USMV Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, USMV traded between $34.52 and $35.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.2%, placing in the 4.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 8.3%). Max pain ranged from $34.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-18: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2013-12-23: Largest IV spike — 20.9% change
  • 2013-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 7.2%
  • 2013-12-31: Largest Expected Move — 3.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.03$34.52$35.50$35.13$35.50
Max Pain$34.00$34.00$34.00$34.00$34.00
ATM IV9.2%7.1%11.3%9.6%10.4%
Expected Move2.6%2.0%3.0%2.8%3.0%
HV 20d8.3%7.0%9.7%7.1%9.6%
HV 60d9.7%9.5%10.1%9.7%9.5%
IV Rank4.5%1.8%7.2%5.1%6.1%
IV Percentile41.6%10.1%76.7%48.6%68.2%
Term Structure1.1%-0.5%4.4%0.4%0.9%
VWIV9.6%9.6%9.6%9.6%9.6%
Skew 25d3.9%0.1%6.7%1.8%4.6%
Skew 10d5.0%-0.9%10.6%2.5%9.3%
Call IV 25d7.5%5.7%9.8%7.2%7.0%
Put IV 25d11.5%8.4%14.3%9.0%11.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.3017.85159.8456.6833.30
Gamma HHI0.760.460.940.880.46
Net GEX80.1K10.6K223.7K86.9K11.1K
Net DEX-266.0K-438.8K-129.3K-382.4K-146.2K
Net VEX-695-956-477-956-477
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.3330320
Total OI158.9526319819564

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$35.13$34.009.6%2.8%7.1%5.1%9.6%1.8%0.4%86.9K-382.4K-9560.0056.68N/AN/A021923
2013-12-03$35.04$34.009.6%2.8%7.1%5.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%90.9K-348.2K-9470.0017.85N/AN/A001925
2013-12-04$34.93$34.009.8%2.8%7.2%5.3%0.0%3.8%0.5%89.9K-318.2K-9370.0063.38N/AN/A001925
2013-12-05$34.79$34.009.9%2.8%7.0%5.3%0.0%0.4%-0.5%88.0K-291.4K-9190.0079.09N/AN/A001925
2013-12-06$35.23$0.0010.6%2.8%7.4%6.2%0.0%4.3%1.7%91.3K-399.7K-8880.0057.84N/AN/A001925
2013-12-09$35.19$0.0011.3%2.9%7.2%7.2%0.0%5.7%0.8%89.0K-402.2K-8550.0036.61N/AN/A001925
2013-12-10$35.03$0.0010.2%2.9%7.3%5.8%0.0%4.9%1.0%104.0K-361.4K-8490.0048.69N/AN/A001925
2013-12-11$34.72$0.009.5%2.5%8.0%4.9%0.0%4.6%0.9%102.7K-235.8K-7860.00136.48N/AN/A001925
2013-12-12$34.52$0.008.4%2.4%7.7%3.4%0.0%4.5%0.9%81.0K-200.7K-7410.0048.34N/AN/A001925
2013-12-13$34.54$0.008.2%2.4%7.1%3.2%0.0%5.5%2.1%84.0K-200.9K-7240.00113.11N/AN/A101925
2013-12-16$34.65$0.008.8%2.5%7.2%4.0%0.0%5.0%1.0%110.1K-197.0K-6630.00106.85N/AN/A001935
2013-12-17$34.52$0.008.9%2.6%7.2%4.1%0.0%3.8%1.0%83.0K-152.8K-5910.0041.68N/AN/A001935
2013-12-18$35.12$0.008.1%2.3%9.7%3.1%0.0%3.4%1.9%173.7K-411.2K-6410.0038.92N/AN/A301935
2013-12-19$35.08$0.007.8%2.2%9.6%2.7%0.0%3.5%2.4%223.7K-413.6K-5970.0053.97N/AN/A001935
2013-12-20$35.22$0.007.1%2.0%9.6%1.8%0.0%6.7%4.4%115.8K-438.8K-5650.00159.84N/AN/A001935
2013-12-23$35.10$0.008.6%2.5%9.6%3.7%0.0%4.2%0.9%11.5K-129.3K-5030.00143.19N/AN/A00630
2013-12-24$35.20$0.008.3%2.4%9.7%3.3%0.0%2.5%0.8%11.1K-133.5K-4990.0032.18N/AN/A00630
2013-12-26$35.31$0.008.6%2.5%9.7%3.6%0.0%5.6%1.1%11.5K-138.2K-4850.0021.25N/AN/A00630
2013-12-27$35.33$0.009.4%2.7%9.7%4.7%0.0%2.4%0.4%10.6K-138.8K-4880.00125.17N/AN/A10630
2013-12-30$35.44$0.009.9%2.8%9.7%5.3%0.0%5.3%0.9%11.2K-144.7K-4820.0019.82N/AN/A00640
2013-12-31$35.50$0.0010.4%3.0%9.6%6.1%0.0%4.6%0.9%11.1K-146.2K-4770.0033.30N/AN/A00640