XLE Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, XLE traded between $31.00 and $33.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.7%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 24.8%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-15: Highest Volume — 252,506 contracts
  • 2012-06-29: Largest IV drop — 18.8% change
  • 2012-06-01: Highest IV Rank — 27.3%
  • 2012-06-01: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.02$31.00$33.19$31.02$33.19
Max Pain$32.57$32.00$34.00$34.00$32.00
ATM IV25.7%18.8%33.5%33.5%18.8%
Expected Move7.5%5.7%9.6%9.6%5.7%
HV 20d24.8%19.8%29.0%20.7%27.5%
HV 60d20.5%18.6%23.0%18.8%23.0%
IV Rank16.1%6.3%27.3%27.3%6.3%
IV Percentile44.0%9.5%67.5%67.5%9.5%
Term Structure0.2%-3.0%2.3%-3.0%2.3%
VWIV26.6%20.7%34.6%34.6%21.4%
Skew 25d6.1%3.6%8.2%8.2%3.6%
Skew 10d12.3%6.6%16.6%15.0%6.6%
Call IV 25d23.3%18.2%29.9%29.9%18.9%
Put IV 25d29.4%22.5%38.1%38.1%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.4613.9647.5826.6233.15
Gamma HHI0.060.050.100.090.05
Net GEX-18.0M-45.6M18.0M-45.6M16.5M
Net DEX977.8M-59.2M1.81B1.81B-59.2M
Net VEX-8.7M-9.5M-7.9M-8.0M-8.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.363.260.841.01
Total Volume141,455.52459,350252,506207,694211,190
Total OI2,162,686.2861,770,1902,599,3162,237,6721,906,510

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$31.02$34.0033.5%9.6%20.7%27.3%34.6%8.2%-3.0%-45.6M1.81B-8.0M0.8426.62112,92294,7721,004,4401,233,232
2012-06-04$31.00$34.0033.4%9.6%19.8%27.1%33.5%7.6%-2.8%-42.8M1.77B-8.2M1.7124.5472,884124,9281,065,0781,225,106
2012-06-05$31.26$34.0030.6%8.8%20.3%23.1%30.5%7.2%-1.4%-41.7M1.62B-8.2M1.1220.5772,45481,2181,083,4661,240,602
2012-06-06$32.23$34.0028.8%8.3%23.8%20.5%32.1%6.5%-1.7%-35.4M1.25B-8.9M0.9020.4680,71872,4761,102,0581,291,074
2012-06-07$32.30$34.0025.2%7.9%23.8%15.4%29.4%6.3%-1.4%-32.5M1.22B-9.1M0.9322.9477,43472,2301,136,7841,321,106
2012-06-08$32.25$34.0025.0%7.9%23.6%15.1%26.9%6.3%-2.2%-36.3M1.21B-8.9M0.8447.5899,89684,4081,150,2541,324,196
2012-06-11$31.81$32.0029.5%8.2%23.9%21.5%28.3%7.3%0.1%-39.0M1.45B-8.8M0.8216.1051,85442,5681,163,4741,323,056
2012-06-12$32.26$32.0026.2%7.7%24.0%16.9%27.1%6.9%0.8%-29.1M1.16B-9.1M3.2613.9638,972127,0081,187,3601,331,994
2012-06-13$31.89$32.0027.0%8.1%23.7%17.9%27.9%7.8%0.5%-43.1M1.47B-9.0M0.7715.1555,46242,4441,187,7281,365,004
2012-06-14$32.35$32.0027.2%7.8%24.3%18.2%27.9%7.2%0.8%-29.5M1.15B-9.0M0.3619.36174,43462,8181,207,6421,366,430
2012-06-15$32.81$32.0024.7%7.1%24.6%14.6%25.9%7.0%1.9%-12.4M945.3M-9.5M1.2331.10113,488139,0181,207,3601,391,956
2012-06-18$32.55$32.0022.8%6.5%24.7%12.0%23.6%6.3%0.8%9.0M424.4M-8.9M1.3019.6734,68445,232834,030936,160
2012-06-19$32.94$32.0021.7%6.2%23.6%10.5%22.9%5.9%1.3%18.0M248.2M-9.0M1.6417.4540,17065,922842,774929,670
2012-06-20$32.85$32.0021.2%6.1%23.6%9.8%20.7%5.4%1.5%16.6M253.0M-8.9M0.6415.9165,64842,258850,540945,564
2012-06-21$31.51$32.0024.7%7.1%27.9%14.7%23.3%5.6%0.9%-12.6M857.0M-8.2M0.7518.80125,06893,470877,056966,016
2012-06-22$31.72$32.0023.3%6.7%28.0%12.7%24.3%4.9%1.5%-8.9M780.7M-8.6M1.2421.9231,32438,902895,958999,302
2012-06-25$31.01$32.0025.4%7.3%29.0%15.6%25.4%4.9%0.8%-21.5M1.03B-7.9M1.0217.2533,95034,752873,264993,296
2012-06-26$31.34$32.0024.5%7.0%28.8%14.4%24.7%4.5%1.0%-16.9M881.3M-8.2M2.0415.1524,57650,024875,6141,002,324
2012-06-27$32.00$32.0023.2%6.7%27.4%12.6%23.7%5.0%1.4%137.9K585.6M-8.6M0.8115.2732,70226,648884,286998,392
2012-06-28$32.22$32.0023.2%6.6%27.4%12.5%23.9%4.3%1.2%8.8M487.8M-8.6M1.3217.6434,32445,316892,4601,003,796
2012-06-29$33.19$32.0018.8%5.7%27.5%6.3%21.4%3.6%2.3%16.5M-59.2M-8.8M1.0133.15105,136106,054897,4961,009,014