USMV Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, USMV traded between $37.53 and $38.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.0%, placing in the 3.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 6.1%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-12: Highest Volume — 34 contracts
  • 2014-09-24: Largest IV spike — 25.7% change
  • 2014-09-25: Highest IV Rank — 5.1%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 3.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.01$37.53$38.36$38.11$37.68
Max Pain$37.00$37.00$37.00$37.00$37.00
ATM IV8.0%6.8%9.8%8.0%9.2%
Expected Move3.2%3.0%3.5%3.2%3.5%
HV 20d6.1%4.8%7.5%7.3%7.5%
HV 60d7.5%7.2%8.0%7.2%8.0%
IV Rank3.3%2.1%5.1%3.4%4.6%
IV Percentile27.4%9.1%58.3%26.2%51.2%
Term Structure1.2%-0.3%2.8%0.6%1.1%
Skew 25d4.0%1.1%12.9%12.9%3.3%
Skew 10d6.0%1.7%22.9%22.2%3.3%
Call IV 25d7.2%5.5%9.7%7.4%8.7%
Put IV 25d11.2%7.6%20.3%20.3%12.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.2480.42106.6097.1084.72
Gamma HHI0.470.280.670.530.28
Net GEX51.7K18.1K97.1K57.5K18.1K
Net DEX-236.3K-316.9K-171.7K-268.3K-178.1K
Net VEX-936-1.1K-759-1.1K-859
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.001.131.130.00
Total Volume2.23803400
Total OI174.143133207207133

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$38.11$37.008.0%3.2%7.3%3.4%0.0%12.9%0.6%57.5K-268.3K-1.1K0.0097.10N/AN/A0015255
2014-09-03$38.17$37.007.9%3.3%5.9%3.2%0.0%1.6%1.3%55.0K-288.9K-1.1K0.0097.90N/AN/A0015255
2014-09-04$38.14$37.006.8%3.2%6.0%2.1%0.0%11.9%2.0%67.7K-274.4K-1.1K0.0095.78N/AN/A0015155
2014-09-05$38.36$37.007.2%3.2%5.7%2.5%0.0%4.4%0.5%80.0K-316.9K-1.0K0.0098.93N/AN/A0015155
2014-09-08$38.27$37.007.2%3.1%4.8%2.5%0.0%5.1%0.9%67.3K-299.2K-1.0K0.0092.17N/AN/A0015155
2014-09-09$38.05$37.007.5%3.2%5.4%2.9%0.0%3.8%1.3%70.2K-259.9K-1.1K0.0092.09N/AN/A0015155
2014-09-10$38.06$37.007.4%3.1%5.4%2.7%0.0%3.6%1.6%77.4K-256.4K-1.0K0.00101.95N/AN/A0315155
2014-09-11$38.11$37.008.5%3.0%5.2%3.8%0.0%3.4%0.9%97.1K-265.0K-9850.00102.79N/AN/A0015155
2014-09-12$37.79$37.007.9%3.2%5.9%3.2%0.0%3.1%1.5%66.5K-208.9K-1.0K1.1393.40N/AN/A161815155
2014-09-15$37.85$37.008.2%3.1%5.9%3.5%0.0%3.6%1.3%58.7K-191.6K-9530.0098.41N/AN/A0213539
2014-09-16$38.11$37.008.9%3.1%5.9%4.2%0.0%4.7%1.2%57.6K-240.4K-9040.0096.65N/AN/A0013539
2014-09-17$38.11$37.007.6%3.1%5.6%2.9%0.0%1.1%1.5%61.9K-242.6K-8850.00104.26N/AN/A0013539
2014-09-18$38.22$37.007.8%3.0%5.7%3.1%0.0%1.5%1.5%66.6K-287.9K-7590.00106.60N/AN/A0013539
2014-09-19$38.25$37.007.8%3.1%5.6%3.2%0.0%2.2%1.5%60.2K-276.5K-8410.00101.30N/AN/A8013539
2014-09-22$38.04$37.007.9%3.1%5.8%3.2%0.0%1.2%1.1%21.0K-197.1K-8280.00104.10N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-23$37.84$37.006.8%3.2%6.0%2.2%0.0%5.0%2.8%21.0K-180.4K-8570.00101.60N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-24$37.95$37.008.6%3.2%6.1%3.9%0.0%3.1%0.5%20.7K-197.3K-8230.0080.42N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-25$37.53$37.009.8%3.2%7.2%5.1%0.0%2.3%-0.3%19.3K-171.7K-8750.0081.77N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-26$37.73$37.007.7%3.2%7.5%3.1%0.0%3.3%1.0%21.8K-181.3K-8310.0084.34N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-29$37.74$37.008.8%3.3%7.5%4.1%0.0%3.5%0.5%20.5K-179.9K-8330.0083.75N/AN/A0010528
2014-09-30$37.68$37.009.2%3.5%7.5%4.6%0.0%3.3%1.1%18.1K-178.1K-8590.0084.72N/AN/A0010528