IGV Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, IGV traded between $11.62 and $12.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.7%, placing in the 11.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.7% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $12.20. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.12.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-29: Highest Volume — 145 contracts
  • 2012-11-29: Largest IV drop — 16.2% change
  • 2012-11-05: Highest IV Rank — 16.3%
  • 2012-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.04$11.62$12.38$12.36$12.32
Max Pain$12.02$12.00$12.20$12.20$12.00
ATM IV23.7%18.2%27.5%24.5%20.4%
Expected Move6.8%5.2%7.7%7.0%5.8%
HV 20d17.0%15.9%18.3%16.0%16.4%
HV 60d15.6%14.8%16.2%15.0%16.1%
IV Rank11.9%4.6%16.3%12.0%9.5%
IV Percentile54.5%4.0%82.5%66.7%27.0%
Term Structure0.4%-0.7%1.4%-0.5%0.6%
VWIV20.0%20.0%20.0%20.0%20.0%
Skew 25d2.7%1.0%4.3%3.4%2.5%
Skew 10d4.7%2.0%12.3%12.3%5.0%
Call IV 25d22.2%17.4%25.5%23.4%19.3%
Put IV 25d24.9%20.0%27.8%26.8%21.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.1117.9468.4568.4550.98
Gamma HHI0.190.110.460.110.16
Net GEX8.2K-17.7K27.5K11.7K27.5K
Net DEX-184.4K-385.4K4.4K-255.5K-385.4K
Net VEX-1.5K-1.8K-1.1K-1.8K-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.120.000.610.000.61
Total Volume19.524014500
Total OI1,014.2866401,2101,205975

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$12.36$12.2024.5%7.0%16.0%12.0%0.0%3.4%-0.5%11.7K-255.5K-1.8K0.0068.4500755450
2012-11-02$12.28$12.2026.1%7.5%15.9%14.2%0.0%2.3%-0.7%9.9K-233.2K-1.7K0.0062.4900755450
2012-11-05$12.27$12.0027.5%7.4%15.9%16.3%0.0%3.6%-0.5%9.9K-225.2K-1.7K0.0017.94150755450
2012-11-06$12.38$12.0026.2%6.9%16.1%14.4%0.0%4.3%0.2%13.6K-272.5K-1.7K0.0020.3505760450
2012-11-07$12.11$12.0025.5%7.3%17.7%13.4%0.0%3.0%-0.4%7.3K-176.4K-1.7K0.0019.3200760450
2012-11-08$11.93$12.0024.2%7.4%17.5%11.6%0.0%2.5%-0.0%2.0K-110.4K-1.6K0.0025.4500760450
2012-11-09$11.92$12.0024.9%7.5%17.4%12.6%0.0%2.6%0.2%2.0K-111.7K-1.6K0.0026.8400760450
2012-11-12$11.84$12.0025.2%7.3%17.3%13.0%0.0%1.5%0.4%-1.1K-91.3K-1.5K0.0026.7700760450
2012-11-13$11.75$12.0026.5%7.1%17.3%14.9%0.0%1.4%0.5%-8.1K-45.1K-1.5K0.0036.6100760450
2012-11-14$11.62$12.0027.3%7.7%17.2%16.0%0.0%1.5%0.8%-17.7K4.4K-1.4K0.0028.4700760450
2012-11-15$11.66$12.0026.5%7.6%16.2%14.9%0.0%1.0%0.6%-12.0K-26.2K-1.3K0.0028.7900760450
2012-11-16$11.77$12.0024.5%7.0%16.2%12.0%0.0%2.2%0.7%-15.3K-65.2K-1.4K0.0026.3400760450
2012-11-19$11.92$12.0021.1%6.0%17.0%7.0%0.0%3.2%1.1%14.8K-185.3K-1.3K0.0040.70550565130
2012-11-20$11.82$12.0021.6%6.2%16.0%7.8%0.0%2.9%1.4%11.9K-147.3K-1.1K0.0044.8100510130
2012-11-21$12.02$12.0021.7%6.2%17.2%8.0%20.0%3.4%1.0%13.0K-185.0K-1.2K0.0032.07650510130
2012-11-23$12.14$12.0020.7%5.9%17.6%10.3%0.0%3.7%0.6%18.3K-231.4K-1.3K0.0037.0100575130
2012-11-26$12.15$12.0020.5%5.9%17.5%9.6%0.0%3.4%0.9%18.4K-234.6K-1.3K0.0044.15700575130
2012-11-27$12.08$12.0022.6%6.5%17.6%14.4%0.0%3.1%0.3%21.3K-270.2K-1.3K0.0035.66055645130
2012-11-28$12.22$12.0021.8%6.2%18.1%12.5%0.0%2.3%0.4%21.1K-301.4K-1.4K0.0035.0200645185
2012-11-29$12.32$12.0018.2%5.2%18.3%4.6%0.0%2.5%1.0%24.2K-324.1K-1.3K0.6150.029055645185
2012-11-30$12.32$12.0020.4%5.8%16.4%9.5%0.0%2.5%0.6%27.5K-385.4K-1.6K0.0050.9800735240