USMV Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, USMV traded between $40.84 and $42.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.3%, placing in the 11.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 10.3%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-10: Highest Volume — 410 contracts
  • 2015-11-11: Largest IV spike — 225.9% change
  • 2015-11-11: Highest IV Rank — 43.7%
  • 2015-11-11: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.81$40.84$42.38$42.32$41.87
Max Pain$40.85$40.00$41.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV12.3%9.3%30.2%10.3%12.1%
Expected Move3.6%2.4%8.7%3.0%3.5%
HV 20d10.3%8.8%12.1%9.4%10.8%
HV 60d16.0%13.1%17.7%17.3%13.1%
IV Rank11.3%6.0%43.7%7.8%11.0%
IV Percentile59.6%33.7%98.4%47.6%66.7%
Term Structure1.2%-2.8%12.9%1.8%-2.8%
VWIV12.8%8.5%18.6%9.4%9.9%
Skew 25d4.5%-1.5%11.3%3.4%-1.5%
Skew 10d5.1%-0.4%12.2%3.4%2.5%
Call IV 25d9.6%6.2%13.7%10.3%13.5%
Put IV 25d14.1%11.1%18.9%13.7%12.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %128.25102.86156.48127.39156.48
Gamma HHI0.450.420.660.430.44
Net GEX234.2K171.8K540.3K171.8K173.4K
Net DEX-1.4M-1.7M-937.8K-1.6M-1.4M
Net VEX-3.0K-3.6K-2.3K-3.4K-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.001.160.211.16
Total Volume221.904103900
Total OI748734760736734

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$42.32$40.0010.3%3.0%9.4%7.8%9.4%3.4%1.8%171.8K-1.6M-3.4K0.21127.39N/AN/A32169621115
2015-11-03$42.38$40.0010.0%2.9%8.8%7.4%8.5%1.8%3.2%175.1K-1.7M-3.5K0.21109.45N/AN/A32169621115
2015-11-04$42.14$40.0011.1%3.2%9.2%9.3%13.9%0.9%-0.9%196.9K-1.6M-3.2K0.25130.04N/AN/A32179621115
2015-11-05$42.13$41.009.4%3.7%8.9%6.3%9.9%3.1%-0.5%186.7K-1.5M-3.5K0.25109.52N/AN/A32179621125
2015-11-06$41.79$41.0011.2%2.4%9.5%9.4%0.0%5.5%1.1%191.2K-1.3M-3.6K0.00129.37N/AN/A110611125
2015-11-09$41.49$41.0012.7%3.7%9.8%12.1%0.0%6.6%-0.5%190.1K-1.2M-3.6K0.00122.50N/AN/A00622125
2015-11-10$41.68$41.009.3%3.1%9.7%6.0%12.9%5.4%3.0%220.1K-1.3M-3.3K0.24116.81N/AN/A33179632125
2015-11-11$41.80$41.0030.2%8.7%9.3%43.7%15.9%1.3%12.9%271.8K-1.4M-3.0K0.24147.68N/AN/A33179635125
2015-11-12$41.21$41.0012.8%3.7%9.9%12.3%12.3%5.7%1.7%196.2K-1.1M-3.4K0.24106.73N/AN/A33179635125
2015-11-13$40.84$41.0012.8%3.7%10.1%12.4%14.6%8.1%0.0%186.6K-937.8K-3.3K0.24140.64N/AN/A33179635125
2015-11-16$41.42$41.0012.4%3.6%11.4%11.6%10.9%3.3%2.2%252.8K-948.8K-2.7K0.00124.15N/AN/A10625125
2015-11-17$41.40$41.0013.4%3.8%11.4%13.3%18.6%4.3%-0.9%205.7K-1.1M-3.2K0.96142.38N/AN/A8279635125
2015-11-18$41.88$41.0011.9%3.4%12.1%10.7%16.2%11.3%-1.8%191.5K-1.4M-3.1K0.96143.04N/AN/A8279635125
2015-11-19$41.87$41.0011.3%3.2%10.9%9.6%12.9%6.7%0.5%220.6K-1.4M-3.1K0.96120.09N/AN/A8279635125
2015-11-20$41.96$41.009.9%2.9%10.9%7.2%11.0%7.0%1.2%540.3K-1.6M-2.7K0.86117.61N/AN/A145124635125
2015-11-23$41.97$41.0010.4%3.0%10.9%8.1%0.0%3.8%2.1%257.0K-1.5M-2.7K0.00139.03N/AN/A00619118
2015-11-24$41.98$41.0011.0%3.2%10.9%9.1%0.0%6.6%0.7%252.6K-1.5M-2.7K0.00102.86N/AN/A00619118
2015-11-25$41.98$41.0012.1%3.5%10.7%11.1%14.4%2.6%0.4%307.4K-1.5M-2.4K1.16141.51N/AN/A105122626118
2015-11-27$42.07$41.0010.7%3.1%10.7%8.6%9.9%4.7%0.7%295.8K-1.7M-2.3K1.16137.78N/AN/A105122626118
2015-11-30$41.87$41.0012.1%3.5%10.8%11.0%0.0%-1.5%-2.8%173.4K-1.4M-2.4K0.00156.48N/AN/A00616118