SPXS Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, SPXS traded between $40725.00 and $44625.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.3% (HV 20d: 33.1%). Max pain ranged from $45000.00 to $50000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-12: Highest Volume — 1 contracts
  • 2012-12-28: Largest IV spike — 20.7% change
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 17.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42956.25$40725.00$44625.00$44450.00$42275.00
Max Pain$47125.00$45000.00$50000.00$45000.00$45000.00
ATM IV44.4%36.9%59.5%44.0%48.4%
Expected Move13.0%11.5%17.1%12.6%13.9%
HV 20d33.1%27.0%44.5%44.5%35.6%
HV 60d36.2%34.7%38.5%38.5%38.4%
Term Structure2.3%-3.4%5.9%1.6%-2.5%
VWIV47.9%42.6%57.3%43.8%51.7%
Skew 25d-11.9%-16.3%-7.1%-9.7%-16.3%
Skew 10d-25.0%-39.7%-11.3%-11.6%-38.8%
Call IV 25d52.8%47.4%67.1%50.1%57.0%
Put IV 25d40.9%37.2%52.1%40.4%40.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.8713.4685.9441.7513.46
Gamma HHI0.180.140.400.140.17
Net GEX113.3K3.7K213.8K125.5K130.1K
Net DEX5.2M1.6M8.9M3.3M3.8M
Net VEX-49.5K-57.3K-39.1K-55.5K-47.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.070.940.550.32
Total Volume0.30101
Total OI11.6913129

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$44450.00$45000.0044.0%12.6%44.5%0.0%43.8%-9.7%1.6%125.5K3.3M-55.5K0.5541.75N/AN/A0084
2012-12-04$44625.00$45000.0044.6%12.8%44.4%0.0%42.6%-13.6%2.8%142.2K3.1M-57.3K0.0729.59N/AN/A0084
2012-12-05$44400.00$45000.0043.3%12.4%43.7%0.0%43.8%-7.1%2.3%130.3K3.6M-55.7K0.4040.78N/AN/A0084
2012-12-06$43950.00$45000.0042.6%12.2%36.6%0.0%44.0%-7.7%5.2%114.5K4.1M-54.7K0.1926.49N/AN/A0084
2012-12-07$43475.00$50000.0036.9%12.2%33.8%0.0%50.9%-14.5%4.4%113.3K4.6M-53.8K0.1125.97N/AN/A0084
2012-12-10$43400.00$50000.0038.6%12.7%33.8%0.0%48.2%-11.4%2.5%107.3K5.2M-50.4K0.4283.75N/AN/A0084
2012-12-11$42600.00$50000.0040.2%12.9%34.1%0.0%45.2%-10.8%1.1%89.8K6.4M-48.6K0.1525.24N/AN/A0084
2012-12-12$42450.00$50000.0040.1%12.3%33.6%0.0%48.2%-10.3%4.4%98.5K6.4M-47.6K0.3429.85N/AN/A1084
2012-12-13$43200.00$50000.0043.4%12.5%30.2%0.0%45.7%-9.7%5.9%120.8K5.6M-50.3K0.6039.70N/AN/A0094
2012-12-14$43725.00$50000.0044.9%12.9%30.7%0.0%47.1%-10.4%3.1%136.3K4.6M-52.5K0.0725.59N/AN/A1094
2012-12-17$42125.00$47500.0044.2%12.7%32.5%0.0%48.4%-11.7%3.5%91.9K7.1M-46.8K0.2029.60N/AN/A0094
2012-12-18$40725.00$47500.0040.2%11.5%27.0%0.0%42.9%-10.4%4.7%3.7K8.9M-42.3K0.5259.36N/AN/A0094
2012-12-19$41625.00$47500.0045.8%13.1%28.9%0.0%44.3%-11.0%3.8%107.4K7.7M-44.5K0.9438.11N/AN/A0094
2012-12-20$40925.00$47500.0043.9%12.6%29.1%0.0%52.7%-11.7%0.9%27.6K8.9M-39.1K0.2130.33N/AN/A0094
2012-12-21$42000.00$47500.0044.5%12.8%28.4%0.0%47.4%-15.2%4.0%213.8K7.5M-44.8K0.1085.94N/AN/A1094
2012-12-24$42475.00$45000.0046.3%13.3%28.8%0.0%47.4%-13.6%0.0%103.5K4.2M-46.3K0.3119.26N/AN/A0063
2012-12-26$42975.00$45000.0047.0%13.5%28.4%0.0%50.0%-13.5%3.8%128.0K3.6M-48.0K0.3419.22N/AN/A0063
2012-12-27$43100.00$45000.0049.3%14.1%27.4%0.0%56.3%-14.0%-2.9%137.6K2.9M-50.9K0.0731.00N/AN/A1063
2012-12-28$44625.00$45000.0059.5%17.1%29.8%0.0%57.3%-15.0%-3.4%143.6K1.6M-52.8K0.1422.47N/AN/A1063
2012-12-31$42275.00$45000.0048.4%13.9%35.6%0.0%51.7%-16.3%-2.5%130.1K3.8M-47.9K0.3213.46N/AN/A1063