SPY Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, SPY traded between $68.11 and $83.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.4%, placing in the 29.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 43.5%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $83.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-19: Highest Volume — 7,254,321 contracts
  • 2009-03-30: Largest IV spike — 67.5% change
  • 2009-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 43.3%
  • 2009-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.98$68.11$83.11$70.60$79.52
Max Pain$78.45$75.00$83.00$83.00$79.00
ATM IV41.4%32.4%54.2%47.4%39.4%
Expected Move11.6%10.4%13.6%13.6%11.3%
HV 20d43.5%35.8%49.6%36.6%46.4%
HV 60d38.2%35.3%41.3%36.3%40.8%
IV Rank29.2%19.3%43.3%35.8%27.1%
IV Percentile66.8%49.2%85.7%79.4%62.3%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.1%1.4%-1.9%1.0%
VWIV41.5%37.7%50.4%50.4%40.1%
Skew 25d9.0%6.5%13.0%13.0%7.0%
Skew 10d17.1%12.9%23.7%23.7%14.7%
Call IV 25d36.7%32.6%41.8%41.8%36.9%
Put IV 25d45.7%40.5%54.8%54.8%43.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.023.376.344.743.37
Gamma HHI0.050.030.090.060.04
Net GEX-218.1M-559.8M87.4M-475.2M-122.6M
Net DEX12.97B-1.58B26.71B24.65B4.91B
Net VEX-89.7M-227.3M-65.6M-67.3M-95.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.211.501.501.03
Total Volume1,942,151.591942,9337,254,3212,271,4051,071,525
Total OI12,322,788.9559,745,10414,661,38710,794,50010,625,817

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$70.60$83.0047.4%13.6%36.6%35.8%50.4%13.0%-1.9%-475.2M24.65B-67.3M1.504.74N/AN/A909,4881,361,9174,299,9166,494,584
2009-03-03$70.07$83.0045.7%13.1%36.6%33.9%44.7%12.4%-1.4%-480.8M26.41B-65.6M1.464.01N/AN/A788,2551,150,9414,593,9476,690,215
2009-03-04$71.73$83.0042.5%12.2%37.5%30.4%46.1%11.4%-1.1%-488.1M24.33B-70.8M0.895.18N/AN/A738,788659,9394,782,2456,852,447
2009-03-05$68.80$83.0046.7%13.4%39.4%35.0%45.1%12.5%-2.1%-453.0M25.34B-66.4M1.265.11N/AN/A1,061,7501,340,3854,944,1256,786,127
2009-03-06$68.92$83.0045.4%13.0%38.5%33.7%43.6%11.5%-1.9%-479.2M25.74B-69.2M1.075.03N/AN/A991,4501,064,0325,243,1337,178,094
2009-03-09$68.11$81.0049.9%13.3%35.8%38.5%47.6%11.1%-1.7%-459.7M26.71B-67.0M0.914.47N/AN/A780,049706,1365,487,3147,259,200
2009-03-10$72.17$81.0043.5%11.8%43.4%31.5%42.3%8.5%-1.3%-340.3M20.64B-76.3M0.986.07N/AN/A849,667834,3695,751,4867,374,012
2009-03-11$72.64$75.0041.7%11.2%41.4%29.5%39.5%7.8%0.2%-322.3M19.78B-77.8M0.856.15N/AN/A830,710709,8995,830,1307,399,335
2009-03-12$75.50$75.0038.0%10.9%44.3%25.4%38.8%8.1%-0.3%-164.2M13.43B-81.6M0.995.78N/AN/A1,096,3071,080,3105,861,1777,390,300
2009-03-13$76.09$75.0038.3%11.0%44.5%25.9%39.5%8.1%0.2%-136.4M12.63B-86.0M0.925.60N/AN/A807,937745,4746,002,6967,665,111
2009-03-16$75.86$75.0039.3%11.3%44.4%26.9%40.7%9.4%-0.0%-138.7M12.57B-82.9M1.315.86N/AN/A790,0691,032,9506,026,1697,708,291
2009-03-17$78.18$75.0036.9%10.6%43.5%24.2%38.9%7.8%0.3%-29.2M8.30B-85.7M1.355.76N/AN/A673,449907,6326,154,2397,958,240
2009-03-18$79.93$75.0036.2%10.4%44.2%23.5%38.4%8.2%0.3%56.8M4.45B-88.4M1.185.50N/AN/A1,056,7931,251,6746,234,7548,172,613
2009-03-19$78.94$76.0038.9%11.1%44.3%26.4%39.6%8.8%0.5%19.3M7.94B-89.8M0.216.34N/AN/A5,995,1671,259,1546,296,4128,364,975
2009-03-20$76.71$76.0040.6%11.6%45.3%28.3%41.6%9.4%0.6%-559.8M18.02B-88.7M1.356.18N/AN/A781,3751,055,1075,710,2688,545,284
2009-03-23$82.22$77.0039.1%11.2%49.6%26.7%40.7%8.4%-0.8%-45.5M973.6M-227.3M1.144.62N/AN/A797,782911,9955,784,6908,578,390
2009-03-24$80.70$77.0038.6%11.1%48.7%26.1%39.4%7.1%0.2%-38.3M2.27B-96.6M1.084.32N/AN/A605,602652,0853,971,6715,773,433
2009-03-25$81.45$78.0038.3%11.0%48.6%25.8%39.0%7.0%-0.1%-60.3K1.27B-96.7M1.434.17N/AN/A656,306939,3594,095,9715,818,774
2009-03-26$83.11$78.0037.0%10.6%48.4%24.4%38.2%6.6%0.2%87.4M-1.58B-99.0M1.385.07N/AN/A637,778879,6254,199,3066,136,666
2009-03-27$81.61$79.0032.4%10.6%48.1%19.3%37.7%6.5%1.4%7.5M398.8M-98.5M1.293.66N/AN/A412,653530,2804,238,4996,241,870
2009-03-30$78.79$79.0054.2%11.6%46.7%43.3%40.9%7.2%1.0%-235.3M6.13B-96.4M1.263.52N/AN/A584,616736,5564,297,5346,281,897
2009-03-31$79.52$79.0039.4%11.3%46.4%27.1%40.1%7.0%1.0%-122.6M4.91B-95.4M1.033.37N/AN/A527,243544,2824,330,8996,294,918