XLF Options History — January 2007

In January 2007, XLF traded between $29.64 and $30.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 9.3%). Max pain ranged from $28.43 to $30.06. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.36.

Notable Days

  • 2007-01-25: Highest Volume — 78,626 contracts
  • 2007-01-05: Largest IV spike — 24.4% change
  • 2007-01-05: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.95$29.64$30.29$29.99$30.12
Max Pain$29.85$28.43$30.06$28.43$30.06
ATM IV11.3%9.8%13.8%11.7%10.7%
Expected Move3.3%3.0%3.9%3.4%3.1%
HV 20d9.3%9.1%9.6%9.6%9.4%
Term Structure0.6%0.0%1.2%0.5%0.5%
VWIV11.3%7.6%13.9%11.8%10.9%
Skew 25d3.4%1.4%5.8%5.8%1.4%
Skew 10d6.4%2.0%9.3%6.2%2.0%
Call IV 25d9.6%7.4%11.5%8.0%7.4%
Put IV 25d12.9%8.7%15.0%13.8%8.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.357.3319.808.707.33
Gamma HHI0.210.180.270.190.23
Net GEX-27.3M-61.1M-15.0M-21.4M-31.1M
Net DEX-165.2M-319.3M70.0M-249.3M-65.2M
Net VEX-3.7M-4.0M-3.4M-3.6M-3.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.360.2018.841.191.06
Total Volume21,742.751,07878,62615,9678,237
Total OI1,218,835.45958,3871,401,1581,285,4091,103,317

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-01-03$29.99$28.4311.7%3.4%0.0%0.0%11.8%5.8%0.5%-21.4M-249.3M-3.6M1.198.707,2818,686273,7091,011,700
2007-01-04$29.89$28.4311.1%3.2%0.0%0.0%11.1%5.3%1.0%-19.1M-260.0M-3.6M0.848.3014,53112,210277,6681,013,072
2007-01-05$29.64$29.2413.8%3.9%0.0%0.0%12.4%3.5%0.6%-28.1M-137.7M-3.9M2.6919.803,80710,237281,0191,021,571
2007-01-08$29.79$30.0612.2%3.5%0.0%0.0%13.9%3.2%0.3%-27.5M-170.7M-3.8M0.8114.366,6815,394280,2741,025,142
2007-01-09$29.74$30.0611.3%3.5%0.0%0.0%10.4%3.8%0.4%-24.7M-187.0M-3.7M4.6415.161,6087,461285,0441,028,867
2007-01-10$29.84$30.069.8%3.5%0.0%0.0%13.0%3.1%0.6%-21.5M-225.5M-3.6M0.9014.43567511286,3661,035,676
2007-01-11$30.02$30.0611.7%3.3%0.0%0.0%12.2%2.9%0.5%-15.0M-295.4M-3.4M14.1217.824436,258286,7331,035,921
2007-01-12$30.06$30.0611.7%3.3%0.0%0.0%11.7%2.8%0.6%-17.0M-313.7M-3.4M9.4510.623,88436,684286,9841,041,712
2007-01-16$30.14$30.0612.4%3.5%0.0%0.0%12.4%3.0%0.4%-18.6M-319.3M-3.6M5.1710.835,48528,373290,2911,077,601
2007-01-17$30.06$30.0611.5%3.3%0.0%0.0%11.6%3.0%0.4%-28.6M-304.8M-3.6M0.8311.7116,91813,999291,6331,094,663
2007-01-18$29.94$30.0611.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%12.3%2.6%0.9%-27.6M-261.7M-3.8M2.1815.483,9498,599299,0491,102,109
2007-01-19$30.02$30.0611.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%11.3%2.6%0.4%-61.1M-306.3M-3.5M0.9619.203,5713,427295,5211,105,508
2007-01-22$30.00$30.0610.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%11.0%2.5%0.5%-20.3M-72.4M-3.7M1.0118.172,2172,245209,288752,190
2007-01-23$29.98$30.0610.8%3.1%0.0%0.0%12.2%3.0%0.0%-18.0M-78.2M-3.6M18.8412.403,30662,280208,309750,078
2007-01-24$30.29$30.0610.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%7.6%2.3%0.5%-17.7M-159.1M-3.4M0.6111.415,7033,491209,094809,703
2007-01-25$29.85$30.0610.9%3.1%9.6%0.0%10.3%5.3%1.2%-34.0M22.1M-3.9M18.169.554,10474,522206,920811,142
2007-01-26$29.91$30.0610.9%3.1%9.4%0.0%10.9%4.0%0.9%-38.3M8.8M-3.9M3.2511.362,8629,308209,741878,443
2007-01-29$29.76$30.0610.9%3.1%9.2%0.0%11.0%3.8%0.6%-43.0M70.0M-4.0M0.2913.3812,3843,569212,336882,878
2007-01-30$29.88$30.0610.4%3.0%9.1%0.0%7.7%4.0%0.9%-33.9M1.1M-3.9M0.2016.9424,9775,086221,634883,803
2007-01-31$30.12$30.0610.7%3.1%9.4%0.0%10.9%1.4%0.5%-31.1M-65.2M-3.7M1.067.333,9914,246214,805888,512