USMV Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, USMV traded between $34.30 and $35.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.1%, placing in the 7.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 9.0%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-06: Highest Volume — 103 contracts
  • 2014-01-17: Largest IV spike — 214.8% change
  • 2014-01-17: Highest IV Rank — 33.0%
  • 2014-01-17: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.05$34.30$35.47$35.15$34.42
Max Pain$33.74$33.00$34.00$34.00$33.00
ATM IV11.1%7.7%31.2%9.6%14.3%
Expected Move3.2%2.4%8.9%2.8%4.1%
HV 20d9.0%6.8%10.3%10.3%9.8%
HV 60d8.7%8.0%9.6%9.6%9.1%
IV Rank7.0%2.5%33.0%5.0%11.1%
IV Percentile56.7%16.1%96.1%48.0%94.9%
Term Structure0.2%-13.7%1.9%0.5%0.1%
VWIV11.5%11.5%11.5%11.5%11.5%
Skew 25d3.1%1.5%5.3%2.0%5.0%
Skew 10d2.7%-0.6%15.7%2.3%4.2%
Call IV 25d10.7%5.9%74.3%7.5%8.6%
Put IV 25d13.8%8.3%79.6%9.4%13.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.7819.05181.5119.0558.40
Gamma HHI0.320.270.460.450.28
Net GEX12.8K6.0K18.1K11.1K6.5K
Net DEX-380.3K-489.3K-133.0K-135.1K-289.9K
Net VEX-915-1.5K-478-487-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.060.020.00
Total Volume9.286010300
Total OI176.7626425964259

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$35.15$0.009.6%2.8%10.3%5.0%0.0%2.0%0.5%11.1K-135.1K-4870.0019.05N/AN/A00640
2014-01-03$35.14$0.009.4%2.7%10.2%4.7%0.0%1.5%0.8%11.1K-135.0K-4860.0022.60N/AN/A00640
2014-01-06$35.06$34.008.8%2.7%10.1%4.0%0.0%5.3%1.3%11.8K-133.0K-4780.0247.57N/AN/A1012640
2014-01-07$35.26$34.007.7%2.8%9.3%2.5%0.0%3.3%0.8%15.2K-470.3K-7530.0031.95N/AN/A001652
2014-01-08$35.25$34.007.8%2.7%9.3%2.6%0.0%2.4%1.5%15.6K-469.1K-7840.0089.02N/AN/A001652
2014-01-09$35.30$34.008.1%2.7%9.1%3.0%0.0%2.5%1.1%15.6K-477.4K-7240.00112.23N/AN/A001652
2014-01-10$35.47$34.009.1%2.8%8.6%4.4%0.0%2.7%0.5%15.8K-484.9K-7030.00150.09N/AN/A001652
2014-01-13$35.11$34.0010.6%2.6%9.2%6.3%0.0%1.6%1.4%16.0K-463.8K-7690.0060.86N/AN/A001652
2014-01-14$35.32$34.0010.1%2.9%9.3%5.7%0.0%3.5%1.3%16.0K-469.1K-8110.0061.58N/AN/A001652
2014-01-15$35.39$34.0012.2%3.1%9.3%8.4%0.0%3.2%-0.2%14.9K-480.1K-7130.00110.08N/AN/A001652
2014-01-16$35.41$34.009.9%2.8%9.1%5.4%0.0%2.9%1.1%15.4K-480.7K-7060.0062.76N/AN/A001652
2014-01-17$35.36$34.0031.2%8.9%6.9%33.0%0.0%5.3%-13.7%9.4K-415.7K-1.1K0.00181.51N/AN/A001652
2014-01-21$35.37$34.009.6%2.7%6.9%4.9%0.0%3.0%0.8%15.6K-485.0K-6650.06155.91N/AN/A1611652
2014-01-22$35.37$34.009.3%2.7%6.8%4.6%0.0%3.0%1.4%15.8K-489.3K-7190.00146.60N/AN/A011813
2014-01-23$35.12$34.009.6%2.7%7.2%5.0%0.0%2.0%1.0%17.5K-461.5K-8240.00138.60N/AN/A101814
2014-01-24$34.56$34.0010.8%3.1%9.1%6.6%11.5%2.9%0.7%18.1K-424.6K-9530.00126.81N/AN/A0731824
2014-01-27$34.41$33.0012.7%3.6%9.0%9.0%0.0%1.6%1.1%6.3K-296.0K-1.5K0.0057.82N/AN/A0018277
2014-01-28$34.60$33.0010.6%3.0%9.3%6.3%0.0%3.1%0.2%6.0K-313.1K-1.5K0.0089.28N/AN/A0018277
2014-01-29$34.30$33.0013.8%4.0%9.6%10.5%0.0%4.0%-0.1%8.5K-297.9K-1.5K0.00111.23N/AN/A0018277
2014-01-30$34.60$33.008.5%2.4%10.2%3.6%0.0%4.5%1.9%6.4K-315.6K-1.5K0.00114.42N/AN/A0018277
2014-01-31$34.42$33.0014.3%4.1%9.8%11.1%0.0%5.0%0.1%6.5K-289.9K-1.5K0.0058.40N/AN/A0018277