USMV Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, USMV traded between $32.78 and $35.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 10.1%, placing in the 5.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 11.5%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-30: Highest Volume — 73 contracts
  • 2013-10-15: Largest IV spike — 33.9% change
  • 2013-10-15: Highest IV Rank — 10.4%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 4.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.96$32.78$35.10$33.46$34.80
Max Pain$31.00$31.00$31.00$31.00$31.00
ATM IV10.1%6.6%13.8%9.3%7.9%
Expected Move2.9%1.9%4.0%2.7%2.3%
HV 20d11.5%9.8%12.8%9.8%11.3%
HV 60d9.5%8.2%10.3%8.6%10.3%
IV Rank5.7%1.2%10.4%4.6%2.8%
IV Percentile51.4%6.0%93.0%40.2%18.8%
Term Structure1.1%-3.0%10.0%4.6%10.0%
VWIV9.9%7.6%12.2%12.2%7.6%
Skew 25d3.7%-1.3%9.7%5.5%0.5%
Skew 10d5.6%-0.7%25.1%11.9%1.2%
Call IV 25d7.9%5.9%10.2%7.9%7.4%
Put IV 25d11.6%6.7%17.1%13.4%7.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.1921.97155.0973.25130.30
Gamma HHI0.840.690.890.860.85
Net GEX28.8K12.9K45.4K20.0K33.8K
Net DEX-116.6K-220.2K-37.6K-70.3K-173.3K
Net VEX-490-621-301-460-570
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.040.000.04
Total Volume5.91307300
Total OI114.957110137110137

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$33.46$0.009.3%2.7%9.8%4.6%0.0%5.5%4.6%20.0K-70.3K-4600.0073.25N/AN/A001100
2013-10-02$33.34$0.0011.8%3.4%9.9%7.9%0.0%3.0%0.4%18.4K-59.5K-4120.0061.93N/AN/A001100
2013-10-03$33.07$0.0012.2%3.5%10.4%8.3%0.0%2.5%0.5%15.8K-48.9K-3610.0048.91N/AN/A001100
2013-10-04$33.22$0.0012.2%3.4%10.5%8.3%0.0%7.2%0.1%17.4K-51.4K-3820.0068.23N/AN/A101100
2013-10-07$33.01$0.0013.6%3.9%10.4%10.2%0.0%7.6%0.1%15.1K-45.0K-3450.0076.24N/AN/A001110
2013-10-08$32.78$0.0013.2%4.0%10.4%9.7%0.0%7.8%-0.2%14.0K-45.6K-3200.0066.37N/AN/A001110
2013-10-09$32.80$0.0013.3%3.9%10.2%9.8%0.0%8.0%0.3%12.9K-37.6K-3010.0069.94N/AN/A001110
2013-10-10$33.37$0.0012.9%3.7%12.0%9.3%0.0%7.4%-0.6%19.7K-61.3K-4190.0064.01N/AN/A001110
2013-10-11$33.57$0.008.7%2.5%12.1%3.8%0.0%3.7%0.8%20.9K-61.4K-4170.0062.17N/AN/A301110
2013-10-14$33.65$0.0010.3%3.0%12.0%5.9%12.2%3.1%0.2%24.4K-81.7K-4380.0060.79N/AN/A601140
2013-10-15$33.40$31.0013.8%4.0%12.3%10.4%0.0%2.2%-0.5%22.8K-81.7K-4230.0070.62N/AN/A001170
2013-10-16$33.96$31.0010.1%2.9%12.3%5.6%0.0%4.1%0.1%28.4K-103.8K-4870.0054.60N/AN/A001170
2013-10-17$34.31$31.0010.4%3.0%12.8%6.0%0.0%3.3%0.3%34.2K-140.7K-5610.0068.95N/AN/A201170
2013-10-18$34.39$31.008.5%2.4%12.6%3.5%0.0%4.8%1.8%37.5K-146.7K-5840.0061.88N/AN/A001190
2013-10-21$34.37$31.008.0%2.3%12.5%3.0%0.0%6.5%3.2%38.3K-137.6K-5580.0053.02N/AN/A001160
2013-10-22$34.70$31.008.6%2.5%12.1%3.7%0.0%-1.1%0.5%40.0K-181.3K-6210.0036.82N/AN/A001160
2013-10-23$34.64$31.008.2%2.3%12.1%3.1%0.0%-0.8%0.6%39.8K-172.6K-6130.00145.57N/AN/A001160
2013-10-24$34.67$31.006.6%1.9%12.0%1.2%0.0%1.3%3.1%41.1K-174.5K-6070.0044.46N/AN/A001160
2013-10-25$34.80$31.007.9%2.3%11.9%2.8%7.6%-1.3%1.4%40.7K-191.0K-6130.0021.97N/AN/A011160
2013-10-28$34.89$31.008.5%2.4%11.6%3.6%0.0%-0.6%0.8%41.9K-203.7K-6060.0026.03N/AN/A001161
2013-10-29$35.10$31.008.3%2.4%11.6%3.3%0.0%9.7%0.6%45.4K-220.2K-5940.0024.16N/AN/A5001161
2013-10-30$34.86$31.008.9%2.5%11.8%4.1%0.0%-0.1%-3.0%40.7K-193.3K-5720.04155.09N/AN/A7031131
2013-10-31$34.80$31.007.9%2.3%11.3%2.8%0.0%0.5%10.0%33.8K-173.3K-5700.00130.30N/AN/A001334