USMV Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, USMV traded between $36.69 and $37.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 7.3%, placing in the 2.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 5.6%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.08.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-03: Highest Volume — 30 contracts
  • 2014-07-17: Largest IV spike — 129.3% change
  • 2014-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 6.3%
  • 2014-07-25: Largest Expected Move — 3.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.42$36.69$37.60$37.42$36.69
Max Pain$38.50$37.00$40.00$40.00$37.00
ATM IV7.3%4.6%11.0%6.3%11.0%
Expected Move2.6%1.3%3.4%1.8%3.4%
HV 20d5.6%4.5%8.7%5.1%8.7%
HV 60d6.0%5.3%7.1%7.1%6.8%
IV Rank2.3%0.0%6.3%0.7%6.3%
IV Percentile19.6%0.0%68.3%2.8%68.3%
Term Structure1.8%-0.1%3.4%3.0%0.1%
VWIV13.1%11.9%14.4%13.0%14.4%
Skew 25d2.8%0.9%5.6%2.2%3.0%
Skew 10d2.8%0.7%10.3%2.3%2.7%
Call IV 25d5.8%4.7%10.3%4.8%10.3%
Put IV 25d8.7%6.6%13.3%7.0%13.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.4632.83133.1332.8389.53
Gamma HHI0.400.320.530.530.32
Net GEX23.8K15.2K28.2K15.2K22.9K
Net DEX-157.2K-203.9K-96.1K-97.1K-118.2K
Net VEX-837-1.0K-519-530-966
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.080.000.380.000.38
Total Volume3.818030018
Total OI106.6826813468134

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$37.42$0.006.3%1.8%5.1%0.7%0.0%2.2%3.0%15.2K-97.1K-5300.0032.83N/AN/A00635
2014-07-02$37.37$0.006.2%1.8%4.9%0.6%0.0%2.0%2.1%15.5K-96.1K-5190.0033.74N/AN/A00635
2014-07-03$37.49$0.006.5%1.9%4.9%0.9%0.0%2.7%2.5%16.0K-99.8K-5260.0032.88N/AN/A300635
2014-07-07$37.42$0.006.7%2.5%4.9%1.1%0.0%2.7%0.9%22.1K-153.4K-8030.00131.36N/AN/A00935
2014-07-08$37.34$0.007.8%2.5%5.0%2.2%0.0%3.2%1.3%21.6K-149.2K-8100.00124.02N/AN/A00935
2014-07-09$37.47$0.007.1%2.4%5.0%1.5%0.0%3.0%1.5%23.2K-154.8K-7950.00125.73N/AN/A30935
2014-07-10$37.41$0.008.9%2.6%4.7%3.3%0.0%3.2%0.9%23.2K-160.5K-8250.00124.50N/AN/A00965
2014-07-11$37.41$0.008.8%2.5%4.5%3.2%0.0%2.9%0.6%23.1K-158.0K-8180.00123.34N/AN/A00965
2014-07-14$37.53$0.005.1%1.5%4.5%0.0%0.0%3.4%2.9%24.3K-165.1K-8130.00125.47N/AN/A00965
2014-07-15$37.48$0.009.1%2.6%4.6%4.0%0.0%2.5%-0.1%24.1K-163.6K-8130.00128.88N/AN/A00965
2014-07-16$37.60$0.004.6%1.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%3.3%2.7%25.1K-167.3K-8110.00133.13N/AN/A130965
2014-07-17$37.23$0.0010.6%3.0%5.5%5.9%0.0%2.4%0.2%24.0K-183.4K-9130.00117.28N/AN/A001095
2014-07-18$37.58$0.005.2%1.5%6.3%0.6%0.0%0.9%2.8%27.0K-203.9K-9140.00128.28N/AN/A001095
2014-07-21$37.46$0.008.9%3.2%6.4%4.2%0.0%5.6%0.4%26.7K-191.5K-8900.0097.50N/AN/A001095
2014-07-22$37.54$0.005.2%2.9%6.4%0.5%0.0%1.4%2.8%28.2K-197.7K-8890.0094.54N/AN/A001095
2014-07-23$37.58$0.006.8%2.8%6.2%2.1%13.0%1.2%2.6%28.2K-193.2K-8700.0099.02N/AN/A0101095
2014-07-24$37.59$40.005.5%3.0%6.2%0.9%0.0%1.4%3.0%27.5K-163.2K-9530.0095.08N/AN/A0010915
2014-07-25$37.43$40.007.7%3.4%6.4%3.0%0.0%4.9%3.4%25.8K-152.6K-9470.0092.97N/AN/A0010915
2014-07-28$37.51$40.005.7%3.0%6.4%1.1%11.9%4.2%2.3%25.6K-158.2K-9390.0091.87N/AN/A10010915
2014-07-29$37.40$37.008.6%3.4%6.5%3.9%0.0%3.0%2.0%28.0K-170.7K-1.0K0.0093.60N/AN/A0011915
2014-07-30$37.33$37.009.1%3.3%6.2%4.4%0.0%2.7%0.6%27.4K-161.4K-1.0K0.0094.48N/AN/A0011915
2014-07-31$36.69$37.0011.0%3.4%8.7%6.3%14.4%3.0%0.1%22.9K-118.2K-9660.3889.53N/AN/A13511915