TLT Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, TLT traded between $118.84 and $122.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.3%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Max pain ranged from $119.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-05: Highest Volume — 216,652 contracts
  • 2017-01-17: Largest IV spike — 5.5% change
  • 2017-01-05: Highest IV Rank — 39.1%
  • 2017-01-05: Largest Expected Move — 4.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$120.68$118.84$122.62$119.70$120.05
Max Pain$121.10$119.00$125.00$125.00$121.50
ATM IV13.3%12.4%14.1%14.1%13.0%
Expected Move3.8%3.6%4.0%3.9%3.8%
HV 20d11.3%10.0%12.9%10.2%12.7%
HV 60d14.1%13.5%14.5%13.5%14.5%
IV Rank28.5%16.2%39.1%38.9%23.6%
IV Percentile50.7%22.2%69.0%69.0%42.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.3%0.4%0.0%-0.0%
VWIV13.7%12.9%14.5%13.8%13.5%
Skew 25d0.3%0.1%0.7%0.7%0.1%
Skew 10d0.5%-0.4%0.9%0.5%0.8%
Call IV 25d13.4%12.5%14.2%14.1%13.2%
Put IV 25d13.7%12.6%14.7%14.7%13.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.972.543.932.542.84
Gamma HHI0.100.060.400.060.07
Net GEX83.3M-403.1M207.6M46.5M97.7M
Net DEX816.8M-311.6M2.09B1.76B473.1M
Net VEX-12.7M-15.0M-10.7M-14.5M-12.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.441.621.621.43
Total Volume119,210.667,270216,652121,541131,973
Total OI1,489,243.851,058,2071,719,6721,589,1621,239,377

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$119.70$125.0014.1%3.9%10.2%38.9%13.8%0.7%0.0%46.5M1.76B-14.5M1.622.54N/AN/A46,38075,161876,213712,949
2017-01-04$119.96$125.0013.9%3.8%10.2%36.4%13.7%0.4%-0.0%59.2M1.61B-14.4M1.032.60N/AN/A33,10934,161886,542733,874
2017-01-05$121.89$119.0014.1%4.0%11.6%39.1%14.5%0.3%-0.1%154.2M158.3M-15.0M0.442.62N/AN/A150,95565,697890,484743,712
2017-01-06$120.83$119.0013.4%3.9%11.7%29.0%13.9%0.3%0.0%108.7M1.09B-14.3M0.863.93N/AN/A72,66262,769932,248770,210
2017-01-09$121.70$120.0013.7%3.9%11.0%34.3%14.0%0.4%0.1%172.1M364.6M-14.1M1.073.82N/AN/A38,37141,101928,560724,051
2017-01-10$121.66$120.0013.2%3.8%10.0%26.8%13.3%0.4%0.0%180.1M429.8M-13.6M0.632.68N/AN/A74,71147,283925,292731,324
2017-01-11$122.04$120.0013.0%3.8%10.0%24.4%13.6%0.4%0.1%161.2M201.7M-13.4M0.893.26N/AN/A47,51042,388916,447750,503
2017-01-12$121.97$120.0012.9%3.7%10.0%23.0%13.2%0.3%0.1%198.6M268.7M-12.9M0.863.14N/AN/A55,17947,602924,976734,832
2017-01-13$121.32$121.0012.7%3.7%10.0%19.8%13.0%0.3%0.1%112.4M867.0M-12.8M1.012.72N/AN/A63,47863,868928,807748,100
2017-01-17$122.62$121.0013.4%3.8%10.3%29.4%13.8%0.2%-0.3%199.5M-101.5M-12.5M1.523.13N/AN/A55,60784,558913,395734,987
2017-01-18$121.00$121.0013.7%3.9%11.7%33.3%13.9%0.3%-0.3%112.6M1.27B-12.1M0.722.94N/AN/A64,42146,706928,226754,674
2017-01-19$120.18$121.0013.7%3.9%11.3%33.4%14.0%0.5%-0.2%57.5M1.87B-11.6M0.502.57N/AN/A92,31846,026947,006751,897
2017-01-20$120.01$121.0013.2%3.8%11.1%26.5%13.4%0.4%-0.2%-403.1M2.09B-11.1M0.922.81N/AN/A87,12480,578959,442760,230
2017-01-23$121.41$121.0013.3%3.9%11.7%28.7%13.5%0.2%0.4%207.6M-311.6M-11.5M0.692.95N/AN/A71,83149,324648,521409,686
2017-01-24$120.19$121.0013.6%4.0%12.2%31.7%14.1%0.2%0.3%103.6M405.7M-11.6M0.592.92N/AN/A46,42627,432676,344435,090
2017-01-25$118.84$121.0013.6%4.0%12.9%31.6%14.2%0.1%0.4%-25.3M1.12B-10.7M1.343.14N/AN/A52,91971,092689,953442,002
2017-01-26$119.24$121.5012.8%3.8%12.9%21.9%13.5%0.2%0.3%5.4M1.07B-11.6M0.803.06N/AN/A40,21532,055716,632487,574
2017-01-27$119.76$121.5012.4%3.6%12.5%16.2%12.9%0.1%0.4%77.0M792.0M-11.4M0.502.67N/AN/A101,91150,558731,526494,783
2017-01-30$119.32$121.5012.9%3.8%12.6%22.0%13.7%0.1%0.1%39.5M902.5M-11.9M0.773.13N/AN/A50,09838,655724,673479,735
2017-01-31$120.05$121.5013.0%3.8%12.7%23.6%13.5%0.1%-0.0%97.7M473.1M-12.4M1.432.84N/AN/A54,26577,708750,497488,880