TLT Options History — November 2010

In November 2010, TLT traded between $93.81 and $100.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 55.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 18.2%). Max pain ranged from $101.00 to $105.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2010-11-16: Highest Volume — 62,738 contracts
  • 2010-11-04: Largest IV drop — 28.3% change
  • 2010-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-11-26: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$97.25$93.81$100.98$99.67$98.41
Max Pain$102.48$101.00$105.00$102.00$101.00
ATM IV18.1%14.1%25.9%24.9%20.3%
Expected Move4.8%4.3%5.4%5.2%5.3%
HV 20d18.2%13.6%20.9%13.6%20.9%
HV 60d18.3%17.4%19.3%18.0%17.4%
IV Rank55.0%32.0%100.0%100.0%67.6%
IV Percentile83.1%61.1%100.0%100.0%96.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.4%0.4%-1.4%-1.4%
VWIV17.2%15.1%19.1%18.4%18.3%
Skew 25d0.2%-0.9%1.0%-0.3%-0.9%
Skew 10d0.4%-1.6%3.3%-0.4%-1.6%
Call IV 25d17.1%15.1%19.3%18.6%19.3%
Put IV 25d17.3%14.9%19.1%18.3%18.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.779.2615.4415.2010.07
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.070.12
Net GEX-22.2M-47.0M8.6M-926.2K-16.3M
Net DEX789.8M279.9M1.29B464.0M376.2M
Net VEX-3.8M-4.6M-3.2M-4.4M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.263.311.720.60
Total Volume34,444.04812,03362,73824,17140,294
Total OI497,886.238428,620548,789460,260493,314

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-11-01$99.67$102.0024.9%5.2%13.6%100.0%18.4%-0.3%-1.4%-926.2K464.0M-4.4M1.7215.20N/AN/A8,88615,285210,510249,750
2010-11-02$100.98$101.0025.9%5.0%14.6%100.0%17.7%0.5%-1.1%8.6M279.9M-4.6M0.6711.04N/AN/A23,26515,692213,515257,323
2010-11-03$98.92$101.0021.2%4.3%15.1%72.8%15.7%-0.9%0.0%-19.1M669.2M-4.1M1.0212.89N/AN/A28,30428,993219,123266,484
2010-11-04$99.69$101.0015.2%4.3%15.5%38.3%15.2%-0.8%0.4%-14.9M531.3M-4.3M1.0314.71N/AN/A17,09817,540221,724272,140
2010-11-05$97.98$105.0014.1%4.3%16.3%32.0%15.1%0.5%0.2%-47.0M914.5M-4.0M1.2913.64N/AN/A14,98119,352228,915281,833
2010-11-08$98.42$105.0015.2%4.4%16.5%37.9%15.4%0.8%-0.2%-31.9M790.6M-4.0M0.5011.65N/AN/A11,8795,990221,024274,148
2010-11-09$96.25$104.0018.3%4.7%17.8%56.2%17.0%0.7%-0.4%-38.7M1.09B-3.6M1.3815.44N/AN/A20,89228,728224,872275,498
2010-11-10$96.38$105.0015.5%4.7%17.8%39.8%16.7%0.7%-0.1%-44.4M1.11B-3.7M1.1512.50N/AN/A21,42524,631230,267284,345
2010-11-11$96.33$104.0016.5%4.7%17.3%45.5%16.7%0.8%-0.2%-31.1M1.04B-3.7M0.8511.38N/AN/A7,0626,000235,869285,320
2010-11-12$95.81$104.0017.0%4.9%17.0%48.3%17.1%0.4%-0.1%-32.8M1.11B-3.5M0.9612.76N/AN/A15,72915,046238,005285,054
2010-11-15$93.81$103.0017.1%4.9%17.8%49.3%17.3%0.6%-0.4%-34.3M1.29B-3.2M0.879.91N/AN/A24,92321,721237,066280,455
2010-11-16$96.14$103.0017.2%4.9%20.2%49.9%17.4%0.9%-0.6%-28.0M1.04B-3.7M0.699.69N/AN/A37,06225,676244,733286,100
2010-11-17$95.61$102.0017.2%4.9%20.1%49.5%17.4%0.3%-0.3%-18.7M1.05B-3.6M1.4713.09N/AN/A9,46913,898254,098289,450
2010-11-18$96.00$102.0017.2%4.9%20.0%49.5%17.4%0.4%-0.4%-12.2M999.5M-3.7M0.6910.17N/AN/A15,37710,596256,294290,584
2010-11-19$96.59$102.0016.0%4.6%19.9%43.1%19.1%1.0%0.3%-8.4M920.1M-3.8M2.1113.12N/AN/A8,34317,613257,701291,088
2010-11-22$97.00$102.0016.7%4.8%20.0%46.7%16.9%-0.5%0.0%-12.1M560.9M-3.3M0.8011.18N/AN/A16,24713,041185,746242,874
2010-11-23$97.48$101.0016.2%4.6%19.5%43.8%16.3%0.2%-0.1%-10.3M527.5M-3.7M0.269.96N/AN/A25,5626,644192,937251,357
2010-11-24$95.74$102.0018.0%5.2%20.2%54.5%18.5%0.3%-1.3%-19.9M750.3M-3.5M3.319.26N/AN/A12,48041,309199,481252,260
2010-11-26$97.07$101.0018.9%5.4%20.9%59.7%18.9%-0.1%-1.3%-34.4M603.4M-3.9M0.409.62N/AN/A8,5673,466202,779282,849
2010-11-29$97.90$101.0021.0%5.3%20.9%71.6%18.6%-0.6%-1.1%-19.5M456.5M-3.7M0.599.99N/AN/A15,2299,030204,463284,263
2010-11-30$98.41$101.0020.3%5.3%20.9%67.6%18.3%-0.9%-1.4%-16.3M376.2M-3.6M0.6010.07N/AN/A25,15815,136205,391287,923