IGV Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, IGV traded between $18.02 and $18.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.5%, placing in the 3.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 15.7%). Max pain ranged from $16.80 to $17.80. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-20: Highest Volume — 1,885 contracts
  • 2014-11-13: Largest IV spike — 23.2% change
  • 2014-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 5.8%
  • 2014-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.33$18.02$18.59$18.02$18.59
Max Pain$17.15$16.80$17.80$16.80$17.80
ATM IV13.5%11.0%15.7%15.5%13.0%
Expected Move4.7%4.0%5.6%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d15.7%9.0%24.9%24.9%9.0%
HV 60d17.6%17.5%17.8%17.8%17.5%
IV Rank3.2%0.0%5.8%5.5%3.0%
IV Percentile13.6%0.0%39.7%37.3%6.0%
Term Structure2.0%-0.2%6.7%-0.0%0.5%
VWIV19.0%13.5%21.7%20.7%14.6%
Skew 25d2.2%0.5%3.8%2.3%1.0%
Skew 10d4.3%-0.4%10.7%5.5%0.4%
Call IV 25d13.5%11.7%15.3%15.2%13.4%
Put IV 25d15.7%14.2%18.2%17.5%14.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.8076.09138.11109.2577.87
Gamma HHI0.280.210.410.280.22
Net GEX20.8K-22939.6K20.1K15.4K
Net DEX-1.2M-1.7M-446.0K-1.1M-763.9K
Net VEX-4.5K-5.3K-3.7K-4.9K-4.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.001.451.340.20
Total Volume1,236.57951,8851,66030
Total OI2,556.3161,6752,9952,7401,770

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$18.02$16.8015.5%5.1%24.9%5.5%20.7%2.3%-0.0%20.1K-1.1M-4.9K1.34109.257109501,1351,605
2014-11-04$18.04$16.8015.7%5.2%23.6%5.8%20.8%2.9%1.1%22.4K-1.0M-5.3K1.3499.867109501,1351,605
2014-11-05$18.03$16.8014.6%4.9%22.8%4.1%19.6%1.1%1.6%38.5K-1.1M-5.3K1.3487.797109501,1351,605
2014-11-06$18.24$16.8014.2%4.3%21.7%3.4%19.0%1.3%2.3%39.6K-1.2M-4.9K1.3596.457109551,1351,605
2014-11-07$18.32$16.8012.4%5.1%19.9%0.6%19.5%2.4%2.4%20.2K-1.4M-4.0K1.4391.046709551,1351,610
2014-11-10$18.41$16.8011.9%4.8%15.8%0.0%19.1%2.9%2.7%32.5K-1.4M-4.2K1.4392.476709551,1251,610
2014-11-11$18.43$16.8011.4%4.7%15.9%0.0%21.3%1.4%3.0%26.8K-1.7M-3.8K1.36107.037059601,3101,150
2014-11-12$18.40$16.8011.2%4.8%15.7%0.0%21.2%2.0%2.2%20.4K-1.3M-4.5K1.36101.567059601,1601,615
2014-11-13$18.42$16.8013.8%4.4%15.5%4.0%19.8%1.8%-0.2%10.8K-1.4M-4.2K1.27112.627559601,1601,615
2014-11-14$18.48$16.8013.8%4.8%14.8%4.0%16.3%2.2%2.2%24.5K-1.6M-3.8K0.00134.970551,2001,535
2014-11-17$18.34$17.0014.1%5.0%15.5%4.5%18.8%2.5%2.7%32.8K-1.4M-4.7K1.3398.917701,0251,2101,670
2014-11-18$18.41$17.0013.6%4.0%14.4%3.6%18.0%2.8%1.7%23.7K-1.4M-4.8K1.33112.937701,0251,2101,680
2014-11-19$18.23$17.0014.5%4.4%13.4%5.1%13.5%3.8%3.7%34.0K-1.3M-4.4K0.00138.1101001,2001,600
2014-11-20$18.21$17.8015.0%5.6%12.8%5.8%19.6%3.4%6.7%6.3K-1.2M-4.7K1.45106.037701,1151,2001,750
2014-11-21$18.35$17.8013.8%4.7%11.6%4.0%19.8%0.5%2.6%4.0K-1.4M-3.7K1.44111.797701,1051,2001,795
2014-11-24$18.40$17.8013.9%4.5%11.5%4.2%0.0%2.2%0.5%12.2K-638.0K-4.4K0.0078.2805790885
2014-11-25$18.44$17.8013.9%4.3%9.6%4.1%21.7%2.1%1.3%-229-446.0K-5.0K1.07101.23455485790940
2014-11-26$18.54$17.8011.0%4.7%9.3%0.0%0.0%3.5%1.3%11.1K-680.4K-4.5K0.0076.09750800895
2014-11-28$18.59$17.8013.0%5.0%9.0%3.0%14.6%1.0%0.5%15.4K-763.9K-4.8K0.2077.87255875895