USMV Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, USMV traded between $39.38 and $41.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.1%, placing in the 8.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 8.0%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-17: Highest Volume — 339 contracts
  • 2014-12-18: Largest IV spike — 161.4% change
  • 2014-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 30.0%
  • 2014-12-22: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.55$39.38$41.19$40.56$40.48
Max Pain$36.27$36.00$37.00$36.00$37.00
ATM IV13.1%7.2%34.9%9.0%12.1%
Expected Move3.9%2.8%8.1%3.0%3.9%
HV 20d8.0%3.6%12.3%3.8%12.3%
HV 60d10.8%10.1%11.6%10.3%11.4%
IV Rank8.4%2.5%30.0%4.4%7.4%
IV Percentile56.7%11.9%85.7%48.0%69.8%
Term Structure0.3%-8.5%7.4%-0.8%1.2%
VWIV16.1%6.9%32.0%12.7%6.9%
Skew 25d3.0%-5.2%7.4%2.9%1.8%
Skew 10d5.9%0.6%17.9%2.6%2.1%
Call IV 25d12.7%7.0%36.8%9.0%10.3%
Put IV 25d15.8%7.9%41.1%11.9%12.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.1172.03172.4795.5996.17
Gamma HHI0.470.250.780.250.73
Net GEX33.7K76777.6K1.4K50.3K
Net DEX-376.1K-540.2K-171.7K-377.0K-171.7K
Net VEX-851-1.6K-279-369-976
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.001.061.060.00
Total Volume205.09103391592
Total OI282.5179417232225

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$40.56$36.009.0%3.0%3.8%4.4%12.7%2.9%-0.8%1.4K-377.0K-3691.0695.59N/AN/A7782115117
2014-12-02$40.66$36.007.9%2.9%3.8%3.2%14.7%2.9%-0.3%889-376.9K-4141.0691.22N/AN/A7782115117
2014-12-03$40.74$36.007.2%2.8%3.7%2.5%14.3%2.5%-0.8%2.0K-381.1K-3901.0692.41N/AN/A7782115117
2014-12-04$40.70$36.008.1%2.8%3.6%3.4%0.0%-0.4%-0.2%767-177.7K-3250.00101.33N/AN/A0062117
2014-12-05$40.63$36.007.3%2.8%3.8%2.6%14.1%3.4%0.6%1.0K-385.0K-3591.0294.75N/AN/A8082115117
2014-12-08$40.62$36.007.2%2.9%3.8%2.5%14.9%3.7%1.5%4.7K-394.6K-3951.0290.81N/AN/A8082120117
2014-12-09$40.50$36.0012.8%3.6%3.9%8.1%11.6%4.0%2.5%9.1K-396.7K-2791.0293.59N/AN/A8082120117
2014-12-10$40.03$36.0014.5%3.8%5.9%9.8%17.1%7.4%0.9%3.8K-352.9K-3890.4387.69N/AN/A19082115117
2014-12-11$40.21$36.0012.5%3.7%6.1%7.8%17.9%4.3%0.6%44.8K-466.6K-7970.4185.17N/AN/A20282221117
2014-12-12$39.78$36.0012.9%4.1%7.3%8.1%16.9%5.0%1.3%38.9K-428.8K-9370.3675.05N/AN/A22582233117
2014-12-15$39.63$36.0011.9%3.8%7.4%7.2%17.0%6.4%1.2%51.3K-461.5K-9450.4272.03N/AN/A22595268117
2014-12-16$39.38$37.0016.1%4.5%7.6%11.4%17.1%6.2%-0.6%44.5K-403.6K-1.1K0.4878.75N/AN/A227108268130
2014-12-17$40.04$37.0011.7%3.7%9.6%7.0%18.6%7.1%1.7%77.6K-465.7K-1.2K0.4981.77N/AN/A227112270143
2014-12-18$40.74$37.0030.6%7.0%11.4%25.8%32.0%-5.2%-6.7%30.2K-540.2K-1.6K0.50150.65N/AN/A223112270147
2014-12-19$40.88$37.0034.9%7.4%11.5%30.0%6.9%4.3%-8.5%15.3K-381.1K-1.5K0.00172.47N/AN/A100207147
2014-12-22$41.08$0.0024.3%8.1%11.5%19.5%0.0%1.7%7.4%28.9K-313.5K-1.5K0.41152.55N/AN/A1917818578
2014-12-23$41.19$0.009.6%2.9%11.5%4.9%0.0%3.8%0.6%60.5K-399.5K-1.1K0.41105.36N/AN/A1917818578
2014-12-24$40.99$0.009.5%2.9%11.7%4.8%0.0%1.2%0.8%63.2K-438.2K-1.1K0.41103.96N/AN/A1917819578
2014-12-26$41.09$0.009.3%3.0%11.7%4.6%0.0%1.4%1.1%67.3K-358.3K-1.1K0.41103.62N/AN/A1917817178
2014-12-29$41.13$0.009.8%3.1%11.5%5.1%0.0%1.6%0.7%71.2K-360.2K-1.1K0.4194.90N/AN/A1917817178
2014-12-30$40.94$0.008.9%3.1%11.6%4.2%0.0%0.9%1.7%74.6K-243.3K-9620.00104.68N/AN/A0014778
2014-12-31$40.48$0.0012.1%3.9%12.3%7.4%0.0%1.8%1.2%50.3K-171.7K-9760.0096.17N/AN/A2014778