USMV Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, USMV traded between $39.31 and $40.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.5%, placing in the 3.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 8.2%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-03: Highest Volume — 223 contracts
  • 2014-11-05: Largest IV drop — 26.1% change
  • 2014-11-03: Highest IV Rank — 6.7%
  • 2014-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 3.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.94$39.31$40.68$39.31$40.68
Max Pain$36.00$36.00$36.00$36.00$36.00
ATM IV8.5%6.3%11.5%11.5%8.1%
Expected Move3.1%2.9%3.5%3.4%2.9%
HV 20d8.2%3.9%15.2%15.2%3.9%
HV 60d10.3%10.3%10.5%10.5%10.3%
IV Rank3.9%1.7%6.7%6.7%3.4%
IV Percentile35.1%6.3%69.8%69.8%30.6%
Term Structure1.2%-0.5%3.4%-0.4%-0.4%
VWIV14.7%12.9%16.3%14.6%12.9%
Skew 25d3.8%1.4%10.6%3.9%1.6%
Skew 10d6.8%0.9%18.6%1.3%13.5%
Call IV 25d7.2%5.6%9.8%6.9%8.1%
Put IV 25d11.1%8.4%17.1%10.8%9.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.0979.79103.4486.9699.96
Gamma HHI0.280.190.360.310.33
Net GEX3.6K6155.4K4.4K3.5K
Net DEX-377.2K-498.7K-163.1K-383.2K-173.6K
Net VEX-584-1.0K-353-1.0K-353
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.001.151.061.06
Total Volume161.68402232230
Total OI272.632179310310179

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$39.31$36.0011.5%3.4%15.2%6.7%14.6%3.9%-0.4%4.4K-383.2K-1.0K1.0686.96N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-04$39.40$36.0011.0%3.5%14.4%6.3%14.9%3.2%-0.5%4.5K-392.4K-1.0K1.0682.55N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-05$39.60$36.008.2%3.2%13.4%3.5%15.1%1.4%-0.4%1.9K-452.8K-7571.0680.38N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-06$39.64$36.006.3%3.2%11.5%1.7%14.5%3.1%1.8%3.0K-452.3K-7561.0679.79N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-07$39.64$36.008.0%3.1%11.2%3.3%14.2%3.5%0.7%2.6K-455.1K-7361.0681.31N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-10$39.82$36.007.4%3.0%10.0%2.8%15.0%2.7%2.2%3.9K-498.7K-4921.0684.21N/AN/A108115155155
2014-11-11$39.83$36.007.3%2.9%9.7%2.6%15.8%4.3%1.6%615-333.8K-6071.0689.24N/AN/A108115118125
2014-11-12$39.82$36.007.5%2.9%7.8%2.9%14.6%3.3%1.4%4.1K-460.6K-5931.0695.90N/AN/A108115148155
2014-11-13$39.86$36.009.2%2.9%7.4%4.5%15.0%3.4%1.0%3.4K-425.4K-5751.0687.10N/AN/A108115138155
2014-11-14$39.81$36.009.2%3.0%7.3%4.5%16.3%2.9%1.4%2.8K-422.3K-5890.0095.11N/AN/A200138155
2014-11-17$39.90$36.008.6%3.2%7.0%4.0%14.7%4.8%2.6%5.3K-397.9K-6831.0684.94N/AN/A108115137155
2014-11-18$40.10$36.009.1%3.1%5.8%4.4%15.3%4.1%2.0%3.8K-395.0K-5181.0685.75N/AN/A108115127155
2014-11-19$40.09$36.009.0%3.1%5.7%4.3%0.0%3.7%1.9%4.1K-312.6K-4660.0097.11N/AN/A00104155
2014-11-20$40.07$36.008.8%3.0%5.7%4.1%13.8%3.3%1.6%3.2K-416.2K-4081.0697.77N/AN/A108115129155
2014-11-21$40.20$36.009.0%3.0%5.2%4.3%13.3%3.8%1.3%2.4K-425.1K-4041.1594.23N/AN/A100115129155
2014-11-24$40.27$36.008.3%3.0%5.2%3.7%0.0%2.5%0.8%4.4K-239.6K-3810.00103.44N/AN/A0282115
2014-11-25$40.28$36.008.5%3.1%5.0%3.8%12.9%10.6%0.9%5.3K-368.1K-3811.06102.21N/AN/A7782115117
2014-11-26$40.46$36.007.0%3.0%4.7%2.4%0.0%6.8%3.4%5.4K-163.1K-3570.00102.69N/AN/A0062117
2014-11-28$40.68$36.008.1%2.9%3.9%3.4%0.0%1.6%-0.4%3.5K-173.6K-3530.0099.96N/AN/A0062117