TLT Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, TLT traded between $124.63 and $130.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.3%, placing in the 22.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $123.00 to $126.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-01: Highest Volume — 125,348 contracts
  • 2012-06-11: Largest IV spike — 21.8% change
  • 2012-06-01: Highest IV Rank — 42.1%
  • 2012-06-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$126.34$124.63$130.36$130.36$125.20
Max Pain$125.33$123.00$126.00$123.00$125.00
ATM IV17.3%14.6%23.1%23.1%14.8%
Expected Move5.1%4.2%6.4%6.4%4.2%
HV 20d17.5%14.4%19.0%14.4%14.8%
HV 60d15.3%14.6%16.5%15.7%14.7%
IV Rank22.3%12.9%42.1%42.1%13.4%
IV Percentile40.4%15.9%77.8%77.8%17.1%
Term Structure0.4%-0.7%1.1%-0.4%0.7%
VWIV17.9%14.8%22.5%22.5%14.9%
Skew 25d-0.6%-1.3%0.5%-1.2%-0.6%
Skew 10d-1.2%-2.9%0.5%-2.5%-0.3%
Call IV 25d18.2%15.0%23.4%23.4%15.0%
Put IV 25d17.6%14.4%22.2%22.2%14.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.477.9912.048.7911.27
Gamma HHI0.080.060.240.090.09
Net GEX21.6M-33.6M89.5M89.5M-33.6M
Net DEX-318.2M-1.50B77.8M-1.50B77.8M
Net VEX-5.8M-6.4M-5.2M-6.1M-5.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.441.640.930.73
Total Volume51,808.23816,142125,348125,34869,620
Total OI683,230.952496,858825,979776,723584,216

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$130.36$123.0023.1%6.4%14.4%42.1%22.5%-1.2%-0.4%89.5M-1.50B-6.1M0.938.79N/AN/A64,79860,550252,192524,531
2012-06-04$129.33$126.0023.1%6.1%15.1%42.1%21.7%-1.0%-0.7%73.0M-1.08B-6.0M0.829.03N/AN/A41,59934,088242,494530,705
2012-06-05$127.60$126.0020.4%5.8%16.3%32.9%20.2%-1.0%-0.2%57.6M-689.0M-6.3M0.949.83N/AN/A30,87329,114250,327542,295
2012-06-06$125.05$126.0017.3%5.5%18.4%22.2%19.5%-1.3%0.5%5.8M-52.0M-6.4M1.1812.04N/AN/A43,49451,122250,024545,923
2012-06-07$125.24$126.0016.0%5.2%18.4%17.7%18.7%-0.7%0.6%-2.1M-55.9M-6.3M0.648.23N/AN/A33,13721,121257,120554,303
2012-06-08$125.21$126.0016.7%5.3%18.3%20.1%18.8%-0.7%0.4%14.7M-58.7M-6.2M0.818.65N/AN/A34,91228,105261,780553,149
2012-06-11$125.78$126.0020.4%5.6%18.2%32.7%19.7%-0.9%-0.1%40.4M-336.9M-6.1M1.568.11N/AN/A16,35925,462248,686542,590
2012-06-12$124.63$126.0018.6%5.6%18.2%26.4%19.8%-0.5%-0.0%7.7M-4.9M-6.3M1.167.99N/AN/A18,16621,148253,300559,433
2012-06-13$125.86$126.0016.9%5.8%18.4%20.9%20.3%-0.8%-0.2%54.9M-364.6M-6.2M0.648.74N/AN/A25,54316,374256,593561,598
2012-06-14$125.70$125.0019.3%5.5%18.4%28.9%19.6%-0.4%-0.1%48.5M-309.1M-5.9M0.449.16N/AN/A16,8207,468259,579565,248
2012-06-15$126.40$126.0018.9%5.4%17.5%27.7%19.2%-0.7%0.0%48.6M-485.6M-5.7M0.868.79N/AN/A25,99722,299259,426566,553
2012-06-18$127.08$125.0016.9%4.8%17.6%20.8%17.1%-0.0%0.5%6.1M-284.8M-5.3M0.808.30N/AN/A21,83117,566161,246335,612
2012-06-19$125.42$125.0016.5%4.7%18.3%19.5%16.8%-0.1%0.7%-6.2M-54.9M-5.6M0.808.53N/AN/A15,02811,947171,991339,957
2012-06-20$126.04$125.0015.6%4.5%17.8%16.3%15.8%0.5%1.1%2.6M-164.9M-5.3M0.559.40N/AN/A55,44630,425178,156343,139
2012-06-21$126.71$125.0015.5%4.4%17.7%15.9%16.2%0.2%0.8%23.1M-292.4M-5.8M1.3010.42N/AN/A21,57528,151197,197359,990
2012-06-22$125.02$125.0014.9%4.3%18.4%13.8%15.2%-0.3%0.8%3.0M60.3M-5.8M1.649.53N/AN/A16,63527,242203,966367,532
2012-06-25$126.84$125.0015.2%4.3%19.0%14.8%15.3%-0.4%0.7%12.3M-312.4M-5.4M1.379.56N/AN/A13,75218,815192,491361,292
2012-06-26$126.34$125.0014.6%4.2%19.0%12.9%14.8%-0.3%0.8%-5.3M-192.6M-5.4M1.1811.19N/AN/A11,49413,548197,767366,344
2012-06-27$126.54$125.0014.7%4.2%16.8%13.3%14.8%-0.8%0.7%4.7M-253.0M-5.3M1.2110.89N/AN/A7,3208,822201,422371,267
2012-06-28$126.85$125.0014.7%4.2%16.3%13.0%14.9%-0.6%0.8%7.7M-323.1M-5.2M1.4510.46N/AN/A12,33817,869202,466373,950
2012-06-29$125.20$125.0014.8%4.2%14.8%13.4%14.9%-0.6%0.7%-33.6M77.8M-5.4M0.7311.27N/AN/A40,15629,464205,709378,507