USMV Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, USMV traded between $35.61 and $36.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.3%, placing in the 44.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 32.1% (HV 20d: 8.2%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-07: Highest Volume — 4 contracts
  • 2014-03-06: Largest IV spike — 703.9% change
  • 2014-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-03-06: Largest Expected Move — 23.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.95$35.61$36.24$35.68$36.05
Max Pain$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV40.3%8.8%83.5%9.0%77.5%
Expected Move11.6%2.5%23.9%2.6%22.2%
HV 20d8.2%7.0%11.5%11.5%8.4%
HV 60d10.3%9.9%10.9%10.6%10.0%
IV Rank44.5%4.0%100.0%4.3%92.4%
IV Percentile83.7%33.6%100.0%39.4%99.2%
Term Structure-10.5%-39.1%31.9%-1.1%-28.3%
Skew 25d18.0%-18.6%80.6%3.7%80.6%
Skew 10d5.5%-56.6%72.2%-9.5%4.8%
Call IV 25d35.6%7.6%102.1%9.7%26.8%
Put IV 25d53.6%9.9%107.4%13.4%107.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %137.0039.98179.94124.31148.04
Gamma HHI0.290.220.620.280.27
Net GEX5.9K76321.5K5.3K4.1K
Net DEX-421.6K-574.6K-295.5K-439.7K-344.9K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.5K-496-1.3K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.3810400
Total OI258.905234270265236

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$35.68$33.009.0%2.6%11.5%4.3%0.0%3.7%-1.1%5.3K-439.7K-1.3K0.00124.31N/AN/A0019075
2014-03-04$36.17$33.0011.5%3.3%8.4%7.5%0.0%2.8%-0.6%763-508.5K-8960.0039.98N/AN/A1019075
2014-03-05$36.09$33.0010.4%3.0%8.6%6.0%0.0%1.4%-0.2%915-506.8K-9190.0040.69N/AN/A0019175
2014-03-06$36.07$33.0083.5%23.9%8.5%100.0%0.0%1.8%-31.8%6.0K-404.1K-1.5K0.00177.20N/AN/A0019175
2014-03-07$36.16$0.0049.1%15.2%8.3%55.8%0.0%2.1%-39.1%21.5K-574.6K-4960.00113.47N/AN/A4019175
2014-03-10$36.13$0.009.8%2.6%7.6%5.2%0.0%1.6%31.9%3.6K-518.7K-9160.00124.66N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-11$36.09$0.009.8%2.9%7.7%5.2%0.0%4.1%1.9%4.2K-518.7K-8670.0065.60N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-12$36.12$0.0010.2%3.0%7.0%5.8%0.0%4.5%21.7%7.4K-459.6K-1.4K0.0064.84N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-13$35.82$0.008.8%2.5%7.8%4.0%0.0%4.7%20.9%7.6K-401.2K-1.5K0.00142.58N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-14$35.84$0.0021.1%6.0%7.5%19.7%0.0%6.9%0.4%7.4K-461.1K-1.2K0.00133.14N/AN/A1019575
2014-03-17$36.08$0.0058.2%16.7%7.6%67.5%0.0%5.7%-24.4%6.0K-407.7K-1.4K0.00178.88N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-18$36.24$0.0059.0%16.9%7.7%68.5%0.0%5.7%-24.6%5.9K-417.2K-1.4K0.00179.15N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-19$35.96$0.0060.1%17.2%8.2%70.0%0.0%6.0%-26.2%6.0K-401.8K-1.4K0.00177.50N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-20$36.03$0.0062.3%17.9%7.9%72.8%0.0%6.0%-24.6%7.6K-418.3K-1.4K0.00162.98N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-21$35.93$0.0020.9%6.0%8.0%19.5%0.0%-18.6%2.3%9.0K-455.3K-1.2K0.00173.87N/AN/A0019575
2014-03-24$35.78$0.0062.4%17.9%8.1%72.9%0.0%65.1%-22.0%5.4K-295.5K-1.4K0.00156.26N/AN/A0016372
2014-03-25$35.72$0.0063.6%18.2%8.2%74.5%0.0%67.8%-19.0%4.1K-309.4K-1.4K0.00154.01N/AN/A0016272
2014-03-26$35.61$0.0023.6%6.8%8.2%23.0%0.0%-10.1%-12.8%1.9K-374.7K-1.0K0.00176.30N/AN/A0016272
2014-03-27$35.62$0.0065.7%18.8%8.1%77.2%0.0%63.8%-22.5%4.1K-305.5K-1.4K0.00179.94N/AN/A2016272
2014-03-28$35.71$0.0069.3%19.9%8.1%81.8%0.0%72.1%-23.3%4.2K-329.8K-1.3K0.00163.69N/AN/A0016472
2014-03-31$36.05$0.0077.5%22.2%8.4%92.4%0.0%80.6%-28.3%4.1K-344.9K-1.3K0.00148.04N/AN/A0016472