USMV Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, USMV traded between $39.42 and $41.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.7%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 16.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-19: Highest Volume — 439 contracts
  • 2016-01-08: Largest IV spike — 32.5% change
  • 2016-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 29.2%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.38$39.42$41.61$41.24$41.24
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV16.7%12.3%22.1%15.3%12.8%
Expected Move4.5%3.1%5.8%4.0%3.7%
HV 20d16.1%14.5%19.1%16.0%19.1%
HV 60d13.8%12.8%15.4%12.8%15.4%
IV Rank19.3%11.3%29.2%16.7%12.4%
IV Percentile88.2%68.3%98.0%87.3%71.4%
Term Structure0.0%-1.5%3.0%0.4%-0.1%
VWIV14.0%9.0%17.3%13.4%15.7%
Skew 25d5.8%2.4%11.8%2.9%4.1%
Skew 10d9.5%1.7%16.3%9.1%7.7%
Call IV 25d13.2%8.8%20.0%12.8%9.3%
Put IV 25d19.1%13.5%26.6%15.7%13.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %103.5998.18112.46101.16109.97
Gamma HHI0.410.330.540.330.54
Net GEX49.3K23.2K107.9K44.3K107.9K
Net DEX-175.2K-417.9K-45.4K-301.7K-417.9K
Net VEX-2.4K-2.9K-2.1K-2.8K-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.002.360.390.00
Total Volume282.68444393524
Total OI391.895336454376450

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$41.24$40.0015.3%4.0%16.0%16.7%13.4%2.9%0.4%44.3K-301.7K-2.8K0.39101.16N/AN/A2549827898
2016-01-05$41.61$40.0012.3%3.3%14.5%11.3%9.0%6.0%1.1%52.5K-334.5K-2.7K1.29103.16N/AN/A769827898
2016-01-06$41.27$40.0015.9%4.2%14.7%17.9%13.0%2.4%-1.2%60.7K-343.4K-2.9K0.38109.09N/AN/A2569830098
2016-01-07$40.78$40.0015.3%4.1%15.2%16.8%12.3%3.0%1.0%31.9K-135.6K-2.3K0.38100.77N/AN/A2569824098
2016-01-08$40.20$40.0020.3%4.7%15.6%25.8%12.3%5.0%-0.8%29.9K-120.1K-2.2K0.42103.36N/AN/A25610824098
2016-01-11$40.34$40.0022.1%4.7%15.8%29.2%13.9%5.5%-0.5%28.4K-74.4K-2.2K0.4198.27N/AN/A262108240108
2016-01-12$40.52$40.0018.3%3.1%15.4%22.2%12.3%4.6%2.0%31.6K-94.8K-2.1K0.4398.70N/AN/A262112246108
2016-01-13$39.88$40.0015.6%4.5%16.0%17.4%13.6%5.8%1.7%29.8K-81.9K-2.1K0.43107.17N/AN/A258112246112
2016-01-14$40.27$40.0016.5%4.7%16.1%18.9%14.1%10.4%-0.8%26.4K-90.7K-2.3K0.43101.14N/AN/A258112248112
2016-01-15$39.76$40.0015.0%4.3%15.3%16.3%15.4%8.0%3.0%23.2K-64.0K-2.4K0.44103.54N/AN/A258114248112
2016-01-19$40.09$40.0017.8%5.1%15.6%21.3%15.9%8.1%-1.2%30.3K-51.1K-2.2K0.33102.22N/AN/A329110222114
2016-01-20$39.42$40.0020.3%5.8%16.0%25.8%17.3%6.6%-0.6%40.8K-69.8K-2.5K0.43100.35N/AN/A256111297114
2016-01-21$39.61$40.0017.1%4.9%16.0%20.1%17.1%5.9%-1.4%49.2K-45.4K-2.3K2.3698.18N/AN/A47111298115
2016-01-22$40.25$40.0015.7%4.5%16.9%17.6%15.1%6.8%-0.9%56.4K-166.4K-2.4K1.31104.71N/AN/A85111299115
2016-01-25$39.94$40.0016.0%4.6%16.4%18.1%14.0%4.9%0.0%77.7K-187.4K-2.4K1.31103.57N/AN/A85111338116
2016-01-26$40.40$40.0017.4%5.0%17.1%20.7%12.9%11.8%-0.0%68.2K-284.4K-2.9K1.31107.33N/AN/A85111338116
2016-01-27$40.19$40.0017.4%5.0%17.1%20.6%14.0%5.7%-1.5%69.9K-234.3K-2.6K1.31112.46N/AN/A85111338116
2016-01-28$40.30$40.0016.1%4.6%16.8%18.2%15.7%3.4%0.7%76.7K-230.5K-2.5K2.06103.07N/AN/A54111338116
2016-01-29$41.24$40.0012.8%3.7%19.1%12.4%0.0%4.1%-0.1%107.9K-417.9K-2.4K0.00109.97N/AN/A40334116