IHY Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, IHY traded between $23.80 and $24.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.9%, placing in the 10.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 8.6%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-02: Highest Volume — 221 contracts
  • 2015-03-04: Largest IV spike — 66.7% change
  • 2015-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 12.5%
  • 2015-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.16$23.80$24.65$24.65$24.07
Max Pain$24.86$24.00$25.00$24.00$25.00
ATM IV16.9%10.7%19.4%11.6%16.7%
Expected Move4.9%3.1%6.4%3.3%4.8%
HV 20d8.6%6.6%10.2%9.7%10.1%
HV 60d11.0%8.9%13.4%13.4%9.2%
IV Rank10.4%5.1%12.5%5.9%10.2%
IV Percentile65.6%43.3%73.8%54.8%63.9%
Term Structure0.2%-4.6%1.6%1.3%0.6%
VWIV16.6%9.4%19.4%17.0%17.2%
Skew 25d7.6%2.5%11.5%4.1%5.6%
Skew 10d8.1%-4.4%13.6%-1.9%8.0%
Call IV 25d13.0%9.1%17.0%13.1%13.1%
Put IV 25d20.6%17.0%23.9%17.2%18.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.6929.4972.3872.3863.84
Gamma HHI0.340.200.660.270.23
Net GEX-3.7K-35.4K11.8K11.8K4.6K
Net DEX90.6K8.3K190.0K8.3K84.6K
Net VEX-738-1.1K-450-1.1K-450
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.000.470.430.29
Total Volume72.1820221221172
Total OI1,030.0919561,0651,064957

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$24.65$24.0011.6%3.3%9.7%5.9%17.0%4.1%1.3%11.8K8.3K-1.1K0.4372.3815566900164
2015-03-03$24.56$24.0010.7%3.1%8.6%5.1%16.6%2.5%1.5%8.5K17.8K-1.1K0.4770.0514166899164
2015-03-04$24.46$24.0017.8%5.1%6.9%11.1%18.0%5.3%0.3%8.1K37.5K-1.1K0.4769.8514166900164
2015-03-05$24.50$25.0018.1%5.1%6.6%11.4%18.8%9.0%0.7%6.7K27.7K-1.1K0.4733.5514166900164
2015-03-06$24.23$25.0017.7%5.5%7.3%11.1%19.4%8.1%-0.0%5.8K57.8K-1.1K0.4729.4914166900164
2015-03-09$24.33$25.0015.9%5.2%6.9%9.5%11.9%7.5%0.8%-1.9K78.5K-8760.0049.49015900164
2015-03-10$24.13$25.0019.4%6.4%7.5%12.5%0.0%8.2%-4.6%1.6K78.3K-1.0K0.0036.1900900165
2015-03-11$24.02$25.0018.6%5.3%7.6%11.9%0.0%6.3%-0.4%-8.6K123.7K-8030.0052.9200900165
2015-03-12$23.99$25.0017.8%5.1%7.6%11.2%0.0%5.8%0.8%-7.3K116.8K-7900.0051.3800900165
2015-03-13$23.82$25.0017.7%5.1%7.5%11.0%0.0%8.7%1.0%-15.7K167.2K-6490.0043.8300900165
2015-03-16$23.88$25.0018.0%5.2%7.3%11.3%0.0%9.0%0.1%-19.4K169.7K-5940.0044.7700900165
2015-03-17$23.80$25.0017.3%5.0%6.9%10.7%0.0%8.0%0.8%-24.9K182.1K-5640.0047.4800900165
2015-03-18$24.10$25.0016.2%4.6%8.6%9.8%9.4%8.6%0.9%-26.5K112.9K-6710.0056.4220900165
2015-03-19$23.83$25.0016.3%4.7%9.2%9.9%0.0%8.3%1.2%-35.4K190.0K-5370.0051.3100900165
2015-03-20$24.12$25.0015.0%4.3%10.1%8.8%0.0%8.4%1.6%-6.6K91.6K-5170.0050.6100900165
2015-03-23$24.21$25.0019.3%5.5%10.2%12.4%0.0%11.5%-1.4%9.1K50.8K-7020.0052.120087086
2015-03-24$24.15$25.0016.7%4.8%10.2%10.2%0.0%9.4%0.0%80091.8K-4980.0051.210087086
2015-03-25$24.18$25.0017.0%4.9%10.1%10.5%0.0%9.8%0.6%84789.0K-5140.0049.150087086
2015-03-26$24.19$25.0019.0%5.5%10.1%12.2%18.7%4.6%-0.6%4.2K65.8K-6180.2751.901413887086
2015-03-27$24.20$25.0018.3%5.2%10.1%11.6%18.0%8.9%-0.2%1.2K75.9K-5360.0059.191087086
2015-03-30$24.18$25.0017.4%5.0%10.1%10.8%18.1%9.1%0.3%2.5K74.8K-5100.2949.981323887186
2015-03-31$24.07$25.0016.7%4.8%10.1%10.2%17.2%5.6%0.6%4.6K84.6K-4500.2963.841333987186