TLT Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, TLT traded between $106.26 and $110.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.3%, placing in the 34.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $109.00 to $113.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.22.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-05: Highest Volume — 135,838 contracts
  • 2013-07-26: Largest IV spike — 34.9% change
  • 2013-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 85.9%
  • 2013-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$108.18$106.26$110.41$110.41$107.70
Max Pain$110.23$109.00$113.00$113.00$109.00
ATM IV16.3%12.4%26.4%19.6%26.4%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%4.4%4.1%4.1%
HV 20d17.7%15.6%19.3%16.8%17.1%
HV 60d16.1%14.9%16.6%14.9%16.0%
IV Rank34.0%14.4%85.9%51.0%85.9%
IV Percentile63.6%24.6%99.6%92.9%99.6%
Term Structure0.4%-0.0%0.8%0.5%0.2%
VWIV14.4%12.7%16.0%14.6%14.5%
Skew 25d0.8%0.4%1.2%0.9%1.0%
Skew 10d1.5%0.7%2.2%1.5%2.2%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.5%15.3%14.2%14.2%
Put IV 25d14.8%13.0%16.3%15.1%15.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.466.2611.789.917.90
Gamma HHI0.110.060.340.150.08
Net GEX-59.3M-117.6M112.3M-112.0M-61.2M
Net DEX1.51B559.2M2.77B1.27B984.9M
Net VEX-7.4M-9.4M-6.6M-9.4M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.220.614.040.730.69
Total Volume54,732.22720,181135,83835,51492,718
Total OI746,426.773538,693845,429789,441667,852

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$110.41$113.0019.6%4.1%16.8%51.0%14.6%0.9%0.5%-112.0M1.27B-9.4M0.739.91N/AN/A20,54114,973367,546421,895
2013-07-02$110.34$113.0019.6%4.2%16.6%51.0%15.3%0.9%0.3%-108.1M1.28B-9.3M1.999.56N/AN/A13,63627,161371,808425,565
2013-07-03$110.01$113.0016.9%4.4%15.6%37.0%15.5%1.2%-0.0%-117.6M1.42B-9.2M0.8310.94N/AN/A11,0239,158374,895443,838
2013-07-05$106.26$110.0015.1%4.4%19.3%28.0%15.6%0.8%0.1%-116.3M2.77B-7.2M1.046.76N/AN/A66,67669,162377,950447,348
2013-07-08$107.29$110.0015.6%4.4%19.2%30.6%15.5%1.2%0.1%-110.2M2.30B-7.7M0.649.63N/AN/A33,06621,107379,298444,813
2013-07-09$107.40$110.0016.0%4.4%19.2%32.7%15.7%0.9%0.2%-105.8M2.25B-7.6M1.088.59N/AN/A24,09025,925378,825443,488
2013-07-10$106.56$110.0014.8%4.4%18.5%26.3%16.0%1.0%0.2%-103.7M2.50B-7.3M4.0411.46N/AN/A22,87692,452385,988449,494
2013-07-11$107.81$110.0014.7%4.2%18.8%25.8%15.0%0.8%0.3%-64.9M1.91B-7.4M0.8711.78N/AN/A28,09724,440395,374442,733
2013-07-12$107.72$110.0014.5%4.2%17.6%24.8%14.7%0.7%0.4%-46.7M1.92B-7.4M0.649.20N/AN/A29,22918,569400,416445,013
2013-07-15$108.29$110.0014.6%4.2%17.8%25.5%14.9%0.6%0.3%-64.1M1.80B-7.3M1.226.64N/AN/A9,95412,165394,858432,740
2013-07-16$108.66$110.0014.3%4.1%17.9%24.1%14.7%0.5%0.3%-56.0M1.68B-7.1M1.576.60N/AN/A14,59122,924396,134435,137
2013-07-17$108.86$110.0013.8%3.9%18.0%21.1%13.9%0.5%0.5%-19.9M1.63B-7.0M1.266.68N/AN/A17,96922,567399,475438,519
2013-07-18$107.50$110.0013.4%3.8%18.1%19.1%13.6%0.8%0.7%-69.9M2.06B-6.6M1.726.94N/AN/A21,40436,880397,840429,666
2013-07-19$109.20$110.0012.6%3.6%18.3%15.3%12.9%0.8%0.8%40.1M1.44B-6.7M0.616.26N/AN/A38,62123,597402,219441,382
2013-07-22$109.36$110.0012.4%3.6%17.2%14.4%12.7%0.4%0.8%-3.0M559.2M-6.9M0.967.48N/AN/A17,53116,746263,531275,162
2013-07-23$108.90$110.0012.7%3.6%17.3%15.5%12.9%0.6%0.8%-5.3M654.3M-6.7M0.827.53N/AN/A20,68416,941272,318283,591
2013-07-24$107.52$110.0013.2%3.8%17.6%18.0%13.4%0.7%0.5%-60.0M1.01B-6.9M2.027.87N/AN/A21,21442,825283,239291,298
2013-07-25$107.48$110.0013.1%3.7%17.4%17.4%13.4%0.7%0.6%-110.9M1.07B-7.0M0.618.40N/AN/A38,70923,678293,193313,960
2013-07-26$108.14$109.0017.6%3.7%17.1%40.9%13.1%0.8%0.7%112.3M647.0M-7.1M0.918.42N/AN/A36,65233,308318,168326,198
2013-07-29$107.35$109.0022.8%4.1%17.0%67.7%14.4%0.7%0.0%-56.0M1.06B-7.1M1.528.44N/AN/A15,49523,479299,485324,520
2013-07-30$107.31$109.0024.3%4.0%17.0%75.6%14.1%0.9%0.1%-65.1M1.11B-7.2M1.189.06N/AN/A14,33816,938306,840337,777
2013-07-31$107.70$109.0026.4%4.1%17.1%85.9%14.5%1.0%0.2%-61.2M984.9M-7.7M0.697.90N/AN/A54,96437,754317,067350,785