USMV Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, USMV traded between $47.59 and $48.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.6%, placing in the 16.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 4.5%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.96.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-28: Highest Volume — 5,699 contracts
  • 2017-04-12: Largest IV spike — 75.2% change
  • 2017-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 30.8%
  • 2017-04-12: Largest Expected Move — 3.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.92$47.59$48.50$47.65$48.35
Max Pain$47.63$47.00$51.00$51.00$47.00
ATM IV8.6%6.4%11.3%8.7%8.1%
Expected Move2.6%1.9%3.2%2.5%2.3%
HV 20d4.5%3.0%6.1%6.1%4.1%
HV 60d5.7%5.6%5.8%5.8%5.6%
IV Rank16.4%4.8%30.8%17.1%13.6%
IV Percentile30.8%1.2%73.0%29.8%21.0%
Term Structure0.6%-0.3%3.9%1.2%0.7%
VWIV11.0%6.8%13.0%9.2%10.8%
Skew 25d3.8%-1.4%6.6%1.1%2.3%
Skew 10d5.7%0.0%11.2%2.0%4.9%
Call IV 25d7.7%5.3%13.1%8.0%7.1%
Put IV 25d11.4%7.8%15.0%9.1%9.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.1424.48104.5172.8228.80
Gamma HHI0.320.300.370.330.33
Net GEX-1.3M-1.6M-797.6K-797.6K-1.1M
Net DEX5.2M2.1M7.3M4.7M3.0M
Net VEX-35.8K-43.1K-24.3K-35.0K-25.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.964.427.934.714.42
Total Volume4,694.3163,1605,6993,1605,699
Total OI7,592.2116,1478,1316,1478,131

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$47.65$51.008.7%2.5%6.1%17.1%9.2%1.1%1.2%-797.6K4.7M-35.0K4.7172.82N/AN/A5532,6076355,512
2017-04-04$47.65$51.007.7%2.2%6.0%11.6%9.2%1.4%1.6%-825.5K4.2M-37.0K7.4224.48N/AN/A5534,1036375,512
2017-04-05$47.69$51.006.6%1.9%5.9%5.9%11.4%3.8%2.1%-1.4M6.3M-41.0K7.4272.07N/AN/A5534,1036377,004
2017-04-06$47.67$47.006.6%2.6%5.9%5.9%11.0%4.9%-0.1%-1.5M6.8M-42.6K7.4295.99N/AN/A5534,1036377,004
2017-04-07$47.65$47.006.9%3.0%5.8%7.1%11.1%-1.4%-0.3%-1.5M6.7M-42.9K7.4299.09N/AN/A5534,1036377,004
2017-04-10$47.72$47.006.9%2.7%5.8%7.3%11.5%2.9%0.4%-1.6M7.0M-43.1K7.4180.06N/AN/A5544,1036377,004
2017-04-11$47.69$47.006.4%2.8%5.7%4.8%11.9%6.6%0.4%-1.6M7.3M-42.7K7.4486.86N/AN/A5544,1226387,004
2017-04-12$47.69$47.0011.3%3.2%3.7%30.8%12.9%6.5%-0.3%-1.4M7.3M-41.4K7.48104.51N/AN/A5544,1456387,023
2017-04-13$47.59$47.0010.5%3.0%3.4%26.8%12.0%4.7%-0.3%-1.5M7.0M-42.4K7.3994.26N/AN/A5544,0936387,048
2017-04-17$47.64$47.0010.5%3.0%3.0%27.0%12.0%5.1%-0.3%-1.6M6.9M-40.6K7.3966.88N/AN/A5544,0936387,056
2017-04-18$47.86$47.0010.7%3.1%3.4%27.6%12.8%6.2%0.3%-1.5M6.1M-37.5K7.3947.05N/AN/A5544,0936387,056
2017-04-19$47.79$47.0010.6%3.0%3.1%27.4%12.3%6.0%-0.3%-1.4M6.0M-35.7K7.9371.95N/AN/A5164,0936387,056
2017-04-20$48.04$47.009.6%2.8%3.6%21.9%13.0%6.5%0.7%-1.6M5.6M-36.6K7.9348.92N/AN/A5164,0936407,056
2017-04-21$47.99$47.009.6%2.7%3.5%21.9%11.2%3.7%1.1%-1.4M5.4M-33.6K6.6396.13N/AN/A6174,0936407,046
2017-04-24$48.32$47.008.4%2.4%4.0%15.3%11.1%4.8%0.2%-1.3M2.7M-25.8K7.3944.20N/AN/A5764,2557426,977
2017-04-25$48.50$47.008.4%2.4%4.0%15.7%11.7%2.2%0.5%-1.1M2.4M-26.5K6.2985.53N/AN/A6774,2557527,163
2017-04-26$48.45$47.006.9%2.0%4.0%7.2%6.8%1.6%3.9%-915.3K2.1M-26.6K6.4229.02N/AN/A6774,3458537,191
2017-04-27$48.47$47.008.7%2.5%4.0%17.1%7.1%2.9%0.8%-878.7K2.1M-24.3K6.4265.03N/AN/A6774,3468497,281
2017-04-28$48.35$47.008.1%2.3%4.1%13.6%10.8%2.3%0.7%-1.1M3.0M-25.7K4.4228.80N/AN/A1,0524,6478497,282