IGV Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, IGV traded between $11.52 and $12.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.5%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 30.3%). Max pain ranged from $11.20 to $12.40. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 14.67.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-09: Highest Volume — 900 contracts
  • 2012-07-17: Largest IV spike — 34.9% change
  • 2012-07-17: Highest IV Rank — 27.4%
  • 2012-07-17: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.92$11.52$12.57$12.44$11.88
Max Pain$12.26$11.20$12.40$11.80$12.40
ATM IV24.5%18.5%34.5%20.3%27.0%
Expected Move7.1%5.3%9.9%5.8%7.7%
HV 20d30.3%27.4%31.8%29.3%28.3%
HV 60d25.6%24.0%26.9%24.5%26.5%
IV Rank13.0%4.5%27.4%7.0%16.6%
IV Percentile60.2%7.5%90.1%30.6%77.4%
Term Structure1.0%-9.7%4.2%2.5%-0.3%
VWIV26.4%20.2%35.6%20.2%35.6%
Skew 25d5.1%2.0%8.8%2.7%4.2%
Skew 10d14.1%-1.8%22.8%3.9%11.7%
Call IV 25d23.6%18.3%48.1%19.4%24.6%
Put IV 25d28.8%20.6%50.1%22.1%28.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %60.9138.79157.8557.5657.16
Gamma HHI0.220.130.590.180.19
Net GEX-29.3K-257.6K17.2K12.6K4.2K
Net DEX350.3K-219.9K1.0M-177.9K-34.3K
Net VEX-1.5K-1.7K-1.2K-1.6K-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio14.670.0044.0044.000.00
Total Volume109.52409000130
Total OI1,184.2867051,735825820

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$12.44$11.8020.3%5.8%29.3%7.0%0.0%2.7%2.5%12.6K-177.9K-1.6K0.0057.5600495330
2012-07-03$12.57$11.8019.2%5.5%29.0%5.5%0.0%2.6%2.6%15.7K-219.0K-1.6K0.0060.4200495330
2012-07-05$12.54$11.8018.5%5.3%27.4%4.5%20.2%2.3%2.4%17.2K-219.9K-1.5K0.0080.700150495330
2012-07-06$12.02$11.2023.6%7.2%31.3%11.8%23.3%6.2%1.1%-2.0K-34.7K-1.5K0.0038.79050495355
2012-07-09$11.83$12.4023.6%7.4%31.8%11.7%0.0%6.4%1.0%-10.3K49.3K-1.4K44.0041.1320880495380
2012-07-10$11.72$12.4025.0%7.7%30.9%13.7%0.0%5.7%0.7%-57.2K902.3K-1.7K0.0045.57005151,185
2012-07-11$11.65$12.4024.6%7.8%30.9%13.1%0.0%8.8%2.0%-49.7K967.0K-1.5K0.0067.6601005151,185
2012-07-12$11.56$12.4026.4%7.6%30.8%15.7%0.0%6.1%1.2%-30.4K1.0M-1.3K0.0050.960255151,160
2012-07-13$11.78$12.4024.4%7.0%31.4%12.9%0.0%6.6%3.1%-53.4K950.0K-1.4K0.0065.92005151,160
2012-07-16$11.70$12.4025.6%7.3%30.0%14.6%0.0%5.3%1.8%-33.8K1.0M-1.2K0.0051.02005151,160
2012-07-17$11.73$12.4034.5%9.9%29.9%27.4%0.0%2.0%-9.7%-52.9K791.2K-1.6K0.00157.850255151,160
2012-07-18$12.03$12.4022.8%6.5%31.0%10.6%0.0%4.5%2.5%-107.6K848.3K-1.4K0.0060.02005151,185
2012-07-19$12.22$12.4022.7%6.5%31.6%10.4%0.0%4.9%2.5%-257.6K529.0K-1.5K0.0058.750555151,185
2012-07-20$11.96$12.4022.1%6.3%30.5%9.6%0.0%4.8%4.2%-37.0K985.1K-1.4K0.0063.1607504951,240
2012-07-23$11.72$12.4025.9%7.4%30.7%15.0%0.0%7.3%1.1%3.9K25.0K-1.3K0.0047.2400445260
2012-07-24$11.52$12.4028.5%8.2%30.2%18.8%35.6%7.5%-0.4%2.5K57.1K-1.2K0.0041.11050445260
2012-07-25$11.64$12.4027.3%7.8%30.3%17.0%0.0%6.3%0.7%1.7K44.5K-1.3K0.0044.73550445310
2012-07-26$11.81$12.4024.7%7.1%30.7%13.3%0.0%4.7%1.3%4.4K-16.7K-1.5K0.0065.85010500310
2012-07-27$12.13$12.4022.0%6.3%31.8%9.5%0.0%5.2%1.3%8.7K-87.3K-1.6K0.0069.5500500320
2012-07-30$11.93$12.4025.9%7.4%28.3%15.1%0.0%3.6%0.0%5.5K-43.2K-1.5K0.0053.9700500320
2012-07-31$11.88$12.4027.0%7.7%28.3%16.6%0.0%4.2%-0.3%4.2K-34.3K-1.5K0.0057.161300500320