IGV Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, IGV traded between $18.42 and $20.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.9%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $17.60 to $20.60. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-20: Highest Volume — 1,005 contracts
  • 2015-08-21: Largest IV spike — 36.6% change
  • 2015-08-26: Highest IV Rank — 76.9%
  • 2015-08-26: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.00$18.42$20.89$20.41$19.07
Max Pain$20.20$17.60$20.60$20.20$17.60
ATM IV19.9%13.3%32.8%13.9%28.4%
Expected Move5.8%3.8%9.4%4.0%8.1%
HV 20d17.8%11.4%27.2%11.6%27.2%
HV 60d14.9%12.3%19.0%12.6%18.8%
IV Rank31.5%7.9%76.9%10.2%61.3%
IV Percentile59.1%10.7%99.2%17.1%96.0%
Term Structure-1.0%-9.7%9.8%1.3%-1.5%
VWIV20.4%12.0%43.1%12.4%32.3%
Skew 25d5.4%-4.9%11.8%6.6%7.0%
Skew 10d10.5%-1.4%24.5%3.4%12.3%
Call IV 25d19.4%9.0%52.3%9.0%25.6%
Put IV 25d24.8%15.3%53.2%15.6%32.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.2970.05126.93103.6681.74
Gamma HHI0.170.100.340.260.13
Net GEX-1.7K-21.6K17.6K-5.5K4.1K
Net DEX-159.1K-470.0K224.0K-229.3K14.5K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.3K-2.7K-2.8K-3.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.671.110.671.06
Total Volume727.61901,0050700
Total OI1,011.4297551,1851,020805

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$20.41$20.2013.9%4.0%11.6%10.2%0.0%6.6%1.3%-5.5K-229.3K-2.8K0.00103.6600585435
2015-08-04$20.46$20.2014.7%4.2%11.4%12.8%12.4%5.4%0.8%-3.0K-272.1K-2.8K0.6798.49495330595435
2015-08-05$20.74$20.2013.3%3.8%11.8%7.9%12.0%3.7%0.7%1.9K-445.3K-2.7K0.67100.52495330595435
2015-08-06$20.35$0.0014.9%4.6%13.5%13.7%0.0%2.2%1.8%-2.6K-278.9K-2.8K0.7682.48495375595435
2015-08-07$20.43$0.0015.3%4.6%13.3%15.2%0.0%6.3%1.5%-7.3K-174.8K-3.0K0.8480.32495415595480
2015-08-10$20.67$0.0014.4%4.4%13.6%11.8%15.1%4.0%9.8%-10.5K-322.6K-3.0K0.8381.35500415595520
2015-08-11$20.45$20.6016.7%4.8%14.1%20.0%0.0%3.6%1.9%-12.1K-214.0K-3.0K0.0086.1200590520
2015-08-12$20.49$20.6016.2%4.6%14.0%18.3%15.5%4.5%1.6%-8.5K-167.6K-3.0K0.7581.82555415600520
2015-08-13$20.48$20.6016.8%4.8%13.7%20.5%15.4%6.1%-0.6%-5.6K-217.6K-3.3K0.7480.30560415625510
2015-08-14$20.69$20.6016.8%4.8%14.1%20.3%16.6%5.9%-1.0%17.6K-381.1K-2.9K0.7785.33540415625510
2015-08-17$20.89$20.6015.4%4.4%14.4%15.5%16.6%5.7%1.9%-1.2K-470.0K-2.8K0.7784.97540415625510
2015-08-18$20.78$20.6015.4%4.4%14.5%15.6%16.1%4.0%-4.8%-3.8K-450.2K-3.0K0.7783.94540415625510
2015-08-19$20.62$20.6016.4%4.7%14.7%19.1%0.0%5.5%0.6%-2.6K-323.5K-2.9K0.0087.5100615510
2015-08-20$19.92$20.6020.5%5.9%19.3%33.4%19.4%3.2%-4.0%-21.6K-69.1K-3.0K0.7083.73590415625510
2015-08-21$19.25$20.6028.0%8.0%22.6%60.0%23.7%9.1%-9.7%4.7K224.0K-3.1K0.7770.05565435675510
2015-08-24$18.54$20.6028.4%8.1%25.2%61.4%43.1%-4.9%-3.5%4.5K144.1K-2.7K1.11123.86320355425330
2015-08-25$18.42$20.6028.3%8.1%24.6%61.2%27.0%3.6%-5.9%2.6K33.8K-3.0K1.11126.93320355425360
2015-08-26$18.86$20.6032.8%9.4%26.4%76.9%15.9%11.8%-3.3%5.9K159.3K-2.8K1.0984.64325355425360
2015-08-27$19.16$20.6023.0%6.6%27.0%42.3%17.7%11.1%-6.3%3.9K78.0K-3.0K1.04107.52340355430360
2015-08-28$19.23$17.6029.0%8.3%27.2%63.6%27.9%9.9%-3.3%4.0K20.3K-3.1K1.0480.75340355445360
2015-08-31$19.07$17.6028.4%8.1%27.2%61.3%32.3%7.0%-1.5%4.1K14.5K-3.1K1.0681.74340360445360