USMV Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, USMV traded between $32.64 and $33.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 12.1%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-30: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2013-04-26: Largest IV spike — 64.5% change
  • 2013-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 3.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.14$32.64$33.67$32.70$33.67
ATM IV8.9%5.7%11.6%7.2%7.9%
Expected Move2.6%1.6%3.3%2.1%2.3%
HV 20d12.1%11.7%12.7%12.4%11.7%
Term Structure1.2%-1.1%3.7%2.8%3.7%
Skew 25d3.0%-3.9%8.7%1.1%2.1%
Skew 10d2.7%-8.6%12.0%1.4%1.4%
Call IV 25d8.5%5.6%26.6%7.8%6.8%
Put IV 25d11.5%7.6%22.8%8.9%8.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.1143.76152.4849.64100.31
Gamma HHI0.480.440.510.510.45
Net GEX-72-46800-468
Net DEX-450-2.4K00-2.1K
Net VEX-15-7300-72
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.000.600.600.00
Total Volume0.864010010
Total OI1.9090909

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$32.70$0.007.2%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%2.8%0000.0049.64N/AN/A0000
2013-04-02$32.88$0.007.8%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%1.0%0000.0048.75N/AN/A0000
2013-04-03$32.64$0.007.5%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.9%1.5%0000.0051.37N/AN/A0000
2013-04-04$32.81$0.008.8%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%2.3%0000.0050.77N/AN/A0000
2013-04-05$32.68$0.007.1%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%1.2%0000.0062.02N/AN/A0000
2013-04-08$32.82$0.008.6%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%0.6%0000.0062.55N/AN/A0000
2013-04-09$32.91$0.007.5%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.7%-1.1%0000.00105.80N/AN/A0000
2013-04-10$33.23$0.008.3%2.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.7%0000.0073.56N/AN/A0000
2013-04-11$33.38$0.009.3%2.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.9%0000.0057.10N/AN/A0000
2013-04-12$33.39$0.009.4%2.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%1.0%0000.0057.05N/AN/A0000
2013-04-15$32.79$0.0011.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.5%0.1%0000.0063.88N/AN/A0000
2013-04-16$33.21$0.0010.0%2.9%12.4%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.7%0000.0074.35N/AN/A0000
2013-04-17$32.92$0.0011.5%3.3%12.7%0.0%0.0%5.8%-0.3%0000.0051.07N/AN/A0000
2013-04-18$32.88$0.0011.6%3.3%12.3%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.6%0000.0062.22N/AN/A0000
2013-04-19$33.22$0.0011.5%3.3%12.4%0.0%0.0%3.7%-0.2%0000.0060.99N/AN/A0000
2013-04-22$33.32$0.0010.7%3.1%12.1%0.0%0.0%3.9%0.7%0000.0054.79N/AN/A0000
2013-04-23$33.57$0.005.7%1.6%11.9%0.0%0.0%4.8%2.2%0000.6054.45N/AN/A5300
2013-04-24$33.37$0.008.6%2.5%11.8%0.0%0.0%2.9%3.3%-250-1.4K-650.0059.09N/AN/A0053
2013-04-25$33.51$0.006.4%1.8%11.9%0.0%0.0%4.3%1.5%-267-2.4K-650.00152.48N/AN/A0053
2013-04-26$33.47$0.0010.6%3.0%11.8%0.0%0.0%4.0%0.3%-228-2.1K-650.0043.76N/AN/A0153
2013-04-29$33.63$0.008.1%2.3%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.3%3.0%-375-1.9K-730.0058.47N/AN/A0054
2013-04-30$33.67$0.007.9%2.3%11.7%0.0%0.0%2.1%3.7%-468-2.1K-720.00100.31N/AN/A10054