USMV Options History — August 2013

In August 2013, USMV traded between $32.66 and $34.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 7.1%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-08-06: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2013-08-20: Largest IV spike — 508.3% change
  • 2013-08-20: Largest Expected Move — 17.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.31$32.66$34.01$34.01$32.67
Max Pain$32.23$32.00$33.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV14.8%6.0%61.9%8.8%11.4%
Expected Move4.3%2.2%17.8%2.5%3.3%
HV 20d7.1%4.9%8.6%7.4%8.0%
HV 60d11.6%10.9%11.9%11.9%10.9%
Term Structure3.6%-16.0%40.4%1.3%0.2%
VWIV10.9%10.4%11.5%10.6%10.4%
Skew 25d3.4%-0.7%11.7%2.5%3.3%
Skew 10d2.5%-8.6%18.5%3.9%4.0%
Call IV 25d18.4%6.6%85.7%7.1%10.3%
Put IV 25d21.8%7.6%88.8%9.6%13.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.4943.55176.2759.8256.69
Gamma HHI0.610.480.900.800.51
Net GEX19.8K8.8K26.1K22.5K16.1K
Net DEX-111.9K-161.0K-52.6K-134.1K-56.0K
Net VEX-668-869-447-806-447
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.250.009.009.000.00
Total Volume5.091010000
Total OI122.818116126116125

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-08-01$34.01$33.008.8%2.5%7.4%0.0%0.0%2.5%1.3%22.5K-134.1K-8060.0059.82N/AN/A001151
2013-08-02$34.01$33.007.6%2.2%7.4%0.0%0.0%11.7%1.5%22.8K-126.8K-7490.0052.31N/AN/A001151
2013-08-05$33.98$32.008.0%2.6%7.1%0.0%0.0%1.2%1.3%21.8K-134.9K-8020.0079.74N/AN/A001151
2013-08-06$33.89$32.006.8%2.6%7.2%0.0%10.6%0.5%1.5%22.4K-129.3K-7639.0071.82N/AN/A10901151
2013-08-07$33.77$32.007.5%2.6%7.3%0.0%0.0%4.3%1.6%25.4K-143.4K-7880.0090.56N/AN/A001251
2013-08-08$33.90$32.006.4%2.6%5.1%0.0%0.0%4.2%2.0%24.9K-159.1K-7970.0067.10N/AN/A001251
2013-08-09$33.83$32.006.0%2.6%5.2%0.0%0.0%3.7%1.6%25.0K-149.4K-7740.0070.98N/AN/A001251
2013-08-12$33.78$32.009.0%2.8%5.1%0.0%0.0%3.7%0.9%24.8K-144.8K-7600.0074.60N/AN/A001251
2013-08-13$33.74$32.009.9%2.6%4.9%0.0%0.0%3.9%1.7%24.9K-142.7K-7640.0056.02N/AN/A001251
2013-08-14$33.57$32.0014.6%2.5%5.2%0.0%0.0%2.2%1.6%26.1K-125.8K-6790.0057.46N/AN/A301251
2013-08-15$33.12$32.0011.5%3.3%6.9%0.0%11.5%2.5%0.9%23.5K-90.2K-6150.0066.68N/AN/A301221
2013-08-16$32.92$32.0010.8%3.1%7.0%0.0%11.0%4.1%0.6%20.6K-73.6K-5060.0075.22N/AN/A401221
2013-08-19$32.76$32.0010.2%2.9%7.0%0.0%0.0%5.1%0.9%16.9K-61.6K-4740.0062.29N/AN/A001221
2013-08-20$32.98$32.0061.9%17.8%7.7%0.0%0.0%-0.7%-16.0%9.1K-160.5K-8690.00175.94N/AN/A001221
2013-08-21$32.78$32.0010.9%3.1%7.6%0.0%0.0%4.3%0.5%16.9K-60.2K-4690.0058.07N/AN/A001221
2013-08-22$32.95$32.0038.6%11.1%7.8%0.0%0.0%2.3%33.5%9.0K-161.0K-8600.00176.27N/AN/A001221
2013-08-23$33.13$32.009.6%2.8%8.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%1.0%21.5K-80.2K-5440.0045.53N/AN/A001221
2013-08-26$32.97$32.009.8%2.8%8.1%0.0%0.0%1.2%1.2%19.8K-70.0K-5060.0061.41N/AN/A001221
2013-08-27$32.66$32.0010.6%3.0%8.6%0.0%10.4%4.3%0.9%16.9K-57.3K-4520.0053.10N/AN/A021221
2013-08-28$32.67$33.0010.4%3.0%8.6%0.0%0.0%4.9%0.9%15.8K-52.6K-4550.0043.55N/AN/A001223
2013-08-29$32.73$33.0044.5%12.8%8.1%0.0%0.0%3.1%40.4%8.8K-148.1K-8140.00171.57N/AN/A001223
2013-08-30$32.67$33.0011.4%3.3%8.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%0.2%16.1K-56.0K-4470.0056.69N/AN/A001223