IGV Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, IGV traded between $8.98 and $9.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.8%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 23.6%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 50.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-16: Highest Volume — 505 contracts
  • 2008-04-30: Largest IV spike — 30.1% change
  • 2008-04-02: Highest IV Rank — 24.3%
  • 2008-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.32$8.98$9.63$9.29$9.43
Max Pain$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00$9.00
ATM IV22.8%14.3%25.8%25.2%23.0%
Expected Move6.5%4.1%7.4%7.2%6.6%
HV 20d23.6%18.2%26.6%25.7%18.8%
HV 60d22.5%21.5%24.1%24.1%21.6%
IV Rank21.0%11.7%24.3%23.7%21.2%
IV Percentile60.2%11.5%83.7%80.6%56.7%
Term Structure0.6%-1.2%2.8%0.2%0.4%
VWIV23.6%22.5%25.1%25.1%22.5%
Skew 25d7.4%4.9%11.6%8.5%5.1%
Skew 10d9.5%3.6%16.3%13.3%4.1%
Call IV 25d17.5%13.5%20.3%18.5%17.4%
Put IV 25d24.9%21.5%28.3%27.1%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.0329.91100.0583.4493.13
Gamma HHI0.630.470.830.470.82
Net GEX-3.9K-13.3K3.2K2.8K-13.3K
Net DEX-18.1K-65.5K82.4K-62.7K34.1K
Net VEX-942-1.3K-666-769-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio50.000.00100.00100.000.00
Total Volume46.364050500
Total OI644.545440890440890

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$9.29$9.0025.2%7.2%25.7%23.7%0.0%8.5%0.2%2.8K-62.7K-7690.0083.4400285155
2008-04-02$9.28$9.0025.8%7.4%25.7%24.3%0.0%8.0%-0.0%2.7K-65.5K-7720.0074.5800285155
2008-04-03$9.27$9.0025.5%7.3%25.7%24.0%0.0%8.4%-0.1%2.8K-63.3K-7630.0079.6500285155
2008-04-04$9.29$9.0025.1%7.2%25.4%23.6%0.0%7.9%0.2%2.9K-65.1K-7540.0080.5400285155
2008-04-07$9.26$9.0025.0%7.2%25.4%23.4%0.0%7.7%0.3%2.9K-57.8K-7430.0029.9100285155
2008-04-08$9.25$9.0025.0%7.2%25.1%23.4%0.0%7.9%-0.1%2.9K-55.4K-7320.0031.3100285155
2008-04-09$9.15$9.0025.0%7.2%24.3%23.4%0.0%7.6%0.5%3.0K-39.5K-7120.0068.6100285155
2008-04-10$9.26$9.0024.6%7.0%24.5%22.9%0.0%7.2%0.4%3.0K-59.7K-7280.0070.4100285155
2008-04-11$9.00$9.0024.9%7.1%26.6%23.4%0.0%11.5%-0.0%3.0K-24.7K-6860.0083.7200285155
2008-04-14$8.98$9.0024.6%7.0%25.7%23.0%0.0%11.6%-0.1%3.1K-19.3K-6660.0077.4100285155
2008-04-15$9.03$9.0023.9%6.9%24.7%22.3%0.0%10.3%0.6%3.2K-28.6K-6660.0087.7200285155
2008-04-16$9.25$9.0025.1%7.2%24.1%23.5%25.1%7.3%-1.2%3.1K-54.4K-700100.0088.895500285155
2008-04-17$9.29$9.0023.9%6.9%23.8%22.3%0.0%8.4%0.3%-12.1K82.4K-1.3K0.0092.5500285605
2008-04-18$9.45$9.0023.2%6.7%23.8%21.5%0.0%6.2%0.2%-11.9K28.5K-1.3K0.0089.9700285605
2008-04-21$9.46$9.0023.1%6.6%22.6%21.3%0.0%5.6%0.7%-12.2K31.6K-1.2K0.0088.9600285605
2008-04-22$9.37$9.0023.1%6.6%22.8%21.3%0.0%4.9%0.7%-12.4K55.3K-1.3K0.0090.2100285605
2008-04-23$9.52$9.0018.0%5.2%21.8%15.8%0.0%6.3%2.2%-11.5K4.4K-1.2K0.0068.6400285605
2008-04-24$9.63$9.0017.9%5.1%21.5%15.7%23.1%6.5%1.9%-10.8K-23.0K-1.1K0.0069.00150285605
2008-04-25$9.55$9.0014.3%4.1%21.7%11.7%22.5%5.4%2.8%-12.0K-12.8K-1.2K0.0098.540500285605
2008-04-28$9.52$9.0016.6%4.8%21.8%14.3%0.0%5.3%2.7%-12.3K4.5K-1.1K0.00100.0500285605
2008-04-29$9.55$9.0017.6%5.1%18.2%15.4%0.0%5.3%1.7%-11.7K-6.8K-1.1K0.0091.4900285605
2008-04-30$9.43$9.0023.0%6.6%18.8%21.2%0.0%5.1%0.4%-13.3K34.1K-1.2K0.0093.1300285605