USMV Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, USMV traded between $45.50 and $47.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.0%, placing in the 10.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 5.5%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-15: Highest Volume — 1,027 contracts
  • 2017-02-24: Largest IV spike — 84.4% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 28.3%
  • 2017-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 3.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$46.78$45.50$47.93$45.50$47.82
Max Pain$46.95$46.00$47.00$46.00$47.00
ATM IV8.0%5.5%10.8%9.6%10.8%
Expected Move2.4%1.6%3.1%2.7%3.1%
HV 20d5.5%5.1%5.8%5.1%5.5%
HV 60d7.2%6.8%7.9%7.8%6.8%
IV Rank10.4%0.0%28.3%18.2%28.3%
IV Percentile15.6%0.0%63.1%33.7%63.1%
Term Structure1.9%-1.0%3.6%0.9%0.2%
VWIV8.6%6.3%14.0%9.4%14.0%
Skew 25d3.6%-0.1%12.2%2.9%-0.1%
Skew 10d9.7%2.6%31.3%9.1%10.1%
Call IV 25d7.3%5.3%12.9%9.4%12.9%
Put IV 25d10.9%8.0%18.3%12.3%12.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.2437.36114.41104.04114.41
Gamma HHI0.750.410.960.520.96
Net GEX626.0K-996.6K2.0M-996.6K1.9M
Net DEX-995.0K-4.9M3.9M3.9M-4.2M
Net VEX-13.2K-25.3K-7.7K-25.3K-13.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.381.221.851.271.85
Total Volume954.8428741,027939905
Total OI8,677.1588,5988,8008,5988,661

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$45.50$46.009.6%2.7%5.1%18.2%9.4%2.9%0.9%-996.6K3.9M-25.3K1.27104.04N/AN/A4145252,6575,941
2017-02-02$45.76$47.007.7%2.7%5.1%7.7%8.8%4.1%1.4%-900.9K2.7M-21.1K1.2794.60N/AN/A4135252,6575,961
2017-02-03$46.03$47.008.2%2.5%5.4%10.6%8.8%4.2%1.1%-791.0K3.2M-19.9K1.27100.85N/AN/A4155252,6575,961
2017-02-06$45.85$47.007.2%2.5%5.5%4.8%8.9%4.5%1.8%-632.0K2.2M-19.3K1.2791.10N/AN/A4155252,7095,961
2017-02-07$45.95$47.007.1%2.4%5.2%4.6%8.2%3.8%2.2%-741.7K1.3M-13.2K1.2683.76N/AN/A4165252,7095,961
2017-02-08$46.16$47.008.2%2.4%5.3%10.7%7.9%3.9%3.1%515.8K-659.0K-7.7K1.2764.01N/AN/A4165302,7105,961
2017-02-09$46.36$47.008.2%2.4%5.5%10.6%7.6%1.9%2.8%499.7K-1.0M-8.3K1.2788.79N/AN/A4165302,7105,951
2017-02-10$46.50$47.008.8%2.5%5.5%14.2%8.0%2.7%2.4%529.5K-909.5K-8.0K1.2278.77N/AN/A4335302,7105,951
2017-02-13$46.66$47.007.4%2.1%5.6%6.2%7.8%2.0%2.0%640.4K-1.3M-8.3K1.2786.37N/AN/A4335502,7305,951
2017-02-14$46.67$47.006.9%2.0%5.6%3.0%7.4%2.3%2.9%581.8K-1.0M-7.7K1.3537.36N/AN/A4335842,7306,011
2017-02-15$46.90$47.007.4%2.1%5.8%6.1%7.5%2.8%3.1%731.4K-1.2M-9.9K1.3284.61N/AN/A4435842,6866,105
2017-02-16$47.04$47.007.5%2.2%5.2%6.8%7.2%2.5%1.9%933.1K-1.7M-11.1K1.3274.52N/AN/A4435842,6956,105
2017-02-17$47.10$47.007.5%2.2%5.2%6.6%6.8%2.7%2.1%1.0M-1.9M-11.1K1.3275.36N/AN/A4435842,6926,105
2017-02-21$47.48$47.007.2%2.1%5.6%4.9%6.3%12.2%2.3%1.5M-2.4M-12.4K1.43108.59N/AN/A3885562,5536,086
2017-02-22$47.47$47.008.1%2.3%5.6%9.7%8.6%9.8%3.6%1.5M-2.8M-13.2K1.43113.21N/AN/A3885562,5536,091
2017-02-23$47.70$47.005.5%1.6%5.7%0.0%6.6%1.7%1.7%1.9M-3.4M-13.5K1.4352.93N/AN/A3885562,5536,091
2017-02-24$47.93$47.0010.2%2.9%5.6%25.2%13.6%3.1%1.9%1.7M-4.7M-13.7K1.63111.95N/AN/A3415562,5536,091
2017-02-27$47.87$47.009.2%2.7%5.7%20.0%9.1%1.0%-1.0%2.0M-4.9M-13.8K1.7592.25N/AN/A3185562,5666,091
2017-02-28$47.82$47.0010.8%3.1%5.5%28.3%14.0%-0.1%0.2%1.9M-4.2M-13.4K1.85114.41N/AN/A3185872,5706,091