USMV Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, USMV traded between $34.74 and $35.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.6%, placing in the 7.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 8.7%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-12: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2013-11-15: Largest IV spike — 464.1% change
  • 2013-11-15: Highest IV Rank — 68.2%
  • 2013-11-15: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.17$34.74$35.50$34.90$35.26
Max Pain$33.85$31.00$34.00$31.00$34.00
ATM IV11.6%7.0%58.4%7.5%9.7%
Expected Move3.5%2.2%16.7%2.2%2.8%
HV 20d8.7%7.0%11.3%11.3%7.0%
HV 60d10.0%9.7%10.5%10.3%9.7%
IV Rank7.5%1.7%68.2%2.3%5.1%
IV Percentile43.6%10.7%97.6%13.5%49.4%
Term Structure-0.5%-27.5%2.0%2.0%0.2%
VWIV23.7%6.0%41.3%6.0%41.3%
Skew 25d5.1%0.8%42.1%0.8%3.0%
Skew 10d2.5%1.1%8.4%1.3%2.7%
Call IV 25d7.4%5.6%19.1%7.1%6.1%
Put IV 25d12.5%7.9%61.3%7.9%9.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.9818.93162.9228.5418.93
Gamma HHI0.880.820.910.900.87
Net GEX61.3K48.4K81.0K48.4K79.1K
Net DEX-337.0K-439.5K-207.1K-220.9K-412.3K
Net VEX-881-1.1K-660-683-974
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.330.000.00
Total Volume3.202100
Total OI171.05137195137195

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$34.90$31.007.5%2.2%11.3%2.3%0.0%0.8%2.0%48.4K-220.9K-6830.0028.54N/AN/A001334
2013-11-04$34.99$34.007.5%2.8%10.8%2.2%0.0%4.9%0.6%50.1K-233.1K-6600.0044.31N/AN/A501334
2013-11-05$34.91$34.008.6%2.7%10.3%3.7%6.0%4.4%1.4%50.8K-235.6K-7120.0043.32N/AN/A011384
2013-11-06$35.10$34.008.2%2.8%10.3%3.2%0.0%4.2%1.1%50.9K-259.7K-7060.0046.59N/AN/A001385
2013-11-07$34.74$34.007.0%2.9%10.0%1.7%0.0%2.3%1.0%49.9K-207.1K-6850.0044.88N/AN/A101385
2013-11-08$34.96$34.007.6%2.8%10.1%2.4%0.0%4.3%0.8%52.7K-234.2K-6990.0021.86N/AN/A101395
2013-11-11$34.91$34.009.6%2.8%10.1%5.0%0.0%4.0%1.1%55.4K-241.1K-6880.0024.56N/AN/A001405
2013-11-12$34.90$34.007.6%2.9%9.6%2.4%0.0%5.3%1.8%52.0K-235.8K-6830.0032.12N/AN/A2101405
2013-11-13$35.17$34.009.4%3.0%8.2%4.8%0.0%5.7%1.4%56.9K-303.0K-8880.0031.89N/AN/A2101615
2013-11-14$35.42$34.0010.3%3.0%7.8%6.0%0.0%0.9%1.9%60.4K-403.3K-1.0K0.0043.70N/AN/A001825
2013-11-15$35.50$34.0058.4%16.7%7.8%68.2%41.3%42.1%-27.5%54.0K-427.7K-9950.33162.92N/AN/A311825
2013-11-18$35.39$34.009.8%2.8%8.0%5.3%0.0%0.9%1.3%61.0K-417.0K-9770.0035.79N/AN/A1001823
2013-11-19$35.32$34.0010.4%3.0%7.5%6.0%0.0%3.4%1.0%63.3K-413.7K-1.1K0.0039.04N/AN/A001923
2013-11-20$35.17$34.0010.3%2.9%7.6%5.9%0.0%1.1%0.0%69.6K-374.7K-1.1K0.0040.84N/AN/A001923
2013-11-21$35.29$34.0010.2%2.9%7.7%5.8%0.0%3.1%0.3%68.2K-403.3K-1.1K0.0028.48N/AN/A001923
2013-11-22$35.42$34.0011.0%3.2%7.7%6.8%0.0%4.5%-0.9%72.1K-421.7K-1.0K0.0092.61N/AN/A001923
2013-11-25$35.39$34.009.1%2.6%7.7%4.4%0.0%2.5%0.8%77.2K-439.5K-9930.00120.30N/AN/A001923
2013-11-26$35.31$34.009.3%2.7%7.5%4.7%0.0%2.9%1.0%73.9K-432.5K-9930.0039.92N/AN/A001923
2013-11-27$35.33$34.009.4%2.7%7.0%4.8%0.0%2.6%0.8%81.0K-423.5K-9890.0018.99N/AN/A001923
2013-11-29$35.26$34.009.7%2.8%7.0%5.1%0.0%3.0%0.2%79.1K-412.3K-9740.0018.93N/AN/A001923