TLT Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, TLT traded between $104.54 and $108.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.8%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 9.4%). Max pain ranged from $104.50 to $109.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-16: Highest Volume — 186,432 contracts
  • 2013-10-22: Largest IV drop — 8.8% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 33.3%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.56$104.54$108.31$105.80$107.64
Max Pain$106.68$104.50$109.00$107.00$108.50
ATM IV12.8%9.8%16.1%15.2%10.1%
Expected Move3.7%2.8%4.6%4.4%2.9%
HV 20d9.4%8.7%11.2%11.2%9.0%
HV 60d12.6%11.6%13.3%13.3%11.6%
IV Rank16.2%0.8%33.3%28.4%2.4%
IV Percentile35.5%0.4%83.3%66.3%1.6%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%0.9%-1.1%0.7%
VWIV13.0%9.9%16.0%15.5%10.4%
Skew 25d1.0%0.5%1.7%1.3%0.6%
Skew 10d2.3%1.2%3.6%3.6%2.9%
Call IV 25d12.5%9.7%15.8%14.9%9.8%
Put IV 25d13.5%10.4%16.7%16.2%10.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.096.6216.3912.0612.95
Gamma HHI0.120.060.590.070.08
Net GEX27.5M-156.4M851.9M-16.6M-59.7M
Net DEX-31.2M-1.14B1.21B368.3M-329.3M
Net VEX-8.7M-9.4M-7.9M-9.0M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.482.280.690.64
Total Volume66,270.17422,621186,43253,11767,521
Total OI957,382.348846,0881,142,587846,088969,122

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$105.80$107.0015.2%4.4%11.2%28.4%15.5%1.3%-1.1%-16.6M368.3M-9.0M0.6912.06N/AN/A31,41121,706370,549475,539
2013-10-02$105.96$107.0014.8%4.2%11.2%26.4%14.8%1.0%-0.9%-11.6M304.1M-9.0M0.7314.31N/AN/A48,86335,804379,779486,894
2013-10-03$105.79$107.0015.0%4.3%9.7%27.3%15.0%0.8%-1.1%-6.3M347.6M-9.1M0.8010.63N/AN/A38,36530,595406,349506,225
2013-10-04$105.71$106.5014.7%4.2%9.7%26.0%14.9%0.9%-1.1%-41.0M395.0M-9.1M1.1010.63N/AN/A31,08634,279425,610519,017
2013-10-07$106.14$106.5015.4%4.4%9.7%29.5%15.7%0.6%-1.3%-10.3M240.2M-9.0M0.8113.63N/AN/A29,62923,924402,489509,182
2013-10-08$106.17$106.5016.1%4.6%9.2%33.3%16.0%0.8%-1.5%-1.9M218.3M-9.3M0.5111.85N/AN/A26,24113,396420,158522,127
2013-10-09$105.32$106.5015.6%4.5%9.4%30.4%15.6%0.6%-1.6%-76.2M697.1M-9.3M0.6114.99N/AN/A37,49822,862431,570528,788
2013-10-10$105.49$0.0014.4%4.2%9.4%24.7%14.7%1.0%-0.7%-83.0M590.1M-9.4M0.876.62N/AN/A35,13230,529453,983540,594
2013-10-11$105.46$104.5014.0%4.1%9.4%22.3%14.3%0.9%-0.8%-113.4M543.7M-8.9M0.878.18N/AN/A25,89722,548469,682551,452
2013-10-14$104.61$106.0013.9%3.9%9.5%21.8%13.7%1.3%0.4%-145.9M1.14B-8.8M0.6611.16N/AN/A26,79017,714448,116541,027
2013-10-15$104.54$106.0013.7%3.9%9.1%20.9%14.9%1.5%0.4%-156.4M1.21B-8.7M1.2410.40N/AN/A17,21721,337457,028548,343
2013-10-16$105.85$106.0013.4%3.8%9.2%19.3%13.7%1.4%0.2%-53.1M240.7M-8.4M0.7711.41N/AN/A105,15181,281464,869560,272
2013-10-17$106.81$105.0012.4%3.6%9.3%14.2%13.1%1.7%0.3%232.6M-808.2M-8.4M1.1911.61N/AN/A52,57462,335508,035590,894
2013-10-18$107.04$105.0012.0%3.5%9.2%12.3%12.4%1.4%-0.0%851.9M-1.05B-8.4M0.9710.58N/AN/A44,48443,055520,148622,439
2013-10-21$106.70$107.0011.9%3.4%9.0%11.7%11.9%1.2%0.2%48.0M-91.1M-8.7M1.3912.82N/AN/A20,47528,426392,384472,437
2013-10-22$107.89$107.0010.9%3.1%9.1%6.3%11.2%0.9%0.6%106.1M-786.8M-8.0M1.1213.78N/AN/A35,01239,318401,032489,086
2013-10-23$108.31$107.0010.5%3.0%9.1%4.5%10.7%0.7%0.7%101.6M-1.01B-7.9M0.4811.36N/AN/A42,21520,143414,123508,272
2013-10-24$107.89$107.0010.5%3.0%8.8%4.4%10.7%0.6%-0.2%79.8M-893.9M-8.4M0.8712.03N/AN/A32,72528,474436,474516,722
2013-10-25$108.29$107.0010.2%2.9%8.9%2.7%10.9%0.5%-0.2%72.4M-1.14B-8.4M2.2812.72N/AN/A14,49133,037453,056533,758
2013-10-28$107.92$106.0010.0%2.8%9.0%1.5%10.0%0.7%0.7%8.8M-440.4M-8.1M1.0716.39N/AN/A26,32928,233403,394499,847
2013-10-29$108.06$109.0010.1%2.9%8.7%2.5%10.2%0.7%0.7%-21.4M-405.2M-8.4M1.5611.81N/AN/A8,82313,798411,490518,683
2013-10-30$107.41$109.009.8%2.8%9.0%0.8%9.9%0.8%0.9%-72.8M-59.3M-8.3M0.8116.07N/AN/A40,63432,857414,093524,663
2013-10-31$107.64$108.5010.1%2.9%9.0%2.4%10.4%0.6%0.7%-59.7M-329.3M-8.9M0.6412.95N/AN/A41,28826,233435,867533,255