IGV Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, IGV traded between $10.72 and $11.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 35.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.9% (HV 20d: 60.2%). Max pain ranged from $10.40 to $11.60. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-21: Highest Volume — 130 contracts
  • 2011-12-06: Largest IV spike — 66.3% change
  • 2011-12-07: Highest IV Rank — 62.3%
  • 2011-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.21$10.72$11.86$11.54$10.82
Max Pain$10.76$10.40$11.60$11.40$10.40
ATM IV36.3%30.2%60.5%34.0%32.5%
Expected Move9.6%8.8%11.0%9.7%9.3%
HV 20d60.2%30.2%76.8%76.6%30.2%
HV 60d48.3%47.4%49.1%47.8%48.7%
IV Rank35.8%29.2%62.3%33.3%31.7%
IV Percentile91.6%87.7%99.2%93.3%87.7%
Term Structure0.4%-3.8%2.6%-0.6%1.1%
VWIV33.1%30.7%35.4%30.7%35.4%
Skew 25d1.6%-5.1%9.7%4.3%0.7%
Skew 10d2.4%-8.8%17.8%4.4%3.5%
Call IV 25d33.8%30.5%53.3%31.1%32.5%
Put IV 25d35.4%31.4%48.2%35.5%33.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.3417.22168.8134.9642.42
Gamma HHI0.290.230.370.330.26
Net GEX-1.7K-4.7K643-4.3K-1.5K
Net DEX50.8K15.8K85.5K72.5K43.6K
Net VEX-417-552-315-315-542
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.002.000.000.00
Total Volume21.429013010065
Total OI271.429145425145425

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$11.54$11.4034.0%9.7%76.6%33.3%30.7%4.3%-0.6%-4.3K72.5K-3150.0034.96100010135
2011-12-02$11.50$11.4034.7%9.9%75.3%34.0%0.0%1.9%-0.7%-87842.0K-4280.0040.3400100135
2011-12-05$11.86$0.0034.6%9.6%75.4%34.0%0.0%1.6%0.2%36016.3K-4310.0017.2200100135
2011-12-06$11.80$0.0057.6%9.8%75.6%59.1%0.0%9.7%-2.5%-15615.8K-4330.00150.9400100135
2011-12-07$11.73$0.0060.5%10.2%74.9%62.3%0.0%8.3%-1.0%-31120.9K-4280.00147.5200100135
2011-12-08$11.46$0.0038.9%10.0%76.0%38.6%0.0%1.5%0.8%-1.2K45.5K-3990.0018.28100100135
2011-12-09$11.75$0.0030.2%9.1%76.1%29.2%0.0%1.3%1.6%64323.0K-4090.0020.2400110135
2011-12-12$11.52$0.0035.8%9.3%76.8%35.3%0.0%1.5%0.9%-1.9K45.4K-3770.0019.0200110135
2011-12-13$11.29$0.0035.3%9.4%75.7%34.7%0.0%1.4%1.7%-4.3K65.1K-3490.0018.8600110135
2011-12-14$11.02$0.0033.7%9.4%76.6%33.0%0.0%0.9%1.9%-3.6K84.9K-3150.0022.90350110135
2011-12-15$11.01$0.0032.5%9.3%74.0%31.7%0.0%1.2%1.3%-1.2K73.6K-3710.0021.8900145135
2011-12-16$11.12$0.0030.7%8.8%73.8%29.7%0.0%0.9%2.6%-1.2K71.0K-3720.0027.3200145135
2011-12-19$10.88$0.0038.5%11.0%73.6%38.2%0.0%-5.1%-3.8%7043.4K-3400.00168.810085100
2011-12-20$11.17$0.0031.3%9.0%36.5%30.4%31.0%1.3%1.5%14131.0K-3670.0020.0620085100
2011-12-21$10.72$11.6034.0%9.8%39.3%33.3%34.8%1.8%-0.3%64245.2K-3330.0033.780130105100
2011-12-22$10.83$10.4032.3%9.3%38.3%31.4%0.0%-0.0%1.3%-4.7K85.5K-4940.0024.2200105230
2011-12-23$10.90$10.4032.3%9.2%38.2%31.4%0.0%-0.9%1.6%-4.7K78.4K-4940.0023.0200105230
2011-12-27$10.92$10.4033.7%9.7%35.1%33.0%33.5%-0.1%0.6%-4.6K75.4K-4760.0022.98750105230
2011-12-28$10.76$10.4034.8%10.0%35.3%34.2%35.4%0.3%0.3%-1.5K51.0K-5422.0028.91510180230
2011-12-29$10.86$10.4034.3%9.8%30.2%33.6%0.0%0.5%0.6%-1.3K37.8K-5520.0027.3800185240
2011-12-30$10.82$10.4032.5%9.3%30.2%31.7%0.0%0.7%1.1%-1.5K43.6K-5420.0042.42650185240