TLT Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, TLT traded between $109.40 and $122.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 83.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 26.0%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $118.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.88.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-26: Highest Volume — 108,241 contracts
  • 2008-12-03: Largest IV drop — 10.7% change
  • 2008-12-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$116.02$109.40$122.26$109.40$119.35
Max Pain$108.41$100.00$118.00$100.00$118.00
ATM IV31.9%29.7%36.5%35.1%30.2%
Expected Move9.3%8.5%10.6%10.1%8.7%
HV 20d26.0%18.4%29.9%28.8%20.7%
HV 60d23.7%22.7%24.8%24.3%23.1%
IV Rank83.3%74.9%100.0%100.0%76.8%
IV Percentile96.6%92.1%100.0%100.0%92.1%
Term Structure0.8%-3.3%5.1%-1.8%-0.4%
VWIV32.7%29.4%36.9%34.9%30.0%
Skew 25d1.9%-0.3%3.1%1.9%3.1%
Skew 10d3.7%-1.1%8.1%0.2%3.9%
Call IV 25d31.6%28.1%36.9%33.6%28.4%
Put IV 25d33.5%31.2%36.8%35.4%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.8113.0644.1619.3618.54
Gamma HHI0.070.050.090.080.08
Net GEX-994.4K-8.2M11.6M-6.9M-8.2M
Net DEX-345.4M-731.1M-37.5M-269.4M-37.5M
Net VEX-2.7M-3.1M-2.2M-2.6M-3.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.880.035.231.533.54
Total Volume28,459.3645,907108,24158,59116,413
Total OI364,247.136266,089453,722347,002310,885

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$109.40$100.0035.1%10.1%28.8%100.0%34.9%1.9%-1.8%-6.9M-269.4M-2.6M1.5319.36N/AN/A23,11735,47460,639286,363
2008-12-02$109.82$102.0036.5%10.5%28.7%100.0%36.6%0.0%1.4%-7.6M-234.1M-2.9M1.0913.06N/AN/A16,30717,83166,958296,236
2008-12-03$110.13$102.0032.6%9.3%28.5%85.7%33.1%-0.3%4.7%-3.7M-270.3M-2.9M1.5815.76N/AN/A7,69412,15172,441295,630
2008-12-04$112.30$102.0031.9%9.1%28.7%83.1%31.7%1.3%4.5%-472.7K-381.2M-2.6M1.4121.12N/AN/A11,71816,53873,984297,121
2008-12-05$110.48$104.0031.7%10.6%29.6%82.4%36.9%-0.1%-3.3%-3.0M-265.0M-2.9M2.8720.39N/AN/A7,52021,58277,167300,963
2008-12-08$110.24$105.0033.3%9.8%29.3%88.1%34.6%2.1%-2.3%-8.0M-247.4M-2.9M1.7721.59N/AN/A4,9988,83281,894314,098
2008-12-09$112.42$105.0032.7%9.8%29.6%85.8%34.5%2.5%-1.1%-2.1M-359.8M-2.9M1.4528.16N/AN/A7,51810,92484,585312,507
2008-12-10$112.15$105.0031.3%9.7%29.8%81.0%33.8%2.0%-0.8%397.0K-379.5M-2.7M0.7717.82N/AN/A7,5045,74287,561315,569
2008-12-11$112.37$105.0032.0%9.2%29.9%83.3%32.8%2.2%2.1%2.3M-430.8M-2.6M1.0116.07N/AN/A10,11410,24290,699316,469
2008-12-12$112.37$105.0032.3%9.3%27.5%84.6%32.2%2.2%2.1%2.5M-406.7M-2.8M1.4815.73N/AN/A8,67712,88094,633321,595
2008-12-15$113.65$105.0032.2%9.2%27.3%84.3%33.1%2.7%1.5%6.6M-485.8M-2.7M2.2113.78N/AN/A6,33314,01396,877326,790
2008-12-16$116.46$105.0031.4%9.0%27.8%81.1%32.2%2.8%1.8%11.6M-623.5M-2.7M1.0331.64N/AN/A19,51220,04396,843328,053
2008-12-17$119.62$108.0030.3%8.7%28.4%77.0%31.0%2.5%2.4%8.6M-715.3M-2.4M1.3719.18N/AN/A19,26426,46293,985334,812
2008-12-18$122.13$110.0032.3%9.2%28.1%84.4%33.4%2.1%1.6%1.6M-731.1M-2.6M1.7223.28N/AN/A13,90223,94093,884349,708
2008-12-19$122.26$112.0031.4%9.0%23.9%81.4%32.5%2.6%5.1%964.6K-665.3M-2.7M1.5118.95N/AN/A8,51612,89393,495360,227
2008-12-22$121.32$112.0031.9%9.2%23.2%83.2%32.3%0.8%0.4%-968.0K-220.6M-2.6M5.2344.16N/AN/A3,22216,84458,554207,535
2008-12-23$121.16$115.0030.7%8.8%21.7%78.6%31.4%2.0%0.8%-2.8M-182.8M-2.6M2.1624.17N/AN/A3,1746,85658,983215,056
2008-12-24$120.90$115.0030.5%8.7%20.7%77.9%31.9%2.4%-0.5%-3.7M-159.4M-2.8M4.3530.42N/AN/A1,1044,80360,572216,950
2008-12-26$121.30$116.0030.7%8.8%20.7%78.6%29.4%1.3%-0.4%-3.2M-176.7M-2.7M0.0334.18N/AN/A105,3322,90961,074219,367
2008-12-29$120.75$117.0031.3%9.0%21.0%81.0%31.3%1.8%0.2%-2.0M-179.5M-2.2M1.7027.84N/AN/A10,77618,31259,684220,698
2008-12-30$121.90$117.0029.7%8.5%18.4%74.9%29.8%3.1%0.2%-3.8M-177.3M-2.8M1.4826.53N/AN/A5,7018,41966,952235,341
2008-12-31$119.35$118.0030.2%8.7%20.7%76.8%30.0%3.1%-0.4%-8.2M-37.5M-3.1M3.5418.54N/AN/A3,61412,79970,613240,272