IGV Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, IGV traded between $8.68 and $9.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.1%, placing in the 23.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 20.0%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-24: Highest Volume — 115 contracts
  • 2008-03-24: Largest IV spike — 113.6% change
  • 2008-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 41.4%
  • 2008-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.94$8.68$9.28$8.87$8.96
Max Pain$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00
ATM IV25.1%12.1%41.4%23.8%25.8%
Expected Move7.2%6.4%9.9%6.8%7.4%
HV 20d20.0%16.9%23.9%20.0%22.6%
HV 60d22.1%21.3%23.1%21.8%22.8%
IV Rank23.5%9.3%41.4%22.1%24.3%
IV Percentile73.8%3.6%99.6%72.2%83.7%
Term Structure0.5%-6.5%2.7%1.2%0.1%
VWIV26.0%20.0%31.4%26.9%20.0%
Skew 25d7.3%0.5%14.6%0.5%13.6%
Skew 10d9.4%-0.3%17.1%0.8%17.1%
Call IV 25d22.4%14.6%35.9%23.7%16.0%
Put IV 25d29.8%24.3%50.6%24.3%29.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.6865.92132.9997.1077.01
Gamma HHI0.680.460.900.820.46
Net GEX4.4K-7119.6K3.5K2.7K
Net DEX-2.5K-58.5K29.4K28.0K-23.7K
Net VEX-600-804-510-581-726
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.003.003.000.00
Total Volume10.75011500
Total OI512.75315570570440

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$8.87$9.0023.8%6.8%20.0%22.1%0.0%0.5%1.2%3.5K28.0K-5810.0097.1000385185
2008-03-04$8.86$9.0022.5%6.4%19.9%20.7%26.9%0.7%2.1%3.6K29.4K-5743.00103.441030385185
2008-03-05$8.93$9.0022.7%6.5%17.7%20.9%0.0%1.1%1.5%3.9K-539-5770.00102.7200385165
2008-03-06$8.87$9.0023.8%6.8%17.1%22.1%0.0%3.2%1.4%3.6K8.9K-5640.00113.0000385165
2008-03-07$8.83$9.0022.6%6.5%17.1%20.8%0.0%1.8%2.7%3.6K15.1K-5560.00108.8700385165
2008-03-10$8.75$9.0024.9%7.1%17.1%23.3%0.0%6.0%0.3%3.1K24.0K-5240.00116.2900385165
2008-03-11$8.95$9.0022.7%6.5%18.8%20.9%0.0%1.3%2.2%4.4K1.7K-5480.00100.0500385165
2008-03-12$8.96$9.0024.2%6.9%18.6%22.6%0.0%1.5%1.5%4.3K624-5520.00105.6100385165
2008-03-13$9.01$9.0023.9%6.9%17.1%22.2%31.4%1.7%2.3%4.6K-4.4K-5420.00108.84200385165
2008-03-14$8.84$9.0034.5%9.9%16.9%33.9%0.0%14.6%-6.5%3.7K10.0K-5480.00132.9900390165
2008-03-17$8.68$9.0041.4%7.5%17.7%41.4%0.0%10.9%0.2%3.0K28.6K-5100.0093.7500390165
2008-03-18$8.94$9.0021.1%7.2%21.0%19.1%0.0%14.5%0.3%7.7K3.8K-5330.0077.3600390165
2008-03-19$8.86$9.0025.6%7.5%20.5%24.1%0.0%14.5%0.2%6.2K14.9K-5210.0078.4400390165
2008-03-20$9.01$9.0012.1%7.4%21.4%9.3%25.8%10.6%0.2%19.6K-11.3K-5320.0075.00200390165
2008-03-24$9.22$9.0025.9%7.4%22.8%24.5%0.0%8.9%0.0%-71-14.9K-5240.0073.871150160155
2008-03-25$9.28$9.0026.1%7.5%22.5%24.6%20.0%9.0%-0.3%2.5K-58.5K-8040.0065.9250275155
2008-03-26$9.09$9.0026.2%7.5%23.8%24.8%0.0%9.7%0.3%2.6K-58.1K-7840.0069.7000280155
2008-03-27$8.99$9.0026.2%7.5%23.9%24.7%0.0%9.2%-0.2%2.7K-22.9K-7580.0073.4300280155
2008-03-28$8.96$9.0025.6%7.3%23.9%24.1%0.0%13.3%0.1%2.7K-20.4K-7360.0080.15150280155
2008-03-31$8.96$9.0025.8%7.4%22.6%24.3%0.0%13.6%0.1%2.7K-23.7K-7260.0077.0100285155