USMV Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, USMV traded between $40.83 and $41.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.9%, placing in the 7.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 10.0%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-26: Highest Volume — 173 contracts
  • 2015-05-11: Largest IV spike — 45.6% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 12.3%
  • 2015-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 3.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.54$40.83$41.97$41.31$41.48
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV9.9%7.8%13.6%9.8%9.8%
Expected Move2.8%2.2%3.4%2.8%2.8%
HV 20d10.0%8.4%11.3%8.6%9.8%
HV 60d10.9%10.5%11.2%10.8%11.2%
IV Rank7.1%4.3%12.3%5.8%7.1%
IV Percentile56.9%27.0%89.7%57.5%59.5%
Term Structure0.5%-1.7%3.3%2.4%3.3%
VWIV9.5%7.6%12.9%12.9%9.8%
Skew 25d2.5%-0.3%5.5%-0.3%1.3%
Skew 10d7.4%1.8%18.3%2.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d8.6%6.9%12.1%12.1%10.3%
Put IV 25d11.2%8.6%13.0%11.8%11.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.6589.41109.40105.88104.25
Gamma HHI0.320.270.420.310.30
Net GEX5.7K1.8K8.7K8.0K2.5K
Net DEX-167.3K-249.4K-94.7K-163.1K-136.0K
Net VEX-1.3K-1.6K-914-1.4K-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.101.221.181.22
Total Volume116.550173157173
Total OI226.85202258214258

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$41.31$40.009.8%2.8%8.6%5.8%12.9%-0.3%2.4%8.0K-163.1K-1.4K1.18105.88N/AN/A728511698
2015-05-04$41.45$40.009.6%3.0%8.4%5.5%0.0%1.4%0.5%4.2K-148.5K-1.3K0.00106.50N/AN/A0010498
2015-05-05$41.00$40.0010.1%3.0%9.2%6.1%9.1%1.6%0.6%7.3K-155.6K-1.4K0.97102.88N/AN/A727011798
2015-05-06$40.83$40.0013.3%3.4%9.2%12.0%11.6%0.8%-0.9%6.2K-94.7K-1.4K0.9197.40N/AN/A7770117108
2015-05-07$41.12$40.0013.0%3.3%9.6%11.5%12.5%5.5%-0.1%4.7K-118.7K-1.5K0.91102.30N/AN/A7770120108
2015-05-08$41.59$40.008.5%2.3%10.4%5.3%0.0%3.2%1.2%1.8K-129.8K-1.4K0.0089.41N/AN/A00107108
2015-05-11$41.37$40.0012.3%3.2%10.5%10.6%0.0%1.7%0.3%2.2K-120.9K-1.4K0.00104.75N/AN/A00107108
2015-05-12$41.32$40.0013.6%3.4%10.5%12.3%10.0%4.2%-0.4%7.1K-152.3K-1.4K0.91103.95N/AN/A7770120108
2015-05-13$41.24$40.0010.8%3.1%10.5%8.5%11.8%5.3%0.2%5.7K-150.8K-1.4K0.91104.47N/AN/A7770120108
2015-05-14$41.71$40.007.8%2.2%11.3%4.3%7.6%2.3%1.7%8.7K-215.4K-1.1K0.91105.89N/AN/A7770120108
2015-05-15$41.85$40.008.0%2.3%10.6%4.6%7.9%2.7%1.6%6.0K-201.3K-1.3K0.96107.56N/AN/A7370120108
2015-05-18$41.94$40.009.1%2.6%10.2%6.1%0.0%1.6%-0.6%6.5K-172.5K-9140.00107.53N/AN/A00100107
2015-05-19$41.97$40.008.3%2.4%10.2%5.0%0.0%3.5%0.4%5.2K-131.2K-1.2K0.1094.39N/AN/A101100107
2015-05-20$41.97$40.008.8%2.5%10.2%5.7%7.8%5.1%-0.4%5.6K-240.6K-1.3K0.91106.07N/AN/A7770123108
2015-05-21$41.93$40.008.8%2.5%10.1%5.7%7.8%1.4%-0.1%8.4K-249.4K-1.2K0.85109.40N/AN/A8270123108
2015-05-22$41.82$40.008.2%2.3%10.2%4.8%8.0%4.1%0.1%7.1K-221.0K-1.3K0.85106.96N/AN/A8270123108
2015-05-26$41.45$40.0010.1%2.9%10.3%7.6%8.7%1.5%2.1%7.3K-186.1K-1.3K1.22103.87N/AN/A7895123108
2015-05-27$41.74$40.009.3%2.7%10.5%6.4%8.5%1.3%-1.7%4.0K-180.2K-1.4K1.22104.81N/AN/A7895124133
2015-05-28$41.71$40.009.4%2.7%10.2%6.6%9.0%2.7%-0.7%5.3K-177.3K-1.4K1.22104.71N/AN/A7895125133
2015-05-29$41.48$40.009.8%2.8%9.8%7.1%9.8%1.3%3.3%2.5K-136.0K-1.6K1.22104.25N/AN/A7895125133