XLE Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, XLE traded between $39.91 and $44.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.1%, placing in the 53.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.02.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-28: Highest Volume — 890,948 contracts
  • 2014-11-04: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2014-11-04: Highest IV Rank — 66.8%
  • 2014-11-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.05$39.91$44.22$42.95$39.91
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV23.1%21.2%26.1%23.5%25.8%
Expected Move6.4%6.1%6.9%6.4%6.9%
HV 20d24.9%19.4%31.8%30.0%31.8%
HV 60d21.3%20.1%25.6%20.1%25.6%
IV Rank53.8%45.7%66.8%56.2%64.7%
IV Percentile92.3%86.9%97.2%95.6%96.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.1%1.3%-0.1%0.8%
VWIV22.3%19.7%24.8%21.7%24.8%
Skew 25d4.2%2.8%5.4%2.8%4.5%
Skew 10d8.3%5.3%11.5%5.3%6.0%
Call IV 25d21.5%19.9%24.3%22.6%24.3%
Put IV 25d25.7%23.3%28.8%25.5%28.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.7320.5746.5421.0346.54
Gamma HHI0.100.070.150.090.15
Net GEX-143.9M-278.7M-9.7M-174.3M-278.7M
Net DEX1.47B102.2M5.04B1.69B5.04B
Net VEX-11.8M-13.8M-9.1M-12.6M-9.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.020.4710.151.828.93
Total Volume250,080.84286,056890,948115,798890,948
Total OI3,118,608.2112,441,2003,546,8022,842,5222,997,972

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$42.95$45.0023.5%6.4%30.0%56.2%21.7%2.8%-0.1%-174.3M1.69B-12.6M1.8221.0340,99274,806821,7522,020,770
2014-11-04$42.12$45.0026.1%6.8%30.5%66.8%22.7%4.6%-0.0%-219.3M2.61B-12.8M1.7020.7974,130126,108830,8142,054,502
2014-11-05$42.88$45.0024.1%6.6%31.1%58.7%21.0%5.4%-0.3%-186.7M1.84B-12.9M0.5721.53199,854114,700863,5682,101,988
2014-11-06$43.39$45.0023.2%6.4%28.0%54.7%19.7%5.0%-0.7%-128.3M1.17B-13.8M0.6620.8997,19063,8581,103,7202,139,678
2014-11-07$43.87$45.0021.7%6.2%27.4%48.8%22.8%3.2%0.1%-99.5M530.0M-13.3M1.1223.2863,38870,6861,115,1262,174,318
2014-11-10$43.46$45.0022.6%6.3%25.3%52.2%22.4%3.1%0.7%-117.6M991.7M-12.5M1.5720.5751,67481,1841,090,7262,097,168
2014-11-11$43.59$45.0021.6%6.1%25.1%47.4%21.8%4.8%0.1%-114.2M924.7M-12.3M1.3222.3944,18258,2261,083,1822,090,574
2014-11-12$43.27$45.0022.1%6.2%24.3%49.5%21.0%3.1%-0.3%-153.5M1.27B-12.3M1.2420.6138,36647,6901,109,5842,145,786
2014-11-13$42.70$45.0023.1%6.4%24.5%53.6%22.7%5.2%1.3%-191.8M1.95B-12.2M1.8523.9867,078124,3001,129,2802,156,774
2014-11-14$43.10$45.0022.9%6.4%24.5%52.7%22.4%5.3%0.1%-157.4M1.50B-12.1M0.4722.8188,42641,3701,144,7722,180,348
2014-11-17$42.88$45.0023.1%6.4%24.5%53.3%22.8%4.1%-0.3%-172.3M1.58B-11.5M3.8522.6730,732118,4461,121,4182,149,510
2014-11-18$42.95$45.0023.2%6.5%22.6%53.9%22.9%4.7%-0.4%-137.3M1.45B-11.1M10.1521.5138,990395,7421,123,7082,145,134
2014-11-19$43.14$45.0023.8%6.4%21.6%56.3%22.0%4.5%-0.8%-171.0M1.49B-11.7M2.5123.4649,504124,4461,133,6622,413,140
2014-11-20$43.68$45.0022.6%6.2%21.1%51.6%22.7%4.3%-0.7%-99.6M896.1M-11.1M0.8424.9776,02263,9261,128,9102,307,960
2014-11-21$44.22$45.0021.8%6.2%21.4%48.1%22.1%4.0%-1.1%-9.7M102.2M-10.7M0.7322.15128,94094,4741,157,1082,335,246
2014-11-24$43.88$45.0021.2%6.2%20.0%45.7%21.7%3.4%-0.4%-30.0M204.2M-10.2M2.9921.9945,866137,242904,2961,536,904
2014-11-25$43.22$45.0022.9%6.4%19.4%52.9%22.8%3.7%-0.3%-92.2M851.1M-10.8M9.6821.1244,244428,394928,8581,588,326
2014-11-26$42.83$45.0023.5%6.4%19.6%55.1%22.8%3.5%-0.8%-200.1M1.84B-11.5M5.3428.6181,238434,174948,8101,878,164
2014-11-28$39.91$45.0025.8%6.9%31.8%64.7%24.8%4.5%0.8%-278.7M5.04B-9.1M8.9346.5489,706801,2421,003,7681,994,204