XLF Options History — November 2007

In November 2007, XLF traded between $22.98 and $26.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.3%, placing in the 82.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 36.7%). Max pain ranged from $26.81 to $28.43. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.79.

Notable Days

  • 2007-11-28: Highest Volume — 899,422 contracts
  • 2007-11-07: Largest IV spike — 33.2% change
  • 2007-11-26: Highest IV Rank — 99.7%
  • 2007-11-26: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.67$22.98$26.00$26.00$25.18
Max Pain$27.58$26.81$28.43$27.62$26.81
ATM IV39.3%31.8%46.3%36.2%33.4%
Expected Move11.1%9.2%13.3%10.4%9.6%
HV 20d36.7%27.6%46.4%28.3%43.6%
HV 60d27.8%24.9%31.9%25.9%31.9%
IV Rank82.2%63.5%99.7%74.4%67.5%
IV Percentile94.3%83.5%99.6%95.7%83.5%
Term Structure-1.2%-5.5%1.4%-5.5%1.4%
VWIV38.1%33.3%45.9%34.2%35.1%
Skew 25d8.5%5.1%12.8%5.9%8.2%
Skew 10d15.1%8.4%21.8%11.4%13.8%
Call IV 25d34.5%28.6%42.4%32.7%30.2%
Put IV 25d43.1%38.1%47.9%38.6%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.167.0012.869.2511.17
Gamma HHI0.140.130.170.160.13
Net GEX-102.7M-136.2M-74.5M-107.2M-74.5M
Net DEX3.74B2.55B4.57B2.92B2.55B
Net VEX-17.6M-20.2M-15.3M-16.0M-20.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.790.694.771.031.52
Total Volume448,384.905209,809899,422438,999474,534
Total OI5,728,115.2384,539,4746,463,7054,539,4746,463,705

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-11-01$26.00$27.6236.2%10.4%28.3%74.4%34.2%5.9%-5.5%-107.2M2.92B-16.0M1.039.25216,445222,5541,610,0882,929,386
2007-11-02$25.87$27.6236.2%10.4%27.6%74.3%35.9%7.6%-0.8%-110.0M3.31B-16.4M1.4012.56326,645456,7771,655,2543,012,716
2007-11-05$25.40$28.4340.0%10.6%27.8%83.7%37.8%9.5%-1.4%-113.8M3.83B-16.3M2.948.9491,659269,2391,836,6193,196,518
2007-11-06$25.83$28.4331.8%9.2%28.6%63.5%33.3%9.5%-0.5%-136.2M3.69B-16.8M1.698.05149,341251,9611,838,5133,327,557
2007-11-07$24.42$28.4342.4%11.4%33.7%89.9%35.6%9.9%-1.1%-109.2M4.36B-15.3M2.4412.86210,857515,4501,908,7053,310,699
2007-11-08$24.67$28.4344.0%11.9%34.4%93.9%42.0%10.3%-2.9%-124.0M4.57B-17.0M2.5510.80128,029326,9782,020,7593,582,128
2007-11-09$24.48$28.4344.6%11.9%34.0%95.3%35.8%12.7%-1.1%-113.9M4.28B-17.3M1.179.92300,709351,2012,086,7513,563,590
2007-11-12$24.57$27.6244.4%12.0%33.9%94.9%38.9%12.8%-1.9%-112.8M4.18B-17.6M1.359.29191,603258,9412,251,6693,602,467
2007-11-13$25.73$27.6239.8%10.3%38.4%83.3%37.3%11.9%-1.7%-109.8M2.97B-19.6M1.7110.22180,700308,5302,343,4653,679,505
2007-11-14$25.63$27.6234.5%10.6%38.4%70.1%36.6%11.0%-1.8%-112.6M2.86B-20.0M0.8710.58138,678120,9702,430,8683,810,234
2007-11-15$24.98$27.6241.8%12.0%39.0%88.5%40.8%11.2%-3.2%-119.1M3.83B-19.1M1.7911.63159,359285,8892,478,9423,756,696
2007-11-16$24.78$27.6237.5%10.7%37.5%77.5%39.0%8.2%-0.0%-123.9M4.16B-18.9M4.7710.7549,286234,9362,539,8123,872,314
2007-11-19$24.12$27.6238.1%10.9%38.0%79.1%39.4%6.2%0.8%-85.6M3.72B-17.3M1.317.00157,132206,1952,104,9073,343,301
2007-11-20$23.59$27.6239.9%11.4%38.2%83.6%37.4%8.4%-0.6%-91.9M3.99B-16.6M1.4711.08113,965167,2562,165,0033,485,563
2007-11-21$23.23$27.6242.1%12.1%38.3%89.1%42.6%5.1%-1.2%-82.1M4.25B-16.2M1.5812.23218,863346,2292,166,5623,438,755
2007-11-23$23.78$26.8141.6%11.9%39.8%87.9%41.1%6.7%-1.5%-84.5M3.79B-17.6M2.878.4854,234155,5752,284,0543,618,277
2007-11-26$22.98$26.8146.3%13.3%39.4%99.7%45.9%5.3%-2.5%-79.1M4.33B-16.2M1.608.88129,782207,8282,316,7373,593,323
2007-11-27$23.40$26.8138.9%11.2%40.3%81.2%39.3%5.8%1.3%-88.3M4.25B-16.9M1.228.68117,692143,6712,390,4373,720,611
2007-11-28$24.79$26.8135.8%10.3%46.4%73.4%36.8%6.3%-0.7%-87.3M3.26B-18.6M1.548.44354,527544,8952,385,2883,740,119
2007-11-29$24.57$26.8136.9%10.6%46.0%76.1%36.0%6.9%-0.6%-90.0M3.51B-19.2M0.6912.48163,593113,3752,539,2063,889,317
2007-11-30$25.18$26.8133.4%9.6%43.6%67.5%35.1%8.2%1.4%-74.5M2.55B-20.2M1.5211.17188,029286,5052,585,9373,877,768