IGV Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, IGV traded between $10.81 and $11.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.4%, placing in the 23.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $10.40 to $11.20. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.16.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-05: Highest Volume — 1,250 contracts
  • 2012-01-26: Largest IV spike — 95.6% change
  • 2012-01-26: Highest IV Rank — 42.1%
  • 2012-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.40$10.81$11.88$10.90$11.84
Max Pain$11.08$10.40$11.20$10.40$11.20
ATM IV24.4%19.5%38.1%35.6%22.4%
Expected Move7.1%5.6%10.9%10.2%6.4%
HV 20d21.5%12.7%30.4%30.4%12.8%
HV 60d48.4%47.9%48.6%48.6%47.9%
IV Rank23.7%17.4%42.1%35.1%22.9%
IV Percentile43.9%11.9%94.4%91.7%33.7%
Term Structure1.2%-11.3%4.3%0.1%0.8%
Skew 25d4.0%-1.1%7.0%-0.0%5.4%
Skew 10d8.7%-2.5%17.1%-2.0%14.5%
Call IV 25d23.3%16.1%47.9%36.4%19.1%
Put IV 25d27.3%20.5%46.7%36.4%24.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.4725.76149.4325.7661.53
Gamma HHI0.190.150.240.220.19
Net GEX17.0K52526.6K91820.9K
Net DEX-218.4K-495.9K74.2K-3.3K-428.5K
Net VEX-2.6K-3.5K-523-610-3.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.160.001.121.120.00
Total Volume9701,25000
Total OI1,5554902,0454901,710

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$10.90$10.4035.6%10.2%30.4%35.1%0.0%-0.0%0.1%918-3.3K-6100.0025.7600250240
2012-01-04$10.81$10.4033.6%9.6%27.7%32.8%0.0%-0.8%1.0%52516.0K-5900.0039.7500250240
2012-01-05$10.94$10.4023.5%6.7%28.3%21.8%0.0%4.3%2.9%3.3K5.7K-5231.1250.43590660250240
2012-01-06$10.97$11.2023.3%7.3%28.4%21.5%0.0%6.2%2.3%9.5K74.2K-3.1K0.0036.821100840900
2012-01-09$10.94$11.2022.0%7.3%27.5%20.2%0.0%7.0%2.1%12.7K36.8K-3.2K0.0032.4300950900
2012-01-10$11.10$11.2024.2%7.3%26.2%22.6%0.0%4.2%1.3%16.1K-63.5K-3.2K0.0039.3200950900
2012-01-11$11.17$11.2022.9%7.2%25.6%21.1%0.0%4.3%1.4%17.7K-108.3K-3.2K0.0040.8300950900
2012-01-12$11.24$11.2024.7%7.1%24.7%23.1%0.0%5.5%2.9%19.0K-137.2K-3.2K0.0034.9200950900
2012-01-13$11.16$11.2024.0%6.9%23.3%22.3%0.0%5.0%2.7%19.7K-92.7K-3.1K0.0039.911950950900
2012-01-17$11.21$11.2024.7%7.1%23.3%23.1%0.0%5.0%2.4%26.6K-213.1K-3.5K0.0045.997501,145900
2012-01-18$11.46$11.2023.4%6.7%24.3%21.7%0.0%5.4%2.4%24.6K-294.5K-3.5K0.0053.37001,085900
2012-01-19$11.64$11.2021.9%6.3%23.1%20.1%0.0%4.2%2.8%26.6K-398.0K-3.5K0.0051.733001,085900
2012-01-20$11.73$11.2019.5%5.6%21.6%17.4%0.0%6.4%4.3%21.4K-433.5K-2.8K0.0063.371000890845
2012-01-23$11.69$11.2020.8%6.0%14.3%21.0%0.0%4.1%1.5%25.3K-381.9K-3.2K0.0057.24001,025760
2012-01-24$11.79$11.2020.0%5.7%14.3%20.1%0.0%3.1%1.3%24.1K-448.5K-3.3K0.0055.73001,025760
2012-01-25$11.87$11.2019.5%5.6%14.3%19.4%0.0%2.5%1.5%23.7K-495.9K-3.1K0.0055.46001,025760
2012-01-26$11.82$11.2038.1%10.9%14.6%42.1%0.0%-1.1%-11.3%13.6K-290.5K-1.5K0.00149.4300515545
2012-01-27$11.88$11.2021.6%6.2%12.7%22.0%0.0%4.5%0.6%15.0K-334.8K-1.7K0.0067.8100565545
2012-01-30$11.82$11.2022.5%6.5%13.0%23.1%0.0%5.3%0.8%18.5K-375.8K-2.8K0.0067.551800895760
2012-01-31$11.84$11.2022.4%6.4%12.8%22.9%0.0%5.4%0.8%20.9K-428.5K-3.0K0.0061.5300950760