017-05-30$107.25$106.005.1%1.5%4.3%5.3%5.1%-0.8%-0.2%4.9M6.8M-4.9M18.6916.441,88835,28773,401117,275
2017-05-31$107.29$106.005.3%1.5%4.3%7.6%4.3%-0.7%-0.2%3.3M-18.8M-4.9M6.719.775,27735,39673,524117,415