USMV Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, USMV traded between $36.43 and $38.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.5%, placing in the 3.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 9.6%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-19: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2014-08-07: Largest IV spike — 49.5% change
  • 2014-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 7.0%
  • 2014-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 3.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.41$36.43$38.15$36.69$38.15
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV8.5%6.2%11.8%9.6%7.0%
Expected Move3.3%2.7%3.8%3.4%3.1%
HV 20d9.6%7.3%10.6%8.6%7.3%
HV 60d7.2%6.7%7.4%6.7%7.2%
IV Rank3.9%1.6%7.0%5.0%2.3%
IV Percentile31.7%4.8%71.4%50.0%9.5%
Term Structure0.7%-0.2%2.1%0.8%2.1%
VWIV21.2%21.2%21.2%21.2%21.2%
Skew 25d4.8%0.5%12.2%3.8%11.2%
Skew 10d6.6%1.0%19.8%3.5%19.8%
Call IV 25d7.1%5.7%9.4%9.4%6.6%
Put IV 25d11.9%7.2%19.1%13.2%17.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.0283.19101.4091.6998.42
Gamma HHI0.390.290.560.290.56
Net GEX37.9K21.9K65.0K23.7K65.0K
Net DEX-206.8K-310.7K-113.6K-132.5K-310.7K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.2K-1.1K-1.1K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.001.001.000.00
Total Volume2.667040010
Total OI170.476152197152197

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$36.69$35.009.6%3.4%8.6%5.0%0.0%3.8%0.8%23.7K-132.5K-1.1K0.0091.69N/AN/A0013220
2014-08-04$36.84$35.008.0%3.4%8.8%3.3%0.0%5.2%0.9%25.1K-135.0K-1.1K0.0088.17N/AN/A0013220
2014-08-05$36.48$35.0011.8%3.8%9.3%7.0%0.0%4.2%0.1%22.9K-119.3K-1.1K0.0090.00N/AN/A0013220
2014-08-06$36.57$35.007.5%3.4%9.3%2.9%0.0%5.3%1.6%23.2K-119.4K-1.1K0.0093.00N/AN/A0013220
2014-08-07$36.43$35.0011.3%3.8%9.3%6.6%0.0%4.8%-0.1%21.9K-113.6K-1.1K0.0087.02N/AN/A0313220
2014-08-08$36.86$35.009.9%3.5%10.4%5.2%0.0%5.8%-0.2%24.8K-134.7K-1.1K0.0083.19N/AN/A0013223
2014-08-11$37.03$35.0010.8%3.5%10.5%6.1%0.0%5.6%0.4%26.3K-156.6K-1.1K0.0089.82N/AN/A0013223
2014-08-12$37.01$35.0010.3%3.5%10.5%5.6%0.0%5.0%0.9%26.3K-151.3K-1.1K0.0089.49N/AN/A0013223
2014-08-13$37.21$35.008.7%3.4%10.6%4.1%0.0%4.9%1.5%28.7K-166.6K-1.1K0.0090.05N/AN/A0013223
2014-08-14$37.43$35.009.3%3.4%10.3%4.7%0.0%7.8%1.4%31.7K-185.2K-1.1K0.0093.53N/AN/A0013223
2014-08-15$37.41$35.0010.2%3.4%9.7%5.5%0.0%5.1%0.8%29.6K-189.5K-1.1K0.0090.79N/AN/A0213223
2014-08-18$37.66$35.006.2%2.9%9.9%1.6%0.0%4.0%0.5%31.3K-212.7K-1.1K0.0099.42N/AN/A0013225
2014-08-19$37.87$35.006.3%2.7%10.1%1.7%0.0%11.6%0.5%42.6K-224.0K-1.1K1.0095.84N/AN/A202013225
2014-08-20$37.91$35.007.4%3.0%10.1%2.7%0.0%0.5%-0.0%51.1K-267.0K-1.2K0.0097.31N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-21$38.03$35.007.4%3.1%10.1%2.7%0.0%0.8%0.6%52.7K-287.9K-1.2K0.0099.75N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-22$37.90$35.007.6%3.0%10.1%3.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%50.8K-268.8K-1.2K0.0099.11N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-25$38.04$35.007.4%3.0%10.1%2.7%0.0%1.1%0.6%54.3K-292.6K-1.2K0.00101.40N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-26$38.02$35.007.5%3.1%10.0%2.9%0.0%1.1%0.3%53.3K-292.2K-1.1K0.0098.63N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-27$38.02$35.007.7%3.1%10.0%3.0%0.0%0.7%0.7%53.0K-291.1K-1.1K0.0099.13N/AN/A1015245
2014-08-28$38.06$35.007.4%3.1%7.3%2.7%0.0%12.2%1.0%58.4K-291.8K-1.1K0.0098.64N/AN/A0015245
2014-08-29$38.15$35.007.0%3.1%7.3%2.3%21.2%11.2%2.1%65.0K-310.7K-1.1K0.0098.42N/AN/A01015245