IGV Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, IGV traded between $19.13 and $20.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.8%, placing in the 7.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 15.0%). Max pain ranged from $17.20 to $18.80. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-13: Highest Volume — 700 contracts
  • 2015-04-30: Largest IV spike — 20.6% change
  • 2015-04-01: Highest IV Rank — 10.5%
  • 2015-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.65$19.13$20.26$19.13$19.92
Max Pain$17.28$17.20$18.80$18.80$17.20
ATM IV15.8%14.0%17.9%17.9%17.4%
Expected Move4.6%4.0%5.3%5.1%5.0%
HV 20d15.0%13.5%17.2%17.2%15.0%
HV 60d16.4%15.0%17.8%17.8%15.2%
IV Rank7.3%4.6%10.5%10.5%9.7%
IV Percentile29.6%13.9%45.6%42.9%45.6%
Term Structure0.5%-6.0%4.3%0.5%-0.7%
VWIV16.9%13.8%21.8%18.3%18.1%
Skew 25d3.7%1.6%8.2%4.6%1.6%
Skew 10d6.1%-2.1%15.9%7.6%1.8%
Call IV 25d14.7%13.1%17.2%17.2%15.3%
Put IV 25d18.4%16.9%22.0%21.8%16.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.8771.6398.6997.1098.69
Gamma HHI0.360.170.720.300.17
Net GEX56.5K4.9K149.6K60.0K15.0K
Net DEX-783.6K-960.8K-622.5K-622.5K-789.0K
Net VEX-835-1.3K-545-1.3K-806
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.261.000.260.38
Total Volume584.04850700645580
Total OI729.286550895755660

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$19.13$18.8017.9%5.1%17.2%10.5%18.3%4.6%0.5%60.0K-622.5K-1.3K0.2697.10510135615140
2015-04-02$19.20$17.2017.2%5.3%17.0%9.4%20.6%4.8%1.6%62.3K-661.5K-1.3K0.3171.63510160615140
2015-04-06$19.40$17.2017.6%4.9%16.4%10.0%21.8%8.2%1.1%67.6K-735.1K-1.2K0.3176.08510160615165
2015-04-07$19.44$17.2016.5%5.1%16.3%8.3%17.9%3.3%1.3%77.5K-777.1K-1.1K0.3179.48510160615190
2015-04-08$19.54$17.2016.3%4.7%14.2%8.1%17.0%1.7%-2.7%79.3K-851.6K-8861.0087.872525615140
2015-04-09$19.57$17.2015.9%4.6%14.1%7.5%15.9%2.5%-5.8%85.7K-849.7K-8190.3179.97515160610215
2015-04-10$19.70$17.2015.5%4.4%13.9%6.8%15.5%4.0%-6.0%117.0K-946.3K-8970.3181.76515160630240
2015-04-13$19.49$17.2015.7%4.5%14.5%7.2%15.8%2.6%1.9%91.5K-853.7K-8810.3087.42540160630240
2015-04-14$19.43$17.2016.3%4.7%13.8%8.1%17.1%6.0%3.1%95.1K-814.5K-9080.3085.95540160655240
2015-04-15$19.64$17.2015.3%4.4%14.3%6.5%13.8%3.1%4.3%135.6K-953.3K-8100.3086.70540160655240
2015-04-16$19.64$17.2015.7%4.5%13.7%7.1%14.4%3.8%1.4%149.6K-960.8K-8160.3089.57540160655240
2015-04-17$19.21$17.2016.5%4.7%15.9%8.4%17.3%3.4%1.7%30.6K-682.3K-8300.3083.49540160655240
2015-04-20$19.47$17.2015.4%4.4%16.5%6.7%16.0%4.8%1.4%28.9K-683.9K-6620.3190.03360110435115
2015-04-21$19.63$17.2014.5%4.2%16.8%5.4%16.2%2.9%1.0%23.8K-709.5K-6560.3091.30370110435115
2015-04-22$19.79$17.2014.5%4.2%16.9%5.3%15.0%4.3%2.2%21.2K-751.0K-6220.3092.83370110445115
2015-04-23$19.97$17.2014.0%4.0%13.6%4.6%17.1%3.2%1.2%17.7K-771.0K-5920.4397.08370160445115
2015-04-24$20.08$17.2014.2%4.1%13.6%4.9%17.2%3.7%1.3%8.9K-752.3K-6260.4396.62370160445165
2015-04-27$20.00$17.2015.7%4.5%13.8%7.2%16.5%2.1%-0.2%7.2K-751.6K-6470.4397.93370160445165
2015-04-28$20.05$17.2015.3%4.4%13.5%6.5%17.8%4.9%0.2%6.6K-754.2K-6350.4396.06370160445165
2015-04-29$20.26$17.2014.4%4.1%13.5%5.2%15.8%2.3%1.0%4.9K-784.0K-5450.3898.65420160445165
2015-04-30$19.92$17.2017.4%5.0%15.0%9.7%18.1%1.6%-0.7%15.0K-789.0K-8060.3898.69420160495165