TLT Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, TLT traded between $130.47 and $136.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.7%, placing in the 21.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 10.0%). Max pain ranged from $135.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.63.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-27: Highest Volume — 153,492 contracts
  • 2016-10-31: Largest IV spike — 7.8% change
  • 2016-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2016-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$133.01$130.47$136.89$136.89$131.22
Max Pain$137.14$135.00$140.00$140.00$135.00
ATM IV12.7%11.6%13.7%12.6%13.7%
Expected Move3.7%3.4%4.1%3.4%4.1%
HV 20d10.0%8.6%12.1%11.7%9.7%
HV 60d10.9%10.5%11.7%11.6%10.6%
IV Rank21.7%5.6%34.7%20.1%34.7%
IV Percentile42.3%2.4%73.0%37.3%73.0%
Term Structure0.0%-0.5%0.5%0.3%-0.2%
VWIV13.0%11.9%14.5%12.3%14.5%
Skew 25d0.6%0.4%0.7%0.4%0.7%
Skew 10d1.1%0.6%1.9%0.6%1.9%
Call IV 25d12.7%11.5%13.5%12.8%13.5%
Put IV 25d13.3%12.0%14.2%13.2%14.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.063.414.843.964.37
Gamma HHI0.080.060.120.080.07
Net GEX-331.6M-561.9M-132.2M-132.2M-312.3M
Net DEX2.52B644.3M3.98B644.3M2.32B
Net VEX-15.0M-16.0M-13.8M-15.1M-15.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.630.513.661.390.91
Total Volume93,079.71440,958153,49250,44675,665
Total OI1,313,301.3331,175,9571,496,5001,212,6681,269,048

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$136.89$140.0012.6%3.4%11.7%20.1%12.3%0.4%0.3%-132.2M644.3M-15.1M1.393.96N/AN/A21,06729,379482,331730,337
2016-10-04$135.26$140.0012.8%3.5%12.1%23.1%12.4%0.6%0.4%-274.9M1.74B-15.3M2.314.18N/AN/A33,80878,029486,118742,637
2016-10-05$134.42$140.0012.8%3.4%11.7%22.5%12.2%0.7%0.3%-339.9M2.28B-15.6M2.433.94N/AN/A35,24885,575496,519765,881
2016-10-06$133.86$138.0012.9%3.8%11.7%23.7%13.6%0.6%0.4%-414.7M2.77B-16.0M1.674.60N/AN/A43,18472,024507,045800,172
2016-10-07$133.85$137.0012.7%3.7%10.5%21.2%13.4%0.6%0.5%-561.9M2.78B-15.4M1.994.71N/AN/A41,92983,528518,409808,166
2016-10-10$133.08$136.0013.4%3.8%9.4%30.6%13.7%0.7%-0.1%-381.5M2.90B-15.6M1.284.57N/AN/A40,11051,273504,001773,440
2016-10-11$132.99$137.0013.2%3.8%9.4%28.4%13.7%0.7%-0.1%-386.5M2.96B-15.5M3.663.41N/AN/A23,18384,961526,843788,393
2016-10-12$132.75$137.0013.3%3.8%8.6%29.9%13.3%0.5%-0.2%-427.9M3.26B-16.0M1.403.96N/AN/A28,09339,445536,407839,697
2016-10-13$133.49$137.0012.8%3.7%8.8%23.0%13.3%0.4%-0.1%-399.4M2.66B-14.8M2.644.24N/AN/A31,90284,342546,509838,499
2016-10-14$131.56$137.0013.2%3.8%10.1%28.1%13.2%0.6%-0.2%-447.7M3.98B-14.8M1.813.96N/AN/A33,70761,091552,801816,361
2016-10-17$132.54$137.0013.4%3.8%10.5%30.2%13.5%0.5%-0.4%-359.0M3.05B-14.7M0.513.76N/AN/A93,76548,164544,041810,899
2016-10-18$132.79$137.0013.3%3.8%10.5%29.5%13.4%0.6%-0.5%-339.8M2.91B-14.7M0.723.58N/AN/A53,60038,399557,636841,965
2016-10-19$132.77$137.0013.0%3.7%10.1%25.2%13.1%0.6%-0.4%-324.4M2.93B-14.2M2.483.67N/AN/A21,89554,261564,599851,188
2016-10-20$133.03$137.0012.5%3.6%9.5%18.8%12.8%0.6%-0.4%-274.5M2.81B-14.0M1.563.74N/AN/A37,72559,004572,551879,952
2016-10-21$133.45$137.0011.7%3.4%9.6%6.9%11.9%0.5%-0.3%-174.4M2.54B-14.1M1.704.34N/AN/A32,44655,293584,636911,864
2016-10-24$132.63$137.0011.7%3.5%9.6%8.0%12.2%0.5%0.4%-224.8M1.63B-13.9M0.864.34N/AN/A22,01618,942455,586720,371
2016-10-25$133.10$137.0011.6%3.4%9.1%5.6%12.0%0.4%0.4%-187.7M1.35B-13.8M1.143.72N/AN/A35,59240,611462,371727,051
2016-10-26$132.29$136.0011.8%3.5%9.2%9.0%12.5%0.6%0.4%-252.5M1.86B-14.6M0.813.60N/AN/A23,40918,972477,511754,521
2016-10-27$130.82$136.0012.3%3.7%9.5%15.9%13.0%0.6%0.4%-359.9M2.70B-14.8M1.403.80N/AN/A63,88389,609482,344758,000
2016-10-28$130.47$135.0012.7%3.8%9.3%21.2%13.6%0.6%0.3%-388.6M2.89B-15.7M1.544.84N/AN/A27,37242,173507,521785,107
2016-10-31$131.22$135.0013.7%4.1%9.7%34.7%14.5%0.7%-0.2%-312.3M2.32B-15.7M0.914.37N/AN/A39,61036,055494,358774,690