USMV Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, USMV traded between $36.25 and $36.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.8%, placing in the 18.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.4% (HV 20d: 7.4%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-21: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2014-05-14: Largest IV spike — 140.6% change
  • 2014-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 88.6%
  • 2014-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 24.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.56$36.25$36.95$36.52$36.95
Max Pain$31.26$30.00$34.00$30.00$34.00
ATM IV24.8%5.9%94.3%81.7%7.4%
Expected Move6.1%1.7%24.6%23.4%2.1%
HV 20d7.4%6.1%9.8%9.7%6.7%
HV 60d8.2%7.7%8.6%8.6%7.7%
IV Rank18.9%0.0%88.6%76.0%1.6%
IV Percentile55.6%0.0%99.2%98.0%6.0%
Term Structure-3.7%-35.8%3.3%-35.8%0.7%
Skew 25d1.5%-15.7%9.9%9.9%0.1%
Skew 10d5.7%-10.0%24.6%24.6%0.2%
Call IV 25d24.3%6.2%113.7%109.2%7.3%
Put IV 25d25.9%6.7%123.3%119.1%7.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %117.6237.84181.27181.2737.84
Gamma HHI0.260.210.320.270.28
Net GEX7.0K-55713.0K3.1K11.5K
Net DEX-426.8K-530.3K-307.8K-311.1K-364.8K
Net VEX-698-1.2K-313-1.1K-545
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.001.000.000.00
Total Volume7.381010002
Total OI244221271226222

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$36.52$0.0081.7%23.4%9.7%76.0%0.0%9.9%-35.8%3.1K-311.1K-1.1K0.00181.27N/AN/A0015175
2014-05-02$36.42$0.0085.6%24.6%9.8%80.0%0.0%9.7%-32.9%3.1K-307.8K-1.0K0.00179.64N/AN/A10015175
2014-05-05$36.52$30.0094.3%13.6%9.3%88.6%0.0%5.8%-21.4%5.0K-342.2K-1.0K0.00167.78N/AN/A0016175
2014-05-06$36.25$30.0011.3%3.3%9.3%5.3%0.0%2.3%2.2%897-457.6K-4180.00133.28N/AN/A0016175
2014-05-07$36.47$30.008.9%3.3%9.4%2.9%0.0%4.2%0.8%4.5K-474.4K-3130.00136.06N/AN/A16016175
2014-05-08$36.45$30.0011.4%2.8%9.1%5.4%0.0%2.9%2.9%5.7K-501.8K-5371.00141.65N/AN/A1117775
2014-05-09$36.50$30.0011.9%3.0%7.2%5.9%0.0%2.3%1.5%10.0K-508.5K-4770.00140.00N/AN/A10017876
2014-05-12$36.68$30.0013.3%2.8%6.5%7.3%0.0%2.2%0.6%12.5K-524.9K-5590.00138.25N/AN/A0018876
2014-05-13$36.73$30.0014.2%2.5%6.2%8.2%0.0%2.4%1.1%7.0K-518.3K-6300.00135.72N/AN/A1018876
2014-05-14$36.64$30.0034.1%5.6%6.1%28.2%0.0%-5.7%0.4%2.4K-465.1K-9270.00161.55N/AN/A0018876
2014-05-15$36.34$30.0026.8%7.7%6.1%20.9%0.0%-15.7%-1.8%1.8K-457.0K-8790.00163.02N/AN/A0018676
2014-05-16$36.51$30.0039.8%11.4%6.3%33.9%0.0%-5.0%-5.9%5.0K-406.8K-1.2K0.00167.49N/AN/A10018676
2014-05-19$36.51$30.0019.0%5.5%6.3%13.1%0.0%1.8%3.3%-557-489.3K-8940.00145.41N/AN/A0019576
2014-05-20$36.29$30.0016.3%4.7%6.6%10.3%0.0%3.4%-1.1%2.1K-498.3K-8060.00141.18N/AN/A0019576
2014-05-21$36.49$30.0010.2%2.9%6.9%4.2%0.0%2.3%0.8%13.0K-530.3K-5810.0052.16N/AN/A100019576
2014-05-22$36.56$34.005.9%1.7%6.8%0.0%0.0%3.8%2.3%11.2K-355.9K-5930.0058.48N/AN/A0014576
2014-05-23$36.64$34.008.1%2.3%6.8%2.2%0.0%1.7%-0.7%12.5K-357.0K-5760.0043.38N/AN/A0014576
2014-05-27$36.72$34.006.3%1.8%6.6%0.4%0.0%3.0%1.9%12.5K-365.3K-5520.0049.50N/AN/A0014576
2014-05-28$36.65$34.006.0%1.7%6.6%0.2%0.0%0.5%1.8%11.8K-363.9K-5630.0054.63N/AN/A0214576
2014-05-29$36.82$34.007.4%2.1%6.6%1.6%0.0%0.3%1.3%11.6K-362.1K-5610.0041.72N/AN/A2014578
2014-05-30$36.95$34.007.4%2.1%6.7%1.6%0.0%0.1%0.7%11.5K-364.8K-5450.0037.84N/AN/A0214478