TLT Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, TLT traded between $105.92 and $109.32. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.6%, placing in the 8.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 10.2%). Max pain ranged from $108.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-03: Highest Volume — 105,363 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 10.0% change
  • 2014-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 17.0%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$107.13$105.92$109.32$109.32$108.57
Max Pain$108.58$108.00$110.00$110.00$109.00
ATM IV10.6%9.5%12.4%12.3%10.2%
Expected Move4.0%4.0%4.1%4.0%4.0%
HV 20d10.2%8.9%11.1%8.9%9.3%
HV 60d10.3%9.6%11.6%11.3%9.6%
IV Rank8.1%2.6%17.0%16.4%6.1%
IV Percentile15.9%2.0%44.4%42.5%11.1%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%0.8%-0.4%0.8%
VWIV14.2%13.2%14.7%14.2%14.4%
Skew 25d0.1%-0.2%0.5%0.5%-0.2%
Skew 10d0.3%-0.5%1.5%1.5%0.2%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.5%12.4%12.2%10.2%
Put IV 25d10.7%9.7%12.8%12.8%10.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.995.0327.135.0315.37
Gamma HHI0.090.070.140.120.14
Net GEX30.5M-51.8M146.0M73.2M146.0M
Net DEX-153.4M-994.7M498.3M-994.7M-990.4M
Net VEX-8.8M-9.6M-7.9M-8.9M-8.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.301.860.900.30
Total Volume41,587.05318,450105,363105,36364,626
Total OI797,214.316703,226847,695745,490781,499

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$109.32$110.0012.3%4.0%8.9%16.4%14.2%0.5%-0.4%73.2M-994.7M-8.9M0.905.03N/AN/A55,33150,032361,457384,033
2014-02-04$108.16$108.0012.4%4.0%10.2%17.0%14.4%0.4%-0.5%40.8M-520.6M-9.6M1.3118.29N/AN/A18,25123,866379,496401,173
2014-02-05$107.16$108.0012.3%4.1%11.0%16.3%14.3%0.2%-0.4%10.3M-122.7M-9.6M1.3319.91N/AN/A15,93021,135388,911406,867
2014-02-06$106.70$108.0012.0%4.0%11.1%15.1%14.2%0.1%-0.3%-9.4M101.0M-9.5M1.8620.43N/AN/A23,09642,911395,042414,462
2014-02-07$106.79$109.0010.8%4.0%11.1%9.1%14.7%0.2%-0.1%-8.8M48.7M-9.3M1.7227.13N/AN/A16,80528,905405,060427,170
2014-02-10$107.09$109.0010.6%4.0%10.4%8.0%14.5%0.2%0.1%15.6M-65.3M-9.2M0.8017.38N/AN/A13,28910,634389,448407,112
2014-02-11$106.47$109.0010.3%4.0%10.6%6.5%13.9%0.5%0.3%-17.5M213.1M-9.0M1.2319.11N/AN/A18,91923,327396,816410,794
2014-02-12$105.92$109.0010.0%4.0%10.6%5.1%14.4%0.4%0.3%-51.8M498.3M-8.9M0.9121.34N/AN/A20,19418,473405,700418,337
2014-02-13$106.52$109.009.8%4.0%10.8%4.1%14.5%0.3%0.1%8.4M151.8M-8.9M0.7521.98N/AN/A14,22010,606414,302423,104
2014-02-14$106.58$109.009.5%4.0%10.5%2.6%14.0%0.2%0.1%63.0M139.5M-8.7M0.6811.24N/AN/A14,0429,496419,999427,696
2014-02-18$106.82$109.0010.4%4.0%10.5%7.0%13.8%-0.2%0.0%27.6M-57.4M-8.7M0.8315.85N/AN/A16,06113,348414,376422,324
2014-02-19$106.37$109.0010.5%4.1%10.6%7.5%14.4%-0.1%0.0%-11.6M193.4M-8.6M1.7521.70N/AN/A8,28114,505420,768426,127
2014-02-20$106.11$108.0010.3%4.0%10.6%6.8%14.6%-0.1%0.0%-29.2M331.6M-8.2M1.3821.50N/AN/A8,90212,319417,749419,050
2014-02-21$106.67$108.0010.0%4.0%9.5%4.9%14.3%-0.0%-0.1%31.2M37.3M-8.1M1.5819.87N/AN/A16,36425,857419,855420,589
2014-02-24$106.40$108.009.7%4.0%9.2%3.8%14.1%0.0%0.7%4.9M85.5M-7.9M1.1011.22N/AN/A8,8049,646366,333336,893
2014-02-25$107.35$108.009.9%4.0%9.5%4.8%13.2%0.1%0.6%56.9M-335.0M-8.1M0.3316.90N/AN/A40,35313,159369,958341,823
2014-02-26$107.92$108.0010.2%4.0%9.6%6.2%13.8%-0.1%0.5%97.0M-639.9M-8.5M0.5718.48N/AN/A31,37417,765393,638348,240
2014-02-27$108.51$108.0010.2%4.0%9.4%6.3%13.9%-0.2%0.6%132.5M-988.3M-8.5M0.6319.04N/AN/A24,18515,143412,341358,530
2014-02-28$108.57$109.0010.2%4.0%9.3%6.1%14.4%-0.2%0.8%146.0M-990.4M-8.6M0.3015.37N/AN/A49,77514,851414,726366,773